Hot out there today

wafflycat said:

Did my increasingly regular Tuesday 45-miler today. Boy, is it *hot* out
there! The dwon side was that the reading od 32 on my ccycle computer was
not mph, but was celsius... Even slavering Factor 30 over self, I have
'caught the sun'. BAH!

Caught the sun? You must have been travelling faster than light then.
Forget 32, that is 285,000 kilometers per second...

...d

David Martin said:

wafflycat said:

Did my increasingly regular Tuesday 45-miler today. Boy, is it *hot* out
there! The dwon side was that the reading od 32 on my ccycle computer was
not mph, but was celsius... Even slavering Factor 30 over self, I have
'caught the sun'. BAH!

Caught the sun? You must have been travelling faster than light then.
Forget 32, that is 285,000 kilometers per second...

Not quite. The "speed of the sun" isn't the speed of light. Our sun is
orbiting the galactic core at an (estimated) velocity of about 220km/s.

Though you wouldn't need to reach that speed either as we're being
dragged* along with it. All you'd have to do is reach escape velocity
(about 11km/s) on the bike and you'd get there eventually.

Since the sun is 150,000,000 km away, it would only take about 5 years.
You'd need some pretty big panniers, but on the other hand you wouldn't
need spare tubes as the ride would be virtually frictionless. You would
need to figure out how to incorporate some radiation shielding, but I'm
sure a regular bicycle helmet would be more than adequate.

Can we expect "ESE" (Earth-Sun-Earth) to be included on next year's
Audax calendar? That'll give those hardcore LEL folks something to get
their teeth into...

* I know, I know... :-)

--
jc

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wafflycat said:

Did my increasingly regular Tuesday 45-miler today. Boy, is it *hot* out
there! The dwon side was that the reading od 32 on my ccycle computer
was not mph, but was celsius... Even slavering Factor 30 over self, I
have 'caught the sun'. BAH!

Bah. OK for some.

Tuesday is my regular two-telecons-in-an-afternoon day. So I'm
stuck at a computer in a south-facing room, rather than pedalling
across the moors to a nice swim-spot and enjoying :-(

20 minutes to go 'til the second telecon. Shall I be utterly
irresponsible and get that Weizenbier out of the fridge?

--
Nick Kew

"wafflycat" <waffles*$*A**T*v21net$*££*D*O*T*co*D£$£*O*T*uk> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

Did my increasingly regular Tuesday 45-miler today. Boy, is it *hot* out
there! The dwon side was that the reading od 32 on my ccycle computer was
not mph, but was celsius... Even slavering Factor 30 over self, I have
'caught the sun'. BAH!

If you can tear the Trice from boy wonder you can turn over & do the other
side tomorrow!!

wafflycat said:

Did my increasingly regular Tuesday 45-miler today. Boy, is it *hot* out
there! The dwon side was that the reading od 32 on my ccycle computer was
not mph, but was celsius... Even slavering Factor 30 over self, I have
'caught the sun'.

Ah, but think of the upside. With the new slimline Wafflycat,
there is much less surface area to catch the sun.
And also less expenditure on factor 30 I bet.

"Nick Kew" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Tuesday is my regular two-telecons-in-an-afternoon day. So I'm
stuck at a computer in a south-facing room, rather than pedalling
across the moors to a nice swim-spot and enjoying :-(

20 minutes to go 'til the second telecon. Shall I be utterly
irresponsible and get that Weizenbier out of the fridge?

If I had a Weizenbier in my fridge, I'd be getting it out of there and
drinking it!

Cheers, helen s

Jeremy Collins said:

Quoted message said:

Caught the sun? You must have been travelling faster than light then.
Forget 32, that is 285,000 kilometers per second...

Not quite. The "speed of the sun" isn't the speed of light. Our sun is
orbiting the galactic core at an (estimated) velocity of about 220km/s.

Though you wouldn't need to reach that speed either as we're being
dragged* along with it. All you'd have to do is reach escape velocity
(about 11km/s) on the bike and you'd get there eventually.

Indeed.

I suppose another interpretation of 'catching the sun' is
keeping up with the dawn (technically called the terminator I think?)
as Concorde was reputed to do.

As it takes 24 hours for the sunrise line to sweep around the earth,
and the earth's circumference at the equator is 40076km,
that's 1670 km/hour at the equator.
But you would get your feet wet and your chain rusty.

Jeremy Collins said:

Though you wouldn't need to reach that speed either as we're being
dragged* along with it.

