mile for mile you burn more walking than you do cycling
Cycling is bloody efficient.
( Peej, Wed 27 Jul 2011, 15:06, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Innit though?
Bicycles, right. Bicycles are fucking ace.

edit: depends on your speed and the incline though ... when they're hoofing it through the alpine legs of the Tour they eat an entire actual horse at the end of each day.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 27 Jul 2011, 15:09, Reply)

I mean efficient in as much as nearly all the energy put in to the pedals ends up at the back wheel
very little is wasted even if you are in a stupid gear spinning your feet at 300rpm
( Peej, Wed 27 Jul 2011, 15:14, Reply)

This is true. But I think there's something missing.
I've walked up and down relatively big hills with not much more than a bar of kendall mint cake in the middle and a pint at the end. If I tried that at any speed on a push-iron then I'd need a sack of bread and a blood transfusion.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 27 Jul 2011, 15:26, Reply)