Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: Helmet efficacy test

On 3/25/2025 12:36 PM, cyclintom wrote:

On Tue Mar 25 10:36:01 2025 Frank Krygowski  wrote:

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First, I don't know that's true. Based on your claims here, I think my
typical riding speed is faster than yours. I'm sure I couldn't keep up
with Zen or Mark, but I suspect most of us old guys here would ride at
similar speeds. I know that on the club rides I attend (I'm typically
the oldest of the attendees) I usually finish in the front half of the
group, and often first. Not that they're races. I just enjoy speeding up
at times.
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Not that it matters. I dispute the implication that faster riders
naturally crash more. It takes miles of riding to get fast, and people
with miles of experience tend to be more skillful.
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You may be an exception.

    Frank, obviously you do not ride with a Garmin and believe that my claim of riding an average soeed of 11 mph is slow.

You're right. I don't use a Garmin. I still use ordinary cyclometers - a couple Avocets that I've managed to keep running, and a couple Cateyes, etc. They give me average speed. 11 mph _is_ slow. I don't think I've ever averaged that slow unless on a recreation ride with my wife, grandkids or a good friend who is quite slow.
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- Frank Krygowski