from the last issue of dirtrag comes an article by nick goddard who puts forth the hypotheses if a car gets so many miles to gallon of gas, what does a bike get.
he found research stating that a gallon of gas contains 31,000 calories of energy. in a very un-scientific experiment he planned to cycle as far as he could, recording how far he could go while burning 31,000 calories of enenrgy. using a monitor that calculated calories burned based on his heart rate etc.; he cycled 633 miles. nice.
his final conclusion...it doesn't really matter, what counts is being on a bike...and that the earth loves you for it. even better.
Saturday, November 04, 2006
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