miles or KM whats your computer set to ?

northernneil
northernneil Posts: 1,549
edited January 2010 in The bottom bracket
road bike is set to KM and my dirty bike to miles ....dont know why !
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  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    Miles, I did try using my computer in Km, but found that all I did was convert back to miles in my head, so I swapped back, and don't find myself converting to Km very often.
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Km, it's more Euro that way.

    Plus I have no idea how to deciper climbs into metres from feet.
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  • Matt the Tester
    Matt the Tester Posts: 1,261
    miles.
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  • Crapaud
    Crapaud Posts: 2,483
    One of each: Polar's on km, Cateye's on miles. Rides are usually in kms, but I prefer miles (it's psycological).
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  • bobtbuilder
    bobtbuilder Posts: 1,537
    Miles. I only convert to KM for the metric century challenge on BR!

    Altitude gained in Feet as well.
  • Tom Butcher
    Tom Butcher Posts: 3,830
    Miles - I did try kms in a bid to be more Euro but like RD just kept converting it back to miles.
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  • teagar
    teagar Posts: 2,100
    Km..

    Miles make little sense to me.

    1600m or so per mile isn't it? Roughly?
    Note: the above post is an opinion and not fact. It might be a lie.
  • scwxx77
    scwxx77 Posts: 1,469
    I've got the choice of miles and Fahrenheit or km and Celsius readings which is a bit annoying as what I’d like is miles and Celsius at the same time.
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  • GiantMike
    GiantMike Posts: 3,139
    Miles and feet.
  • VinceEager
    VinceEager Posts: 247
    km - seems more that way.
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  • Ands
    Ands Posts: 1,437
    KM - because when I started road riding I was living in a country which worked in km and I never switched to miles after I moved back to the UK. I do my weight in kilos but have no idea how tall I am in metric - only know in feet and inches
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  • hugo15
    hugo15 Posts: 1,101
    Measure my rides in miles but altitude in metres.
  • Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin Posts: 4,330
    I am decimalised in everything but distance traveled in my car and by bike :oops:
  • Bhima
    Bhima Posts: 2,145
    My brain works in KM. Can never understand miles/feet.

    Lightyears/second for sprints. :wink:
  • Bikerbaboon
    Bikerbaboon Posts: 1,017
    KM...... mainly so i can get bigger numbers. :oops:
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  • northernneil
    northernneil Posts: 1,549
    Bikerbaboon wrote:
    KM...... mainly so i can get bigger numbers. :oops:

    its true 50K sounds better than 30 Miles
  • Bhima
    Bhima Posts: 2,145
    northernneil wrote:
    Bikerbaboon wrote:
    KM...... mainly so i can get bigger numbers. :oops:

    its true 50K sounds better than 30 Miles

    It is better than 30 miles. It's 31 miles. :wink:
  • northernneil
    northernneil Posts: 1,549
    Bhima wrote:
    northernneil wrote:
    Bikerbaboon wrote:
    KM...... mainly so i can get bigger numbers. :oops:

    its true 50K sounds better than 30 Miles

    It is better than 30 miles. It's 31 miles. :wink:

    thought you could not work that out !
  • rvokes
    rvokes Posts: 36
    KM..I live in spain, never been able to 'do' miles anyway! :-D
  • TommyEss
    TommyEss Posts: 1,855
    Bhima wrote:
    My brain works in KM. Can never understand miles/feet.

    Lightyears/second for sprints. :wink:

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  • Bhima
    Bhima Posts: 2,145
    northernneil wrote:
    thought you could not work that out !

    I've learned my 0.621371182 times table pretty well this year, as i'm always converting for people who talk in miles. Still can't manage to put them in perspective in my head though. I'll have to convert to km before I can "understand" a distance.
  • ScottieP
    ScottieP Posts: 599
    Definitely Km's - for two reasons - one, I come from a country that's metric and two - it keeps my speedo clicking up more than riding in miles would. e.g. 1000km sounds better than 600miles.
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  • patchy
    patchy Posts: 779
    miles, I find using Km just confuses me and screws up my ability to pace myself.

    However, when i move to Oz later this year I'll probably convert to KM as that's how they do it over there and it'll make more sense in general. :)
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  • GavH
    GavH Posts: 933
    Miles for me.
  • Crapaud
    Crapaud Posts: 2,483
    northernneil wrote:
    Bikerbaboon wrote:
    KM...... mainly so i can get bigger numbers. :oops:

    its true 50K sounds better than 30 Miles
    On the other hand 200 km seems more difficult than 125 miles (in my head anyway).
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  • plowmar
    plowmar Posts: 1,032
    Miles - My god saah I'm British. :twisted:
  • Steve_b77
    Steve_b77 Posts: 1,680
    KM so the clock function is in 24hr format.

    I know my weight in KG's, but my height in feet & inch.

    Work in a combination of metric and imperial where "a four foot" is 1435mm :lol:
  • ademort
    ademort Posts: 1,924
    Steve_b77 wrote:
    KM so the clock function is in 24hr format.

    I know my weight in KG's, but my height in feet & inch.

    Work in a combination of metric and imperial where "a four foot" is 1435mm :lol:

    Four foot is 1219mm or at least i hope it is :shock:
    My computer is set to Kms as i live in the Netherlands and all our signposts are in Kms
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  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    Miles for me. I live in Britain so it's miles. Mind you if I lived anywhere else it'd still be miles. :D
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  • iain_j
    iain_j Posts: 1,941
    Distance in miles, climbing in metres.

    Started off in km, cos descending at 70km/h sounded cooler than 40-odd mph 8)

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