Cav vs Bolt
SteppenHerring
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During the TdF, my son asked the question: would Cavendish beat Usain Bolt in a sprint?
Well, my money is on Bolt - unless Cav has a bike and Bolt doesn't. Then I wonder - 100 metres from a standing start... How long would that actually take on a bike? I am tempted to find a bit of flat, mark 100m and time it. Then I assume that Cav could do it maybe ... much faster than me.
Bolt is, apparently, crossing the line at about 28mph. I can get up to that on the flat but I don't know if I could in 100m.
Any thoughts?
(Sorry if someone's done this one before)
Well, my money is on Bolt - unless Cav has a bike and Bolt doesn't. Then I wonder - 100 metres from a standing start... How long would that actually take on a bike? I am tempted to find a bit of flat, mark 100m and time it. Then I assume that Cav could do it maybe ... much faster than me.
Bolt is, apparently, crossing the line at about 28mph. I can get up to that on the flat but I don't know if I could in 100m.
Any thoughts?
(Sorry if someone's done this one before)
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at least cav is clean :shock:'dont forget lads, one evertonian is worth twenty kopites'0
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Not 100 metres but Jamie Staff could just about do it over 200m from standing start...
But then again that's with a fixed gear. Gears may speed up the acceleration a tiny bit.
I still don't reckon you'd be close over a 100m standing start...0 -
I've done this against my brother, and he (running) beat me. You just can't get close to that sort of acceleration on a bike, I'm afraid.0
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Why not simply opt for the default method of finding out who is better?
http://www.tv-burp.com/videoClip06.php
David"It is not enough merely to win; others must lose." - Gore Vidal0 -
Yep I agree, there's no way a bike could accelerate quickly enough so over 100m the runner would win hands down.Do not write below this line. Office use only.0
