Originally Posted by
merlinextraligh
So what exactly is this relationship between two numbers supposed to tell you, what value does it have, how are you to use it, and why should anyone care?
If you have an appreciation of math, the answer is self-evident.
BTW, any working scientist who publishes in refereed journals can tell you the interesting tyrannies of this kind of counting system.
As to why anybody apart should care, add it to every other number cyclists track. Go tell a non-cyclist about your FTP and you'll get the same response.