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Old 11-30-12 | 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Jandro
You can still be putting out the same power, but not traveling as fast, right?
Good question for the PM folks. What does your equipment tell you? Power = force X velocity, right? So pedaling into a 30 mph wind, you maybe have a velocity of 10 mph. Force (RPE) is the same as doing about 30 but because of lower frictional losses you actually have a 40 mph headwind. So your PM should say about 1/3 of your usual still air power at 30, right? Something like that anyway. I'm making some assumptions with a large range of inaccuracy.
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