I am London traffic! Bob
> > 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. > > -- 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.
