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Race #6265

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Official speed 66.42 wpm (70.10 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start July 3, 2010 10:04:46pm UTC
Race Finish July 3, 2010 10:05:56pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 3)
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.