Miles or Km

[rogerzilla]

I didn't say anything when a friend bragged on Faecebook about having completed her first century ride of 64.12 miles

 

[Venod]

I don't understand why UK cyclists use Kilometers, do native cyclists in countries that use Kilometers use miles for recording distance?

 

[derrick]

We aint even in the EU. So it should be miles.😂😂

 

[Adam4868]

Allways miles and allways feet and inches !

 

[Dogtrousers]

Being fluent in both gives you a whole load of additional milestones you can add to your ride. For example, as you pass 120km* you know that's three quarters of an imperial century.

Also it's very useful** to bear in mind that kilometres:miles is approximately the Golden Ratio.

I don't understand why UK cyclists use Kilometers, do native cyclists in countries that use Kilometers use miles for recording distance?

Why? I've never really thought about it, or felt there was a need for a reason. But there are probably underlying reasons. As a runner 10k is a key distance so a lot of my running training revolved around km split times. Add to that the fact that OS grid lines are at 1km spacings so it's easier to eyeball distances in km. So 20 years or so ago when I got my first GPS I calibrated it in km. I only really use miles when driving up the motorway. And bragging when I pass 160.934 km on my bike.

* ish
** OK, it's actually not useful at all.

 

[Dogtrousers]

We aint even in the EU. So it should be miles.😂😂

The EU? Hmmmm. Something a bit off there. 🤔
The only other countries in the world using the mile are Liberia, Myanmar and the US. Everywhere else, in or out of the EU, uses km.

 

[Pale Rider]

But there are probably underlying reasons

The language of cycling, certainly sports and competitive cycling, is nominally French.

I say nominally because English tends to dominate international communication in all spheres.

 

[rogerzilla]

The metre is based on a very flawed calculation of the distance from the Equator to the North Pole, whereas the mile is a totally accurate and unimpeachable measure of 1,000 paces made by a Roman legionary

 

[jay clock]

KM all the way. And when I rent a car in the USA I change the temp to degrees C - must confuse them no end!

 

[Dogtrousers]

Also the Velominati say you should use kilometres. Which is probably a very good reason to use something, anything, else. Kilosmoots, for instance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot

 

[rogerzilla]

Really annoying people call them "klicks".

 

[C R]

Also the Velominati say you should use kilometres. Which is probably a very good reason to use something, anything, else. Kilosmoots, for instance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot

FFF unit system all the way.

 

[HMS_Dave]

I use the measurements of a 'bloody long ways' and 'Knackereds' as my units of choice...

 

[Brandane]

I'm British; so it's miles. Velominati and kilometres are nobbery.
Apart from the 100km monthly challenge ride, of course . Which only means I have to break through the 63 mile mark on my properly set Garmin, and then convert to KM's to post on here .

 

[Pale Rider]

Really annoying people call them "klicks".

My brother uses 'k' or 'kays'.

I think he picked that up while serving with RAF in Germany.