From kphilbri@u.washington.edu Mon Oct 25 13:32:58 1999 Received: from franklin01.u.washington.edu (root@franklin01.u.washington.edu [140.142.13.104]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id NAA47560 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 1999 13:32:56 -0700 Received: from spartan (D-128-95-133-60.dhcp2.washington.edu [128.95.133.60]) by franklin01.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id NAA12000 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 1999 13:32:56 -0700 Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19991025131626.00a2c1f0@kphilbri.deskmail.washington.edu> X-Sender: kphilbri@kphilbri.deskmail.washington.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 13:36:49 +0100 To: uwracing@u.washington.edu From: Kenneth Philbrick Subject: Metric System! Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Ok... We need to change something here! What's with listing ride distances in metric units? The metric system is DEAD! YES I repeat dead in the United States. My cycle computer reports my speed in miles. I ride miles not Km! When Dan, tells me that he just kicked some serious ass in a 10K run, I really have no concept of how far Dan ran. I know Dan ran 10k, but unless he tells me his distance in miles it doesn't mean anything. Heres my thought to why American runners uses kilometers.. Kilometers are longer than miles, so if you say that you did a 5 kilometer run, it psychologically sounds farther than if you say you ran 3.~ miles. Basic its a method to make you think you went farther then you really did. Who really watches the units.. Our engineers and scientists even build crap using English units. -- Kenneth! PS: so how many foot pounds can you exert on your chain? = ) .