On Wed, 2013-01-02 at 12:47 -0700, PATRICK MOORE wrote: > Interesting. On my errand rides my iPhone Cyclemeter app usually > records ~12 mph clock running over largely residential streets, but > there are so many variables that "average" is not a useful tool. Eg, > yesterday's 12 mile return leg recorded 11.9 but that included a > 5-to-10 minute stop to adjust a cleat on the > first-time-this-year-broken-out Lake winter boots, as well as 3 1/2 > miles of climbing against a stiff N wind in a 75" gear on the gofast > (didn't walk on the very steep 4/10 mile hill up the Rio Rancho mesa! > Light wheels **climb*! Whoo hoo!). Outbound, with the wind behind me > and 500 feet of elevation drop, 15.5 average with a stop at the PO to > use the machine to send a Priority Mail package, this on the '03's 72" > gear (switched Rivs at turnaround point).
This is why "moving average" is generally used. The only circumstance I know of where overall average, i.e., counting time not moving, matters is in randonneuring events. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
