Re: Fogel's revolutionary speed-distance law

On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:07:03 -0700 (PDT), ronaldo_jeremiah
<ronaldo_jeremiah@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"The riders setting the hour record were presumably working hard.
But the speed doesn't drop as the distance increases. It rises. From
1893 to 1996, the unfaired upright bicycle hour speed (and
distance) record increased from ~35 km to ~56 km, about 60% farther
and faster."

All these years we've been riding, and not until now has anyone
noticed that riding farther makes you go faster!

Forget my usual 35 mile ride. It takes too long. Tomorrow afternoon
I'm going to set out for a 5,000 mile ride. It should only take a few
minutes.

Thanks Carl. Your discovery of the Fogel Speed-Distance Law (FSDL)
changes everything.

-rj

P.S. You should consider contacting NASA. I think they would be very
interested in your work.

Haha, I actually have a route like this. The longer I ride it the
higher my average speed.

(The secret is the first part has several climbs, then I get to a long
straightaway with a turnaround. I ride this flatter section several
times, and each lap is significantly faster than the climbs. I have
another climb to get back to home base, so if I ride too many laps
it's impacted, and the peak times start to level out.)


.

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