Originally Posted by
donrhummy
If someone puts the word "metric" in front of century, what's your issue with that? Sure, if they claimed they rode a century and it turned out it was only 62.x miles, that can be confusing to a discussion, but if they call it a metric century, there's no confusion so why are you getting your pantyhose in a bunch?
Yeah, it's like saying Americans aren't really drinking as much when they have pints of beer because it's only 16 ounces, not 20.
Oh, wait...
I wonder how far an Imperial century is then?