TopGear - Bike v Boat v Car

[dtmeister]

I'm not usually interested in the petrol heads on Top Gear. However,
someone told me about this race across London in peak hour between
the Top Gear hosts. Bike v car v boat v public transport.

Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_WWjij5wKw

Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2zPzTYZLWE

Part 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtyYkjPYa7w

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..dt

 

[Obakesan]

In article <[email protected]>, dtmeister <[email protected]> wrote:
>I'm not usually interested in the petrol heads on Top Gear. However,
>someone told me about this race across London in peak hour between
>the Top Gear hosts. Bike v car v boat v public transport.
>
>Part 1
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_WWjij5wKw
>
>Part 2
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2zPzTYZLWE
>
>Part 3
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtyYkjPYa7w
>


and as we all expected ... the bicycle was faster in the city. Reflects my
experience in Tokyo taking bicycle vs public transport.

See Ya
(when bandwidth gets better ;-)

Chris Eastwood
Photographer, Programmer
Motorcyclist and dingbat

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[TimC]

On 2007-12-13, Obakesan (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> In article <[email protected]>, dtmeister <[email protected]> wrote:
>>I'm not usually interested in the petrol heads on Top Gear. However,
>>someone told me about this race across London in peak hour between
>>the Top Gear hosts. Bike v car v boat v public transport.
....
> and as we all expected ... the bicycle was faster in the city. Reflects my
> experience in Tokyo taking bicycle vs public transport.

Tokyo trains slower than bicycle? You must be mistaken!

--
TimC
It's written GNU/Linux, and pronounced "Linux". Or, "Linux, with a
silent GNU/" -- Kubric on /.

 

[Obakesan]

Hi

In article <[email protected]>,
TimC <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 2007-12-13, Obakesan (aka Bruce)
> was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
>> In article <[email protected]>, dtmeister
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>I'm not usually interested in the petrol heads on Top Gear. However,
>>>someone told me about this race across London in peak hour between
>>>the Top Gear hosts. Bike v car v boat v public transport.
>....
>> and as we all expected ... the bicycle was faster in the city. Reflects my
>> experience in Tokyo taking bicycle vs public transport.
>
>Tokyo trains slower than bicycle? You must be mistaken!

it depends. For example, I lived in Bunkyou-ku, and to get to Shinjuku I
needed to take Chyoda-sen and Maronouchi-sen or perhaps the Tozai-sen.
Depending on the time and or crowding I could just Or I could cross in a more
or less straight line and be there in not much time at all.

(though I'd regularly cheat and take my scooter if I was lazy)



See Ya
(when bandwidth gets better ;-)

Chris Eastwood
Photographer, Programmer
Motorcyclist and dingbat

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