Aha! The M

Nick Kew said:

Bah. OK for some.

My thoughts exactly - I'd much rather a spot of mild sunburn than the
various problems work has been throwing up for me today... especially
if that sunburn came as the result of a nice long bike ride. :-(

(Don't have any Weizenbier in the fridge either, though I do have three
bottles of Sierra Nevada Summerfest waiting to be sampled when I
/eventually/ get home tonight...)

d.

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:21:54 +0100, John Hearns <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

As it takes 24 hours for the sunrise line to sweep around the earth,
and the earth's circumference at the equator is 40076km

I thought a kilometre was *defined* as 1/40,000 of the distance around
the equator, and therefore the length of the equator is 40,000km. But
perhaps that's just at low tide and assumes the equator to be at sea
level.

I suppose it would be most inconvenient if metric length dependent
measurements varied with the phase and position of the moon and sun.

"John Hearns" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Ah, but think of the upside. With the new slimline Wafflycat,
there is much less surface area to catch the sun.
And also less expenditure on factor 30 I bet.

Not yet slimline - but slimmer than I was :-)

Cheers, helen s

John Hearns said:

Quoted message said:

As it takes 24 hours for the sunrise line to sweep around the earth,
and the earth's circumference at the equator is 40076km

and Bertie Wiggins responded:

Quoted message said:

I thought a kilometre was *defined* as 1/40,000 of the distance around
the equator, and therefore the length of the equator is 40,000km. But
perhaps that's just at low tide and assumes the equator to be at sea
level.

I understood that a kilometre was 1/10000 the distance from pole to
equator, or 1/40000 the circumference of the Earth going through the
poles, which is less than the distance around the equator.

--
Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address)
<URL:http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/>
"He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine

Danny Colyer said:

I understood that a kilometre was 1/10000 the distance from pole to
equator, or 1/40000 the circumference of the Earth going through the
poles, which is less than the distance around the equator.

That makes sense. Would that be at high, low or median tide?

wafflycat said:

Quoted message said:

20 minutes to go 'til the second telecon. Shall I be utterly
irresponsible and get that Weizenbier out of the fridge?

If I had a Weizenbier in my fridge, I'd be getting it out of there and
drinking it!

Hehe. Well, I nipped round to the local greengrocer and found they
had watermelons - another great hot-weather refreshment. Saved the
booze for after the high-stress calls. I.e. now :-)

--
Nick Kew

Bertie Wiggins said:

John Hearns said:

As it takes 24 hours for the sunrise line to sweep around the earth, and
the earth's circumference at the equator is 40076km

I thought a kilometre was *defined* as 1/40,000 of the distance around the
equator, and therefore the length of the equator is 40,000km. But perhaps
that's just at low tide and assumes the equator to be at sea level.

I suppose it would be most inconvenient if metric length dependent
measurements varied with the phase and position of the moon and sun.

That would be the original definition by the French revolutionaries.

SI units these days are based upon other measurements.
A metre today is defined as distance that light travels in a certain
amount of time, as time can be measured extremely accurately.

http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/meter.html

Bertie Wiggins said:

Danny Colyer said:

I understood that a kilometre was 1/10000 the distance from pole to
equator, or 1/40000 the circumference of the Earth going through the
poles, which is less than the distance around the equator.

That makes sense. Would that be at high, low or median tide?

Rather more sense to make it 1000 metres, no?

James

Nick Kew said:

wafflycat said:

Quoted message said:

20 minutes to go 'til the second telecon. Shall I be utterly
irresponsible and get that Weizenbier out of the fridge?

If I had a Weizenbier in my fridge, I'd be getting it out of there and
drinking it!

Hehe. Well, I nipped round to the local greengrocer and found they
had watermelons - another great hot-weather refreshment. Saved the
booze for after the high-stress calls. I.e. now :-)

well _that_'s an environmentally responsible import...large bag of water
with a touch of added sugar, all the way from....?

James

wafflycat said:

Did my increasingly regular Tuesday 45-miler today. Boy, is it *hot* out
there! The dwon side was that the reading od 32 on my ccycle computer
was not mph, but was celsius... Even slavering Factor 30 over self, I
have 'caught the sun'. BAH!

Cheers, helen s

Hot yesterday too, did 6 miles around town with my 8 year old delivering
start of term notes to our Beaver Scouts, left him knackered, even with
regular drinks, quiet roads as well thankfully, unlike today....

Badger said:

Beaver Scouts

Dare I ask?

James