Martin (martin_cantwell)

Race #202

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Official speed 60.45 wpm (77.02 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start December 19, 2008 11:30:38am UTC
Race Finish December 19, 2008 11:31:55am UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 3)
Opponents 2. rick_sirio (58.77 wpm)
Points 0.00
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Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind, regardless of direction, a perception that is not as wrong as it may seem. On level ground, one rides as fast as is comfortable and because the bicycle is highly efficient, speed is limited by wind resistance. With a tailwind, speeding up until the wind is in one's face is fairly easy, and at that point it becomes a headwind.