KM or M?

songwriter

Whats the prefered measurement in the cycling world?

Smokin Joe

I stick to miles on my computer, I just can't relate to Km. If they changed the roadsigns to metric it might be different.

richa

KM for me...

Coz that is what I've done since I started - largely as that is what a lot of sportives are denominated in...

nickwill

Miles for me because I live in England!

gavintc

Km, but then again, I spent my formative adults years in Germany and am much more comfortable with km. Equally, hill walking maps are effectively in km. Finally, I like that the numbers pass more quickly .

skinny man0903

I have to say miles per hour for me, I haven't got the time to convert to km plus as someone has said I live in england

woody-som

KM for me as the computer mapping is set to use meters for elevations and KM for distance.

a_n_t

miles better

nickwill

woody-som wrote:

KM for me as the computer mapping is set to use meters for elevations and KM for distance.

Memorymap can be set to metric or imperial!

top_bhoy

Km or M, it makes little difference to me, though why this question is being asked nearly 40 years after the UK went metric is a strange one. I'm 42 and I went through school using entirely metric measurements. A decision should be made to change and let future generations adapt to what they actually learn in school.

woody-som

Nickwill wrote:

woody-som wrote:

KM for me as the computer mapping is set to use meters for elevations and KM for distance.

Memorymap can be set to metric or imperial!

I know, but elevations are always marked in metric regardless of settings, and paper maps are also designed for metric measurements. Using metric measurements for everything just makes life easier, for me anyway.

on the road

Nickwill wrote:

Miles for me because I live in England!

Ditto

mr_hippo

I use whatever sounds better! An 80 km ride sounds longer than a 50 mile ride but 5 miles from home sounds shorter than 8km!

campagchris

most signposts,speed signs,and car speedometer's are in miles so good enough for me.
What next Farenheit or celsius :roll:

Smokin Joe

campagchris wrote:

most signposts,speed signs,and car speedometer's are in miles so good enough for me.
What next Farenheit or celsius :roll:

Centigrade, actually.

redddraggon

Smokin Joe wrote:

campagchris wrote:

most signposts,speed signs,and car speedometer's are in miles so good enough for me.
What next Farenheit or celsius :roll:

Centigrade, actually.

Celsius, actually.

Celsius is, or relates to, the Celsius temperature scale (previously known as the centigrade scale)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centigrade

songwriter

Judging from some of these answers I should have asked who in this day and age is obsessed with their nationality.

Who cares what country you come from. Some of you sound like the dad in the film Breaking Free.lol

Chill out grandads

top_bhoy

songwriter wrote:

Judging from some of these answers I should have asked who in this day and age is obsessed with their nationality.

Who cares what country you come from. Some of you sound like the dad in the film Breaking Free.lol

Chill out grandads

I wouldn't worry about - they'll be in for a big shock when they find out the earth isn't flat after all

geoff_ss

Top_Bhoy wrote:

songwriter wrote:

Judging from some of these answers I should have asked who in this day and age is obsessed with their nationality.

Who cares what country you come from. Some of you sound like the dad in the film Breaking Free.lol

Chill out grandads

I wouldn't worry about - they'll be in for a big shock when they find out the earth isn't flat after all

Reminds me of the youngster who pointed out to the old guy that he wouldn't be able to understand modern youth because he hadn't been brought up with the internet, mobile phones and satellite communication. The old guy acknowledged that those technologies were indeed not available to his generation when the were young, but they saw the need ... and invented them

I usually use miles when I'm in the UK or the US but km when elsewhere. It's just easier to use the units displayed on the sign posts. I've used the Celsius temperature scale for over 40 years as it was the norm in the engineering environment where I worked.

Geoff

dennisn

This can't be a real question. Just can't be. Maybe I've had too much to drink tonight but it can't be a real question. Who cares what you measure except yourself.Sorry I have had too much to drink tonight.

Dennis Noward

ademort

I am English but live in the Netherlands, so it,s Kilometres for me for obvious reasons.

oldwelshman

I go by hours Who needs miles or Km?

andy_wrx

RichA wrote:

KM for me...

Coz that is what I've done since I started - largely as that is what a lot of sportives are denominated in...

Practically every UK sportive I've done has been in miles.

I've done a few audax and they're in km...

deejay

Geoff_SS wrote:

Reminds me of the youngster who pointed out to the old guy that he wouldn't be able to understand modern youth because he hadn't been brought up with the internet, mobile phones and satellite communication. The old guy acknowledged that those technologies were indeed not available to his generation when the were young, but they saw the need ... and invented them

I usually use miles when I'm in the UK or the US but km when elsewhere. It's just easier to use the units displayed on the sign posts. I've used the Celsius temperature scale for over 40 years as it was the norm in the engineering environment where I worked.

Geoff

We won (the old timers) as we won't have to go to prison if we sell a POUND of potatoes or drive on the left.
What is the difference of M to Km, it's only to multiply/divide by 6 or 62% but then, can the the young ones Doh count

Pity us motorists at the pump having to pay over a £1/litre....eerrmmm thats £4 ;70p/ gallon and it could be £5 by the weekend !!!!

As the old Dragon (taffy) says you still need to ride by time and if your not traveling 40 kilo's in the hour, then ride some more for training until you can.

I allways thought in engineering terms that normal room temperature was 68* F and when different the calculations needed for various materials. !!!!!!!

hambones

'40 kilo's in the hour' :shock: :shock:

richk

Top_Bhoy wrote:

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I wouldn't worry about - they'll be in for a big shock when they find out the earth isn't flat after all

I can't imagine how any cyclist could think that the world is flat... :P

Jeff Jones

I went out this morning and it was a balmy 4.8 Réaumur (502.47 Rankine), with the wind blowing at Mach 0.02.

CanterburyTailwind

Like Top Bhoy I went through school learning the metric system, and now find myself caught between the two. I'd much prefer to work in KM, but it's a bit of an uphill battle when all signs/talk is miles/mph. Except where it's litres and cm, of course. Generally I've got a bit of dog's dinner of a weights and measures system going on. But then, I imagine anyone who entered school from the mid-seventies onwards is probably the same.

lloyd_bower

Has always been miles for me usually, except have amended bike computer to kms for foreign tours.
Though since I got a new computer last year with a useful altimeter function, it either worked in km and m ascended or miles and ft ascended. Feet ascended didn't mean much to me, so I swapped it to kms but still converted my rides back to miles when I recorded them.
That said I had the said computer nicked recently so it's back to miles again.

webbhost

miles here... but miight switch to KM because it gives you a bigger number

Tourist Tony

Miles.