The last mile?

"beegee" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I'm an Older Person, at least as defined by the European Onion. As
such, I tend to measure distances in miles, cos I always have done.
Looking through some of the recent threads in this newsgroup I find
mainly references to kilometres (assuming things like 10k don't refer
to ten thousand miles). It's of no real matter to me as I don't race
or time myself against other cyclists, but I do take some note of the
distances I ride and the average speed and so on and am wondering if
I'm even further behind the times than usual by sticking to miles,
mph, etc.? Is there now a general acceptance of metric measurement in
cycling in Britain?

Beegee

Not sure if I'm an older person or not as at 40yrs I've never ever been
taught at school in imperial units but still cycle in miles. Can't use
inches, feet or yards, farenheight, Lbs and oz at all though!

Wish I could use km as it just sounds so much more impressive which is why I
think some people use it :-)

However used to have my trailquest speedo in Km as it ties in with the map
grid squares.

Russ

beegee said:

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Is there now a general acceptance of metric measurement in cycling in

Britain?

NEVER!!!

There'll always be an England,
While there's a country lane.
Wherever there's a cottage small
Beside a field of grain
There'll always be an England
While there's a busy street.
Wherever there's a turning wheel
A million marching feet.

....

--
Kev

In news:[email hidden],

Russ said:

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

I'm an Older Person, at least as defined by the European Onion. As
such, I tend to measure distances in miles, cos I always have done.
Looking through some of the recent threads in this newsgroup I find
mainly references to kilometres (assuming things like 10k don't refer
to ten thousand miles). It's of no real matter to me as I don't race
or time myself against other cyclists, but I do take some note of the
distances I ride and the average speed and so on and am wondering if
I'm even further behind the times than usual by sticking to miles,
mph, etc.? Is there now a general acceptance of metric measurement
in cycling in Britain?

Beegee

Not sure if I'm an older person or not as at 40yrs I've never ever
been taught at school in imperial units but still cycle in miles.
Can't use inches, feet or yards, farenheight, Lbs and oz at all
though!

Russ

Inches are good for tyres, feet are good for pedalling, yards are good for
netties, fahrenheit is good for when it's warm, but celcius is better for
when it's cold, for example, if it's over 10C, I wear shorts. If it's over
65F, I'm too hot. Lbs are what I need to lose so the bathroom scales don't
groan, oz is all I manage to lose, and that's just by utilising some of the
other bathroom furniture. I'll be 50 years old next year.
What's that in metric?
--
Morton Burner

On 22/8/04 11:23 pm, in article
[email hidden], "beegee"

Quoted message said:

Is there now a general acceptance of metric measurement in
cycling in Britain?

I use metric because the numbers sound more impressive. 60 sounds much
faster than 37 and a bit.

My aim for next year is to get my 10 mile average speed in Km/h above my
age. (I'm 35).

...d

Kevin Stone said:

beegee said:

Quoted message said:

Is there now a general acceptance of metric measurement in cycling
in Britain?

NEVER!!!

There'll always be an England,
While there's a country lane.
Wherever there's a cottage small
Beside a field of grain
There'll always be an England
While there's a busy street.
Wherever there's a turning wheel
A million marching feet.

...

Shouldn't that be

'A Million marching 30cm'

:-p

Pete.

beegee pibbled:

Quoted message said:

I'm an Older Person, at least as defined by the European Onion. As
such, I tend to measure distances in miles, cos I always have done.
Looking through some of the recent threads in this newsgroup I find
mainly references to kilometres (assuming things like 10k don't refer
to ten thousand miles). It's of no real matter to me as I don't race
or time myself against other cyclists, but I do take some note of the
distances I ride and the average speed and so on and am wondering if
I'm even further behind the times than usual by sticking to miles,
mph, etc.? Is there now a general acceptance of metric measurement in
cycling in Britain?

Good point. Although I think in centigrade, a kilometer isn't far enough to
make sense. Feet work well in height, but mm is good for small things (less
than a foot!). In engineering, the 'thou' is perfect, a micron is rubbish,
it's way too small. Meters are good where the number of feet gets too
large. Whoever thought that 19/32 was a sensible size for a spanner was on
something which would now be highly illegal. HTH.

