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Date: 10 Jul 2007 10:54:48
From: javawizard
Subject: Number of Mountain Bikes
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If you lined up all the mountain bikes in America, tire-to-tire, and
then rode a bike along that line, it would take you 18 weeks, (riding
40 hours per week, 15 miles per hour) to get to the end of the line. -
from www.odd-info.com
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Date: 12 Jul 2007 05:33:04
From: icogs
Subject: Re: Number of Mountain Bikes
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On Jul 10, 8:28 pm, "Leo Lichtman" <l.licht...@worldnet.att.net >
wrote:
> "javawizard" wrote: If you lined up all the mountain bikes in America,
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> tire-to-tire, (clip)
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> How long would it take to get them lined up, though?
How many would have been stolen by the time you lined up the last
one?
Would it be possible to fill in the gaps left by the stolen ones
quicker than new ones were being stolen?
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Date: 11 Jul 2007 12:09:30
From: gds
Subject: Re: Number of Mountain Bikes
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On Jul 10, 2:33 pm, Zoot Katz <zootk...@operamail.com > wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:46:49 -0700, gds <gary_j...@msn.com> wrote:
> >On Jul 10, 10:54 am, javawizard <javawiz...@aol.com> wrote:
> >> If you lined up all the mountain bikes in America, tire-to-tire, and
> >> then rode a bike along that line, it would take you 18 weeks, (riding
> >> 40 hours per week, 15 miles per hour) to get to the end of the line. -
> >> fromwww.odd-info.com
>
> >How long would take if you lined up the bikes actively being used? A
> >lot less I imagine.
>
> Good point but you're missing the rest of the world where bikes are
> in daily use. Bicycles still outnumber cars.
>
> The number of people able to ride a bicycle is far greater than the
> number of drivers. Hell, there's more cars than licensed drivers.
>
> Even though the majority of drivers are able to ride a bicycle
> empirical evidence shows that any idiot can drive a car.
> --
> zk
Yep BUT all those european and asian transport bikes aren't Mountain
Bikes. And the OP talked about American mountain bikes. I imagine the
bikes filling basements and garages are some combo of mountain and
road bikes more than utility bikes.
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Date: 10 Jul 2007 12:46:49
From: gds
Subject: Re: Number of Mountain Bikes
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On Jul 10, 10:54 am, javawizard <javawiz...@aol.com > wrote:
> If you lined up all the mountain bikes in America, tire-to-tire, and
> then rode a bike along that line, it would take you 18 weeks, (riding
> 40 hours per week, 15 miles per hour) to get to the end of the line. -
> fromwww.odd-info.com
How long would take if you lined up the bikes actively being used? A
lot less I imagine.
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Date: 13 Jul 2007 01:09:31
From: Mike Kruger
Subject: Re: Number of Mountain Bikes
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gds wrote:
> On Jul 10, 10:54 am, javawizard <javawiz...@aol.com> wrote:
>> If you lined up all the mountain bikes in America, tire-to-tire, and
>> then rode a bike along that line, it would take you 18 weeks, (riding
>> 40 hours per week, 15 miles per hour) to get to the end of the line.
>> - fromwww.odd-info.com
>
> How long would take if you lined up the bikes actively being used? A
> lot less I imagine.
If you limited it further, to mountain bikes that had been on an actual
mountain, you'd be done even faster.
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Date: 13 Jul 2007 10:08:04
From: Paul O
Subject: Re: Number of Mountain Bikes
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Mike Kruger wrote, On 7/12/2007 9:09 PM:
> gds wrote:
>> On Jul 10, 10:54 am, javawizard <javawiz...@aol.com> wrote:
>>> If you lined up all the mountain bikes in America, tire-to-tire, and
>>> then rode a bike along that line, it would take you 18 weeks, (riding
>>> 40 hours per week, 15 miles per hour) to get to the end of the line.
>>> - fromwww.odd-info.com
>> How long would take if you lined up the bikes actively being used? A
>> lot less I imagine.
>
> If you limited it further, to mountain bikes that had been on an actual
> mountain, you'd be done even faster.
>
>
Doh! It just occurred to me that my beloved Gary Fisher Aquila has never
been on anything that I would consider a mountain. That's shameful, I
have no excuse. :-(
--
Paul D Oosterhout
I work for SAIC (but I don't speak for SAIC)
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Date: 10 Jul 2007 14:33:56
From: Zoot Katz
Subject: Re: Number of Mountain Bikes
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On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:46:49 -0700, gds <gary_jill@msn.com > wrote:
>On Jul 10, 10:54 am, javawizard <javawiz...@aol.com> wrote:
>> If you lined up all the mountain bikes in America, tire-to-tire, and
>> then rode a bike along that line, it would take you 18 weeks, (riding
>> 40 hours per week, 15 miles per hour) to get to the end of the line. -
>> fromwww.odd-info.com
>
>How long would take if you lined up the bikes actively being used? A
>lot less I imagine.
Good point but you're missing the rest of the world where bikes are
in daily use. Bicycles still outnumber cars.
The number of people able to ride a bicycle is far greater than the
number of drivers. Hell, there's more cars than licensed drivers.
Even though the majority of drivers are able to ride a bicycle
empirical evidence shows that any idiot can drive a car.
--
zk
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Date: 10 Jul 2007 19:28:56
From: Leo Lichtman
Subject: Re: Number of Mountain Bikes
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"javawizard" wrote: If you lined up all the mountain bikes in America,
tire-to-tire, (clip)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
How long would it take to get them lined up, though?
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