Originally Posted by buzzman

going slower in a car due to a headwind or a change in elevation hardly compares to the physical effort necessary to compensate for those same conditions on a bike.
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Suddenly flying from right to left across the highway was a large mallard duck at a height of around 6' off the ground. The SUV, which had just passed me at approximately 80 mph collided with the duck- it hit the upper right corner of the windshield and support strut to the roof of the car.