Originally Posted by slvoid
The last time I checked, when the wind pushes against you, it's a force. I'm glad you don't have to worry about this opposing force but the rest of us who live in reality will unfortunately have to deal with the opposing force of air pushing against us every time we ride.
There is a difference between the force you put down on your pedals and the force of the air pushing against you. You've confused the two. One you would use gearing to overcome, the other.. other than getting more aerodynamic, I'm not sure if there are any other ways to overcome wind resistance.
Yes, it's a force, but you don't run out of force in your legs, you run out of power (provided you have sufficient gearing), so force isn't as interesting as power here.
Of course, the drag force is "two thirds" of the power, so it's important for sure, but it's not really what we fight against when we pedal. Our effort pedalling is the power required, but the force we're pushing down the pedals with depends mostly on gearing, and is limited at the lower end by the cadence we're comfortable with.