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::::: Doc O'Leary wrote:
:::::: In article <YMmgh.481377$5R2.19648@pd7urf3no>,
:::::: "nash" <
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::::::: What are your average MPH when doing a normal
::::::: commute or training ride?
::::::
:::::: I don't bother to monitor it. When I want to get
:::::: somewhere on a schedule, I just figure I can easily
:::::: average 15mph and plan for the distance I need to go.
:::::: When training, I just push myself harder than I
:::::: normally would. Most of the people who get into
:::::: pissing matches about speed are the kind of people
:::::: that don't count the time they spend at stop lights.
::::::
:::::
::::: That always irritates me when people claim some
::::: particular average or riding time for a century or
::::: something, and then I find out it is only "riding"
::::: time, not actual time.
:::
::: I don't get it. Why not count riding time in an
::: average? Who'd want to count anything else?
::
:: Well, if you're a utility cyclist average riding time
:: is meaningless, I need to know how long the trip takes,
:: not the time in the saddle. It is giving distances in
:: hours which is one of my pet peeves when I hear it on
:: the radio. Someone will say that X is an hour from Y. By
:: what means? Car, helicopter, F18, ox cart, canoe,
:: bicycle, walking?
::
:: I really don't care what my average riding speed is. I
:: want to know how much time it takes to go from A to B.
:: The only time average riding speed is any important is
:: if I know how far it is to my destination and I need to
:: get there in specific amount of time.
::
:: Tell me that it is a four hour ride from London to
:: Toronto and this means that I can leave at 7:00 AM and
:: still meet friends in the city for lunch at 12:00.
:: OOPS, you forgot to mention that you need to allow an
:: hour and a half for rest breaks. Oh well they won't mind
:: waiting at the subway station for half an hour.
I don't have a problem with wanting to know how long a commute to work
takes, with stops and traffic and all, it's obvious that that's the
important time. But that doesn't mean that one can't also clock the average
speed while riding, as computers do that very well. Hence, it's simply a
matter of knowing what's important when and making proper distinctions.
Clock time or riding time, big dooh.