vari_kun (vari_kun)

Race #457

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Official speed 48.82 wpm (95.37 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start February 6, 2009 10:19:23am UTC
Race Finish February 6, 2009 10:20:59am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 2)
Opponents 1. howdy (52.35 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.