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Old 06-05-12 | 09:37 AM
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Dan The Man
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Oh yeah, I totally forgot, that while your drag is proportional to the square of the apparent wind speed, power consumption or output is equal to the drag multiplied by speed, and that speed is the ground speed not the wind speed. So that is the difference I guess. If your bicycle was driven by a propeller, then yes, a 60 kmph headwind might require the same power output as riding at 60 kmph.
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