Topic: Bike vs Car

[quadzilla]

I bought a Garmin bike GPS computer in the fall and have been testing it every way I can. Its passed all my test even though there are some flaws but I can live with those for all the good things it will do.

I decided that next time I had to drive downtown in the morning I would track my drive and compare it to my bike commute although I take different routes for each method.

Even though my bike commute is 5kms longer it takes only 2 more minutes. Better yet, my average speed on the bike was 25.0kph (27.0kph moving) vs the car at 19.0kph (26.4 moving). I'm sure the 9 minutes (28% of the total drive time  ) of sitting still in the car traffic had a lot to do with that and I have an easy drive through downtown.

Next time I do it I'll have to add my heart rate monitor to see how worked up I get stuck in traffic.

Full stats:

Bike - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/122812885

Distance:    14.33 km
Time:      34:22
Avg Speed:    25.0 km/h
Calories:    665 C

Details
Timing
Time:      34:22
Moving Time:    31:52
Elapsed Time:    34:22
Avg Speed:    25.0 km/h
Avg Moving:    27.0 km/h
Max Speed:    38.7 km/h

Car - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/132198528

Distance:    10.24 km
Time:      32:22
Avg Speed:    19.0 km/h
Calories:    382 C

Details
Timing
Time:      32:22
Moving Time:    23:18
Elapsed Time:    32:22
Avg Speed:    19.0 km/h
Avg Moving:    26.4 km/h
Max Speed:    64.8 km/h

Graph showing speed over time, bike is pink, car is blue.

[Snowman]

Interesting stuff. Do you obey the traffic laws on the bike 

[Brigitte]

 

 

[quadzilla]

Interesting stuff. Do you obey the traffic laws on the bike 

Most of them 

I do stop for red lights but I don't put my foot down at stop signs unless there is other traffic or I'll track stand if I'm feeling well balanced. I will ride in the middle of the lane when doing the speed limit to prevent cars from buzzing me to squeeze by to get to the next red light/stop sign.

[No H2O]

I don't put my foot down at stop signs...

Hell car drivers don't stop at stop signs either...probably because they're too busy texting.

I take boring vehicles to work because when there is endless traffic and the streets are packed, its only an exercise in frustration. The bikes and P-car get taken on country back roads. I remember the time I was two lanes over from an F-40 on the Long Island Expressway...5 feet forward, stop, repeat a million times...must have been exciting for him.

[rrocket]

Interesting stuff. Do you obey the traffic laws on the bike 

Aw man, you beat me to it!!  I was going to say of course you can get to work faster on a bike when you run stoplights/stop signs, lane split, etc...