My daily commute to work is a bit of a drag, so I get to thinking of different things along the way.....like, I wonder if I can make it all the way to work without putting my foot down?
Let the challenge commence:
The challenge rules are basically that you have to do a regular journey and it must be through a town/city centre during rush hour, eg mine is from St Albans to central London. The challenge is.....how many times do you absolutely have to put your foot down?
The measure is the number of times you put your foot down, divided by the number of traffic lights. Only traffic lights count, so excluded are traffic islands, roundabouts, give ways, T junctions and zebra crossings....only lights where you are bound to stop under the law count. So, count the number of traffic lights on your journey - an amazing 96 in my case, then see how many times you have to touch down. It makes the journey fly by, improves your anticiation, hazard awareness and your slow speed riding. Touching down whilst filtering, at junctions, roundabouts etc all count in your touch downs, but the denominator is always the number of lights.
Tuesday 18/96 - 19.8%
Wednesday 12/96 - 12.5%
TODAY - and the new official world record - 9/96 - 9.4%
So, 9.4% is the standard set.........come and have a go if you think you're hard enough
This is loads of fun and if you could see me balancing at zero mph at the lights with my front wheel going from side to side, the bike one way and me the other, you'd laugh your nuts off. Other riders must think I'm completely barking.
WeeJohnyB
World Champion Bike Balancer
[Edited on 7-10-2004 by WeeJohnyB]