Originally Posted by
bampilot06
I think for me it’s the perceived sense of speed. Mentally I know at X watts I should be going Y speed. When I encounter a head wind Y speed isn’t achieved so I end up dialing it up to get to Y speed.
But what the person said before me makes more sense.
I find one of the advantages of riding with a power meter is that when you can see your power output then you stop worrying about the resultant speed.