JD
January 25th 07, 09:45 PM
On Jan 25, 9:58 am, Coyoteboy > wrote:
> Ive noticed that on a lot of rides here in the UK the trail builders
> claim "20.4Km" or such like but when i take my GPS out, even with
> continuous tracking and taking height gain into it I can still come up
> several Km short of the stated distance. Does anyone else find this?
I dunno 'cuz I don't live in the UK.
My best guess is that it's the "Pinkbike Effect", where ignorant
wannabe's always make things out to be much bigger/longer than they
actually are. Maybe whizzerb can explain how/why he does this?
JD
> Ive noticed that on a lot of rides here in the UK the trail builders
> claim "20.4Km" or such like but when i take my GPS out, even with
> continuous tracking and taking height gain into it I can still come up
> several Km short of the stated distance. Does anyone else find this?
I dunno 'cuz I don't live in the UK.
My best guess is that it's the "Pinkbike Effect", where ignorant
wannabe's always make things out to be much bigger/longer than they
actually are. Maybe whizzerb can explain how/why he does this?
JD