You deserve extra hazard points from exposing yourself to London traffic, though.
Jostein 2008/8/13 Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> 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 > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
