Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run accident

Re:Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run accident by chollida1 on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @04:33PM (#6015253)

I'm not sure if your joking but I'll bite:)

> Most cyclists have no trouble traveling at a speed greater than 25mph, even uphill.

The average speed of the tour de france winners now is only about 25mph and that is very heavily drug assisted;)

http://bikeraceinfo.com/tdf/tdfstats.html

Given this I can't really take your statement as a serious one:)

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Re:Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run accident by maxerickson on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @04:41PM (#6015308)

25 mph up a hill is fast, but the tour de France is a silly comparison, they sustain those speeds for 4 hours at a time, commuters aren't going to do that. Commuters also rarely face anything resembling the climbs in the tour.

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Re:Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run accident by chollida1 on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @04:45PM (#6015344)

True but on the other side most commuters aren't going for speed, or using great bikes, or proper shoes so I think the expectation would be that the tour de france winner would still average a much faster time than a commuter.

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Re:Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run accident by baddox on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @04:41PM (#6015307)

I agree that 25mph is unreasonable for the average cyclist, but to be fair, aren't the Tour de France speeds averaged over a much greater distance?

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