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Old 09-09-07, 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by tsl
I don't buy your "bike comparison excuse" because I've exceeded by fully 50% the challenge of riding my age in miles on the same bike as yours.

You can too.

It takes perseverance and hard work, just like any other goal you may aspire to.

Shortcuts, or moving the goalposts will not provide you with the same personal satisfaction and sense of achievement as doing it for real.
If it's all about distance - you are correct.

We have picked miles it seems (although our EU bretheran would suggest Km is acceptable).
If the OP chooses - for example - chinese miles they may be on target (2.88 chinese miles to the us survey mile). I actually think our UK friends should choose the Irish or Scottish mile (Irish - 0.78Irish miles/Survey Mile, 0.887 Scottish miles/Survey Mile)

What really boggles my mind is why this group has not standardized on the Texas Pie as the unit of measure - there are 5703 Texas Pies/Survey mile.

BTW yesterday I rode my age in Kilo Bamboo
And that was according to my GPS - although it does not take advatage of the GPS correctional signal so I might be off a bamboo or two.
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