> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 3:46 AM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here are some times to aim for : > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/cycling/7557748.stm > > > > And that's just the girls. > > > > Interesting. My commute is almost exactly the same distance as that > TT (http://tinyurl.com/69hfz5). I do it every day in about 50 > minutes. It's somewhat hilly, and I have traffic lights, a single > fixed gear and no brakes. I suddenly feel pretty good about myself! >
that's pretty impressive. That's an average speed of about 20kph isn't it? I can't do anything even remotely like that kind of average speed in town. Last time I had to get anywhere as quickly as possible was to catch a train about 3 weeks ago. The station is about 8 miles (about 14 km) away across London. With a fully-loaded large saddle-bag, and a camera bag worn as a belt, obeying all the lights, and getting stuck in traffic I did it in 50 minutes, and got the bike onto the train with about 10 seconds to spare. Still faster than any other way of doing the same journey. > I have traffic lights, a single > fixed gear and no brakes if you're anything like the London messengers then the last 2 items make the first invisible. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
