carmageddon2011: bicyclists race jet airplane across Los Angeles
07-16-11, 07:18 PM
#51
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Queens, NY
Posts: 744
Bikes: 2011 Scott S30, 2012 Tarmac SL3
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
You would think they would pose like the organized TdF photo shoots. Props to the Wolfpack Hustle on winning the challenge.
07-16-11, 07:23 PM
#52
Has coddling tendencies.
07-16-11, 07:23 PM
#53
Go, Dog. Go!
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: SoCal
Posts: 709
Bikes: '09 Fuji Team; '11 PedalForce QS3
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
From another news article:
JetBlue called for a re-match.
"The cyclists rolled all over us this time," said Sebastian White, spokesman for the airline. "Out of fairness, we'd like to propose a best of three. How about LAX (in Los Angeles) to JFK (in New York) next time?"
JetBlue called for a re-match.
"The cyclists rolled all over us this time," said Sebastian White, spokesman for the airline. "Out of fairness, we'd like to propose a best of three. How about LAX (in Los Angeles) to JFK (in New York) next time?"
Writer of the Slate article said: "In the face of this fanciful idea (a traffic-busting flight!) it became possible to demonstrate that cycling, often taken as a non-serious or marginal or even annoying (to some drivers) form of transportation in the U.S., could seem eminently reasonable: Not only the cheapest form of transportation, not merely the one with the smallest carbon footprint, not only the one most beneficial to the health of its user, but the fastest."
Cheapest? Those guys on the Wolfpack Hustle A team were riding carbon wonderbikes. We all know it would have only been possible to average nearly 25 mph on such pricey bikes, right?
Actually, one of them was on a vintage steel.
Cheapest? Those guys on the Wolfpack Hustle A team were riding carbon wonderbikes. We all know it would have only been possible to average nearly 25 mph on such pricey bikes, right?
Actually, one of them was on a vintage steel.
07-16-11, 07:36 PM
#55
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Northern California
Posts: 10,879
Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 104 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 5 Times
in
5 Posts
But it is a big win for bicycling in general (and public transit), as Tom Vanderbilt points out in the Slate article. Note that this is the same Tom Vanderbilt who wrote the well regarded book "Traffic" about America's car culture.
07-16-11, 08:04 PM
#56
VFL For Life
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 49,110
Bikes: Velo Volmobile
Mentioned: 775 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quoted: 26397 Post(s)
Liked 1,533 Times
in
1,081 Posts
07-16-11, 08:16 PM
#59
VFL For Life
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 49,110
Bikes: Velo Volmobile
Mentioned: 775 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quoted: 26397 Post(s)
Liked 1,533 Times
in
1,081 Posts
07-16-11, 08:19 PM
#60
VFL For Life
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 49,110
Bikes: Velo Volmobile
Mentioned: 775 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quoted: 26397 Post(s)
Liked 1,533 Times
in
1,081 Posts
07-16-11, 09:14 PM
#61
Go, Dog. Go!
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: SoCal
Posts: 709
Bikes: '09 Fuji Team; '11 PedalForce QS3
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
From another news article:
I don't think it was very good publicity for JetBlue, publicizing that their 20 mile flight would take 3 hours in real life.
But it is a big win for bicycling in general (and public transit), as Tom Vanderbilt points out in the Slate article. Note that this is the same Tom Vanderbilt who wrote the well regarded book "Traffic" about America's car culture.
But it is a big win for bicycling in general (and public transit), as Tom Vanderbilt points out in the Slate article. Note that this is the same Tom Vanderbilt who wrote the well regarded book "Traffic" about America's car culture.
07-16-11, 09:26 PM
#62
Has coddling tendencies.
I love riding my bike. I also love driving my car.
What I really love about this story is it's cool that it drew so much attention, and it had a happy ending. Usually bike stories aren't so positive.
What I really love about this story is it's cool that it drew so much attention, and it had a happy ending. Usually bike stories aren't so positive.
07-16-11, 09:35 PM
#63
Go, Dog. Go!
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: SoCal
Posts: 709
Bikes: '09 Fuji Team; '11 PedalForce QS3
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
From another news article:
07-16-11, 10:17 PM
#65
Has coddling tendencies.
07-16-11, 11:08 PM
#66
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 324
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
2 of the guys race masters 35+(one of them is a 3 time state champ), another guy is a cat 3, maybe a 2 now. The other 2 guys, not sure, but I'm sure they are pretty fast, wolfpack is a fast group of guys.
07-17-11, 05:37 AM
#67
Gluteus Enormus
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Raleigh, NC
Posts: 2,245
Bikes: Yes
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I don't think it was very good publicity for JetBlue, publicizing that their 20 mile flight would take 3 hours in real life.
But it is a big win for bicycling in general (and public transit), as Tom Vanderbilt points out in the Slate article. Note that this is the same Tom Vanderbilt who wrote the well regarded book "Traffic" about America's car culture.
But it is a big win for bicycling in general (and public transit), as Tom Vanderbilt points out in the Slate article. Note that this is the same Tom Vanderbilt who wrote the well regarded book "Traffic" about America's car culture.
07-17-11, 09:14 AM
#68
VFL For Life
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 49,110
Bikes: Velo Volmobile
Mentioned: 775 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quoted: 26397 Post(s)
Liked 1,533 Times
in
1,081 Posts
07-17-11, 09:45 AM
#69
Has coddling tendencies.
07-17-11, 09:49 AM
#70
Has coddling tendencies.
07-17-11, 11:24 AM
#71
Go, Dog. Go!
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: SoCal
Posts: 709
Bikes: '09 Fuji Team; '11 PedalForce QS3
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Here's some cool photos of the winning ride and finish.
07-17-11, 11:34 AM
#72
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 1,001
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Seriously? Even riding carbon wonderbikes, Zipp wheels, etc, you still think it is cheaper to own and operate a motor vehicle (even a cheap one) or use airplanes for frequent travel? Am I just missing sarcasm here?
07-17-11, 11:54 AM
#73
Gluteus Enormus
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Raleigh, NC
Posts: 2,245
Bikes: Yes
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
07-17-11, 12:45 PM
#74
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
Posts: 7,052
Bikes: Cervelo Prodigy
Mentioned: 4 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 464 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 79 Times
in
60 Posts
"Flying distance between Los Angeles, LAX and San Francisco, SFO is 339 miles. Estimated Flight Time 1 h 8 min."
07-17-11, 12:47 PM
#75
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
Posts: 7,052
Bikes: Cervelo Prodigy
Mentioned: 4 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 464 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 79 Times
in
60 Posts
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was announcing at 10 am Sunday that the road work is nearly completed and portions of the roads should open up shortly, way before the deadline.
But in that announcement, he said that there were some police arrests as some "cyclists" were trying to ride on the freeway. I don't know who they were, but this is not good for the cycling community.
But in that announcement, he said that there were some police arrests as some "cyclists" were trying to ride on the freeway. I don't know who they were, but this is not good for the cycling community.
