Originally Posted by
pgjackson
I understand all this, but based on the comments and questions asked by the OP I'm assuming he's pretty new to the road cycling world. I'm suggesting that he not waste money on something like a power trap at this stage of his experience. I think he'd be better served just hitting the road and riding hard for a while before getting all wrapped up about his "power" statistics.
Exactly.
Power statistics are undoubtedly wonderfull but quite expensive.
For normal training it is enough to simply train on the same course all the time and compare your times relative to weather conditions.