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Old 10-18-07, 08:29 AM
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No, wind resistance isn't linear with respect to speed - it's a cubed relationship. If you add the same amount of power to the bike as you did at 10 mph when traveling at 25 mph, you won't go 35 mph.
See the power formula at the bottom of this link --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_performance
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