Prevent pause being included in Bike ride

Firstly- those numbers aren’t worthless.  Average power should include pauses, as those are rest periods, which do make a difference.  But I understand the desire to want to know your average power over a large block of riding.

There is a “Power Averaging” setting in Bike > Bike Settings, that will give you the choice to include or not include zero power moments in your total average.  So, it will remove any times your are coasting and just give you the power when you’re pushing.  It will show bigger average power numbers- but if you really want to know your average power- then you shouldn’t use this setting.  

i’m not certain how this functions for a mid-ride  ‘coffee break’, but it might give you what you’re looking for.  There are other ways to get a better look at your ride’s average power numbers, such as hitting the lap button when you stop, and looking at the average lap power during the time you were riding.  So, that way you’ll get a good look at the average lap power between pauses. Might be helpful if you turn off autolap and just manually lap when you pause.  

if you ride the same route, you could also set up garmin segments, or use Strava segments, and look at the avg power for segments.  

Thanks morey000 for looking into this. Today I rode on a bike without power pedals and then the ride shows as expected; the auto pause functioned during my brake, only active time is considered in the activity. 

It is with power pedals that somehow the auto pause doesn't function and power is leading for the activity. I will try the option to not include zeros, but unless I am mistaken the auto pause should take care of pausing the activity - including power.