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From: Strangely Composed on 6 Dec 2009 03:38 If you're going to quibble... DavidR said: > "Conor" <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote >> In article <hfe63g$6ql$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, mileburner >> says... >> >>> While out on my bike today, I was thinking to myself, I wonder what >>> the vehicle emissions are on my bikes and what the VED would be if >>> there was any. I came to the conclusion that the emissions are nil and >>> the VED would >>> be zero. >>> >> So you're a clueless cyclist. I'll give you a lesson. >> >> When you cycle, you exert energy over and above that of a person who is >> driving a car or walking. > > Cycling does not require more energy than walking. > Even if you assume cycling at walking pace the cyclist still has to move the mass of the bike as well as him/herself, which will take more energy. There is also additional energy required to overcome the friction inherent in the mechanisms of the cycle. As cyclists tend to move faster than walkers other factors such as overcoming wind resistance and kinetic energy conversion. Strangely Composed... in the face of an increasingly insane world
From: mileburner on 6 Dec 2009 05:58 "Strangely Composed" <here(a)there.nowhere> wrote in message news:84KSm.12405$Ym4.4002(a)text.news.virginmedia.com... > Even if you assume cycling at walking pace the cyclist still has to move > the mass of the bike as well as him/herself, which will take more energy. > > There is also additional energy required to overcome the friction > inherent in the mechanisms of the cycle. > > As cyclists tend to move faster than walkers other factors such as > overcoming wind resistance and kinetic energy conversion. Maybe someone should invent the wheel.
From: Steve Firth on 6 Dec 2009 05:58 mileburner <mileburner(a)btinternet.com> wrote: > Firstly, any libellous statement, to be libellous must be untrue. That's utter bollocks.
From: The Medway Handyman on 6 Dec 2009 06:53 mileburner wrote: > "Strangely Composed" <here(a)there.nowhere> wrote in message > news:84KSm.12405$Ym4.4002(a)text.news.virginmedia.com... > >> Even if you assume cycling at walking pace the cyclist still has to >> move the mass of the bike as well as him/herself, which will take >> more energy. There is also additional energy required to overcome the >> friction >> inherent in the mechanisms of the cycle. >> >> As cyclists tend to move faster than walkers other factors such as >> overcoming wind resistance and kinetic energy conversion. > > Maybe someone should invent the wheel. Maybe you should get a brain? -- Dave - The Tax Paying Motorist
From: MasonS on 6 Dec 2009 07:02
On 5 Dec, 23:08, JNugent <J...(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote: > Mas...(a)BP.com wrote: > > Of course, cyclists pay for motorways... > > Even you must be cringing at having typed that. Why? - it is true. Motorways, unlike local roads which are funded out of council tax are funded out of the big treasury pot that little old ladies cycling to the grocers pay into. -- Simon Mason |