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Daox · 01-17-2012, 02:07 PM

Time has nothing to do with it. Speed is all that matters. You need X amount of power to go say 55 mph. If you're going into a 15 mph headwind you're now effectively going 70 mph as far as your engine knows. Slowing down helps this out of course.

01-17-2012, 02:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
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