Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
Or 30080 rods.
Miles or Km
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Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
I was surprised to notice, while watching a US pro race on the telly (I think the Tour of California) that the on-screen distance-to-finish was in miles. I would have thought that for cycle sport purposes, especially a UCI World Tour one (if it was indeed the Tour of California), that everything would be in the standard km. I guess that's up to the broadcaster.
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Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
True, but I don't remember the last time I paid any attention to a distance road sign. I got a satnav / bike GPS to do that.
My car satnav is obviously in miles so I have feedback on keeping below the speed limit and get a warning tone if I encroach.
snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
I liked the distance road signs when on the A9 between Perth and Inverness where it was usualy possible to maintain a steady 60 mph throughout the trip, and the distance in miles could be converted to time in minutes until I reached my destination.
Edit. Before the days of satnav of course
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rogerzilla
Legendary Member
Mate, it's this or hoovering the driveway again.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Yes but if everything was km and speed limits in km would you still have your sat nav in miles?
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
That is quite odd, I suppose the broadcaster thought that the general public here might be interested. We have many races here in metric distances, and even some just plain old rides, like the local metric century.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
It's clever, it swaps itself automatically to km when it crosses the channel. And it reminds me to drive on the right when I set off. (Or is that my wife? I get the two confused sometimes)
When in the car or Campervan I switch the satnav to KM when I cross the channel. On bikes, since we tour in continental Europe more than in the UK we use kilometres all the time. People back home in the UK always ask "How many miles did you cycle?" or "How many miles do you do each day?", and I always give the figures in kilometres!
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
Both.
Kestevan
Last of the Summer Winos
- Location
- Holmfirth.
Surely it's simple to know which units to use at any given time........
Anything less than an inch is measured in mm
between an inch and a foot is inches, and then feet till about 6'6"
Then switch to meters until you get to a mile.
Temperature is in celsius - unless we're talking about the weather - when its Farenheit; unless it's freezing cold when it switches back to celsius again.
Weight is grams for owt less than a pound, then pounds for a bit before we switch to stones. Unless its in Kilos.
Volume is Litres.... unless its milk, beer or petrol when its a pint, (or a gallon).
Area is square feet. No one knows/cares what a hectare or an acre is so the next unit of measurement is the "Football pitch", until we get to big places which are measured in units of "the size of Wales".
See, easy.... and as an added bonus it confuses the hell out of jonny foreigner
Anything less than an inch is measured in mm
between an inch and a foot is inches, and then feet till about 6'6"
Then switch to meters until you get to a mile.
Temperature is in celsius - unless we're talking about the weather - when its Farenheit; unless it's freezing cold when it switches back to celsius again.
Weight is grams for owt less than a pound, then pounds for a bit before we switch to stones. Unless its in Kilos.
Volume is Litres.... unless its milk, beer or petrol when its a pint, (or a gallon).
Area is square feet. No one knows/cares what a hectare or an acre is so the next unit of measurement is the "Football pitch", until we get to big places which are measured in units of "the size of Wales".
See, easy.... and as an added bonus it confuses the hell out of jonny foreigner
anothersam
SMIDSMe
- Location
- Far East Sussex
You're so right it's eerie.Surely it's simple to know which units to use at any given time........
Anything less than an inch is measured in mm
between an inch and a foot is inches, and then feet till about 6'6"
Then switch to meters until you get to a mile.
Temperature is in celsius - unless we're talking about the weather - when its Farenheit; unless it's freezing cold when it switches back to celsius again.
Weight is grams for owt less than a pound, then pounds for a bit before we switch to stones. Unless its in Kilos.
Volume is Litres.... unless its milk, beer or petrol when its a pint, (or a gallon).
Area is square feet. No one knows/cares what a hectare or an acre is so the next unit of measurement is the "Football pitch", until we get to big places which are measured in units of "the size of Wales".
See, easy.... and as an added bonus it confuses the hell out of jonny foreigner
snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
Thank You.See, easy.... and as an added bonus it confuses the hell out of jonny foreigner
Suddenly it is as if a thick mist is lifted and I am reminded of that great Jimmy Cliff number .......
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrHxhQPOO2c&list=RDMrHxhQPOO2c&start_radio=1&t=0
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Yellow Saddle
Guru
- Location
- Loch side.
Thanks. I now finally understand how it works.Surely it's simple to know which units to use at any given time........
Anything less than an inch is measured in mm
between an inch and a foot is inches, and then feet till about 6'6"
Then switch to meters until you get to a mile.
Temperature is in celsius - unless we're talking about the weather - when its Farenheit; unless it's freezing cold when it switches back to celsius again.
Weight is grams for owt less than a pound, then pounds for a bit before we switch to stones. Unless its in Kilos.
Volume is Litres.... unless its milk, beer or petrol when its a pint, (or a gallon).
Area is square feet. No one knows/cares what a hectare or an acre is so the next unit of measurement is the "Football pitch", until we get to big places which are measured in units of "the size of Wales".
See, easy.... and as an added bonus it confuses the hell out of jonny foreigner
Or do I?
You need to amend your sentence regarding volume. There's an error there, I'm sure it wasn't intended to be like that. We buy petrol in liters.
And one more thing. You need to add Olympic size swimming pools to when volume gets really big.
