Originally Posted by
rdtompki
Let's get even simpler. Forget the bicycle. I can run into a 12 mph wind without even breaking a sweat, albeit at my advanced age I wouldn't be going very fast. Running 12 mph would require a good deal more perspiration (and power).
Or, just go to any of the online power calculators and run some numbers.
That's actually a bad example. Running is a very different physics model than cycling, and not just because of speeds.
In either case, nobody's saying that riding 25mph requires = power to trackstanding in a 25mph headwind. We're just saying you will need SOME power production at the pedals to maintain your position, not the theoretical zero power that Ratliff is saying. In a perfect world with perfect physics, ok, maybe he's right, but in a real world, you have to deploy measurable power to the pedals to hold position, and your powermeter will be able to record it.