Miles or Km
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rogerzilla
Legendary Member
Imagine how depressing the Dunwich Dynamo would be, if the first sign for Dunwich read "Dunwich 11" instead of "Dunwich 7".
(Although it is sometimes altered with a Sharpie or black tape to 17)
(Although it is sometimes altered with a Sharpie or black tape to 17)
Shearwater Missile
Veteran
Why were car engines always measured in CC or litres ? I don`t suppose a 5.2 pint Capri would sound quite as powerful.
LarryDuff
Guru
- Location
- Hillsborough Co Down
Km for me. Vive le metric!
rogerzilla
Legendary Member
The Americans still use cubic inches, especially for the larger V8s.
rogerzilla
Legendary Member
The main difference between northern and southern English accents is whether the pairs of words bath/trap and foot/strut are differently pronounced. In the north, they are usually identical. In the south, they are different.
However, the Bristol pronunciation of that posh town to the east of it is "Bath", not "Barth".
SkipdiverJohn
Deplorable Brexiteer
- Location
- London
On that subject, you wouldn't title a rock'n'roll instrumental as 64.3776 kilometres of bad road would you? 
rogerzilla
Legendary Member
Kilometres aren't very poetic.
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
And I would walk 500 kilometres, and I would walk 500 more?
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
Ok smartarse! I was beaten to it by a country kilometre.....
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
It's clear from this discussion that both the mile and the kilometer are arbitrary values and entirely unsuited to measurements related to cycling.
We need a unit that is meaningful to cycling, and then we will all agree unanimously
A bit like this: Poronkusema (literally: a reindeer piss) is a measurement of distance originating in Northern Finland. It is the distance traveled in a reindeer pulled sleigh, between two instances of reindeer urinating. (Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsolete_Finnish_units_of_measurement )
Any suggestions? The Standard Pootle? The Spin?
We need a unit that is meaningful to cycling, and then we will all agree unanimously
A bit like this: Poronkusema (literally: a reindeer piss) is a measurement of distance originating in Northern Finland. It is the distance traveled in a reindeer pulled sleigh, between two instances of reindeer urinating. (Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsolete_Finnish_units_of_measurement )
Any suggestions? The Standard Pootle? The Spin?
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Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
OK here's my suggestion. The Standard Pootle is the distance covered at pootling pace in an hour.
Roughly speaking:
1 Pootle per hour (pph) is pootling pace
1.5 pph is a medium relaxed ride without stopping (for me, at least)
2.5 pph is about club run pace
3 - 3.5 pph is pro peloton cruising pace
The hour record is a bit over 4 pph
We can replace both the imperial and metric centuries with a decapootle as it's in the right ballpark.
Audax Randonees will come in at around 15 pootles.
I'm proposing 13.09* km or 8.13* mi as the Standard Pootle.
* approx
Roughly speaking:
1 Pootle per hour (pph) is pootling pace
1.5 pph is a medium relaxed ride without stopping (for me, at least)
2.5 pph is about club run pace
3 - 3.5 pph is pro peloton cruising pace
The hour record is a bit over 4 pph
We can replace both the imperial and metric centuries with a decapootle as it's in the right ballpark.
Audax Randonees will come in at around 15 pootles.
I'm proposing 13.09* km or 8.13* mi as the Standard Pootle.
* approx
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Sterlo
Early Retirement Planning
- Location
- East Riding of Yorkshire
I think 8.14mi would be more accurate
