London Banter - View Single Post - Taking a bike from London Bridge to Hither Green on a thursdayevening?

[email protected] · May 17th 09, 12:50 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(John Rowland) wrote:

wrote:
In article . li,
(Tom Anderson) wrote:

On Fri, 15 May 2009, wrote:

In article . li,
(Tom Anderson) wrote:

Ah, i'd shamelessly filtered to near the front, and then found that
i couldn't take a secondary position, and chickened out of scooting
out in front of the head of the queue to take primary. In the end i
just pedalled like mad and prayed.

I find I have no problem getting away at the front at lights and
my bike is pretty ordinary.

How is that relevant?

No pedalling like mad or praying required.

The performance of a human-propelled vehicle is somewhat dependent
on the performance of the propellor.

Human standing start performance is much better than an ICE with a ton of
metal for most values of human power. And that's all you need to get out
of the way starting at lights.

--
Colin Rosenstiel