In article <[email hidden]>, beegee
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

I'm an Older Person, at least as defined by the European Onion. As
such, I tend to measure distances in miles, cos I always have done.
Looking through some of the recent threads in this newsgroup I find
mainly references to kilometres (assuming things like 10k don't refer
to ten thousand miles). It's of no real matter to me as I don't race
or time myself against other cyclists, but I do take some note of the
distances I ride and the average speed and so on and am wondering if
I'm even further behind the times than usual by sticking to miles,
mph, etc.? Is there now a general acceptance of metric measurement in
cycling in Britain?

I'm an Older Person too, and I measure in miles, yards, feet, inches,
rods, poles, perches. (Who else remembers the old school exercise
books...).
A quaint thing I notice cycling in Windsor Great Park is that the posted
speed limit is 38 mph, a strange number to choose, except that it's
60kph. Maybe a certain other Older Person is preparing for a metric
revolution.
--
Peter Grange

On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 23:31:10 +0100, "Russ" <[email hidden]>
wrote (more or less):

Quoted message said:

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

I'm an Older Person, at least as defined by the European Onion. As
such, I tend to measure distances in miles, cos I always have done.
Looking through some of the recent threads in this newsgroup I find
mainly references to kilometres (assuming things like 10k don't refer
to ten thousand miles). It's of no real matter to me as I don't race
or time myself against other cyclists, but I do take some note of the
distances I ride and the average speed and so on and am wondering if
I'm even further behind the times than usual by sticking to miles,
mph, etc.? Is there now a general acceptance of metric measurement in
cycling in Britain?

Beegee

Not sure if I'm an older person or not as at 40yrs I've never ever been
taught at school in imperial units but still cycle in miles. Can't use
inches, feet or yards, farenheight, Lbs and oz at all though!

Wish I could use km as it just sounds so much more impressive which is why I
think some people use it :-)

I'm teh same age, and learnt cm and m at school. but longer distances
have always been labelled miles.

There are 3.25 feet in a metre, and 1760 yards in a mile.

So there are 1624metres in a mile. (I use 1600m for ease of
conversion)

So a km is 5/8ths of a mile. And a mile is 8/5ths of a km.

I use my cycle computer in km, becasue that makes my slow speeds and
short distances seem less unimpressive. :-)

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However used to have my trailquest speedo in Km as it ties in with the map
grid squares.

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David Martin pibbled:

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On 22/8/04 11:23 pm, in article
[email hidden], "beegee"

Quoted message said:

Is there now a general acceptance of metric measurement in
cycling in Britain?

I use metric because the numbers sound more impressive. 60 sounds much
faster than 37 and a bit.

My aim for next year is to get my 10 mile average speed in Km/h above my
age. (I'm 35).

My aim is to get my weight below my IQ....

"gopher bronze" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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beegee pibbled:

Quoted message said:

I'm an Older Person, at least as defined by the European Onion. As
such, I tend to measure distances in miles, cos I always have done.
Looking through some of the recent threads in this newsgroup I find
mainly references to kilometres (assuming things like 10k don't refer
to ten thousand miles). It's of no real matter to me as I don't race
or time myself against other cyclists, but I do take some note of the
distances I ride and the average speed and so on and am wondering if
I'm even further behind the times than usual by sticking to miles,
mph, etc.? Is there now a general acceptance of metric measurement in
cycling in Britain?

Good point. Although I think in centigrade, a kilometer isn't far enough

to

Quoted message said:

make sense. Feet work well in height, but mm is good for small things

(less

Quoted message said:

than a foot!). In engineering, the 'thou' is perfect, a micron is rubbish,
it's way too small. Meters are good where the number of feet gets too
large. Whoever thought that 19/32 was a sensible size for a spanner was

on

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something which would now be highly illegal. HTH.

I get annoyed by my speedo, which has either km distance/m altitude or miles
distance/ft altitude. I want miles distance/metres altitude.

cheers,
clive

[email hidden] (beegee) wrote in message

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mph, etc.? Is there now a general acceptance of metric measurement in
cycling in Britain?

