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typeracer

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Racer PNN (elno)
Race Number 21
Date Fri, 3 Oct 2014 0:46:36
Speed 34 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 87.2%
Rank 5th place (out of 4)
Opponents avv17 (1st place) chava334 (3rd place) cretuz (4th place) gera2826 (2nd place)

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Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind, regardless of direction, a perception that is not as wrong as it may seem. On level ground, one rides as fast as is comfortable and because the bicycle is highly efficient, speed is limited by wind resistance. With a tailwind, speeding up until the wind is in one's face is fairly easy, and at that point it becomes a headwind.
— (book) by Jobst Brandt (see stats)