"You got here the same time I did..."
06-11-09, 08:59 AM
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"You got here the same time I did..."
".... and didn't burn a bit of carbon."
So said an auto commuter as he walked by me this morning on his way from the parking garage to his office.
So said an auto commuter as he walked by me this morning on his way from the parking garage to his office.
06-11-09, 10:55 AM
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I read the brief OP post as the auto commuter had seen the bike commuter some place early in the commute and was surprised the bike commuter was just as fast......but I could be reading too much into the post...... time to cut the coffee and go to mint tea 
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I got a similar comment last Saturday night. Was leaving a concert with two couples who arrived in different cages. Both offered me a ride due to the rain, I refused both, I wanted to ride, rain or not. The house we were retiring to wasn't far away. I ended up beating one cage by about 5 minutes due to them stopping for beer and smokes. Was only about 3-5 minutes behind the other car.
Was only about 3-5 minutes behind the other car.
06-11-09, 12:58 PM
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The driver did not mean it literally -- he didn't know where I started from or when I launched.
His point was ... we both got to work at the same time, him driving and burning fuel, me riding and burning calories.
It was meant as a compliment and a meaningful observation.
I told him, "Thanks."
His point was ... we both got to work at the same time, him driving and burning fuel, me riding and burning calories.
It was meant as a compliment and a meaningful observation.
I told him, "Thanks."
06-11-09, 05:06 PM
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The driver did not mean it literally -- he didn't know where I started from or when I launched.
His point was ... we both got to work at the same time, him driving and burning fuel, me riding and burning calories.
It was meant as a compliment and a meaningful observation.
I told him, "Thanks."
His point was ... we both got to work at the same time, him driving and burning fuel, me riding and burning calories.
It was meant as a compliment and a meaningful observation.
I told him, "Thanks."
06-11-09, 05:57 PM
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06-11-09, 06:16 PM
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Calories verses calories... or calories verses kilo calories.
The laws of physics dictate that it will take more energy to move an object of more mass the same distance as an object of less mass.
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Uh, no. The amount of energy used to move the much heavier automobile is far greater than the amount of energy used to move the cyclist and his steel steed.
Calories verses calories... or calories verses kilo calories.
The laws of physics dictate that it will take more energy to move an object of more mass the same distance as an object of less mass.
Calories verses calories... or calories verses kilo calories.
The laws of physics dictate that it will take more energy to move an object of more mass the same distance as an object of less mass.
06-11-09, 06:28 PM
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