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Pit Stop
Racer kyle (tombface)
Race Number 679
Date Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:12:50
Speed 78 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 95.6%
Rank 1st place (out of 5)
Opponents arpasusi (2nd place) deepakyadav1900 (3rd place) ghasmann (4th place)

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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.
— (book) by Jobst Brandt (see stats)