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Forum: Long Distance Competition/Ultracycling, Randonneuring and Endurance Cycling

03-23-14, 10:37 PM

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Sticky Tips for riding a Century

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Posted By Jim Kukula

A 20 mph headwind really is brutal! Another way...

A 20 mph headwind really is brutal! Another way of looking at the numbers: my usual level speed in still air is around 12 mph. Into a 20 mph headwind, the same power output would have me going about...

Forum: Long Distance Competition/Ultracycling, Randonneuring and Endurance Cycling

03-23-14, 06:58 PM

Replies: 143

Sticky Tips for riding a Century

Views: 122,480

Posted By Jim Kukula

That doesn't sound quite right. I think power...

That doesn't sound quite right. I think power goes like s * (s + h)^2, where s is speed and h is headwind. So riding 10 kph into a 32 kph headwind is like riding 26 kph in still air.

Yeah, you're...

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