This week, I've been on two rides. One ride was with a former pro/state champ/local hardass. Another ride was a race earlier today, in a breakaway. I was doing no less work than the other, if not more work. However, when I look at my power data, compared to theirs, there's a maybe 30W discrepancy.. I highly doubt I have a very big aero advantage over them. My stem is slammed pretty low, but everything else on my bike is "normal" (round tube frame, aluminum box rims.. I did wear an aero helmet, but that's a small gain). When I go back to look at the data, my power is mid/high 200s, and theirs are 300+.. I don't get it
https://www.strava.com/activities/1082353954/overview
https://www.strava.com/activities/1082243300/analysis
we were in the same breakaway today. I'm pretty sure I did more work. He was pretty cooked.