Last Thursday Mr. Wagner asked me to accept the challenge of a short alleycat race through Linz, bicycle vs. car. My competitors were the editors of the local online newspaper www.linzerleben.at, Mrs. G. Winter and Mr. C. Savoy. Checkpoints were at a drugstore in the northeast of Linz and a post office in the center, the endpoint was a bookstore near the center too.
Since my opponents relied on their navigation system, I could take the lead from the start. I must admit, I went a little faster than I usually do when I go to work or the like, therefor I sweat a little more, but my opponents weren't able to gain the lead again. The traffic of the afternoon rush hour did the rest. After 7 kilometers (a little more than 4.3 miles) I won with a clear margin of 10 minutes.
After the heat: maff, Mr. Wagner, Mrs. Winter(by courtesy of www.linzerleben.at)
4 comments:
A perfect illustration about the power of bikes in everyday trips. Of course only one trip is not enough to make valid statistics, but I guess that if this was done more frequently and in more cities, bikes would easily win the competition.
Well done. But I guess also a grandma on a single-speed Waffenrad could keep up with a car in the city :-).
Oh, there's no question that inside a large city a bicycle can be faster than a car during the day even not counting rush-hour traffic. You can easily lose ten or fifteen minutes to road congestion, doubling your trip time. And what if you have to look for parking?
Hi great reeading your post
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