Beegee

No. Audaxes are a French thing so they use metric. Time trials still
use miles. While road signs are in miles and speed limits are in mph
(important to me when I am driving) I will use miles when cycling. I
was born in the mid sixties and was never taught about imperial
measuring systems but in the real world it is far easier to use them.

[email hidden] (beegee) wrote in message

Quoted message said:

mph, etc.? Is there now a general acceptance of metric measurement in
cycling in Britain?

Beegee

No. Audaxes are a French thing so they use metric. Time trials still
use miles. While road signs are in miles and speed limits are in mph
(important to me when I am driving) I will use miles when cycling. I
was born in the mid sixties and was never taught about imperial
measuring systems but in the real world it is far easier to use them.

gopher bronze vaguely muttered something like ...

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Whoever thought that 19/32 was a sensible size for a
spanner was on something which would now be highly illegal. HTH.

Heheheh, amen to that .. 😉

--
Paul ...

(8(|) ... Homer Rocks

"A [censored] is a [censored], no matter what mode of transport they're using."

beegee said:

I'm an Older Person, at least as defined by the European Onion. As
such, I tend to measure distances in miles, cos I always have done.

I'm not an Older Person (born in the 1970s) but I use miles for
measuring longer distances. When doing AUK rides, which are measured in
km, it's not difficult to do a rough mental conversion.

Quoted message said:

Is there now a general acceptance of metric measurement in
cycling in Britain?

Metric is the international standard and is therefore used in any
sporting event that takes place on an international level - the marathon
is the only exception to that rule that I can think of.

d.

Russ popped their head over the parapet saw what was going on and said

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Not sure if I'm an older person or not as at 40yrs I've never ever
been taught at school in imperial units but still cycle in miles.
Can't use inches, feet or yards, farenheight, Lbs and oz at all
though!

Am 41, nearly 42, was born in 1962 can't remember actually
being taught measuring systems but we certainly used both
imperial and metric, metric with everything divisible by ten
was much easier for "Engineering science".

Still use miles, mph when talking big distances, feet when
talking about people and cm mm when talking about small
sizes, still think it's wierd when my son talks about being
1 metre 28 centimetres tall or one twenty eight metres

--
yours S

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David Martin <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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I use metric because the numbers sound more impressive. 60 sounds much
faster than 37 and a bit.

I hadn't thought of that approach. Does this mean that if I tell the
polis that the kids with the dustbin sized exhausts on their Ford
Fiestas are roaring up my street at nearly 100 they'll take more
notice?

BG

davek said:

Metric is the international standard and is therefore used in any
sporting event that takes place on an international level - the marathon
is the only exception to that rule that I can think of.

d.

The marathon is metric too. The official distance is 42.195km. No mention
of imperial units. If you watched yesterday's marathon you will have seen
that all the distance markers were in km.
--
Michael MacClancy
Random putdown - "His mother should have thrown him away and kept the
stork." - Mae West
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Kevin Stone <[email hidden]> wrote:
: "beegee" wrote:

:>> Is there now a general acceptance of metric measurement in cycling in
: Britain?

: NEVER!!!

: There'll always be an England,

Sigh. This is why I sometimes use metric units just to wind people up.
I find the whole "little england" attitude annoying, sad and Daily Mail
reading.

My apologies if I missed the humour in your post.

Arthur (I use: my weight in Kilos, my height in feet + inches, distance
travelled in miles, speed in miles/hour, small distances in metres +
centimeters. Weight in grams/kilos/tonnes. All cooking in grams and litres.
I just can't cook in imperial for some reason 🙂

--
Arthur Clune http://www.clune.org
"Technolibertarians make a philosophy out of a personality defect"
- Paulina Borsook

"Kevin Stone" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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beegee said:

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Is there now a general acceptance of metric measurement in cycling in

Britain?

NEVER!!!

Oh dear. Its a unit of measurement, not some shibboleth of nationhood.

Personally, I'm of an age where both systems can be used interchangeably. I
drink beer in pints, milk and OJ in litres, drive my car in miles but ride
my bike in km and will accept payment for my work in any convertible
currency.

One inch is, by internationally agreed definition, 25.4 mm -- not the length
of Edward the Confessor's pinkie. Indeed, all Imperial measures are now
defined as subsidiary measured derived from SI units.

T