Today me and John spent about 3 hours cycling as different speeds up and down Lakeside, measuring our speeds and distance travelled when we stopped peddling.

First we found a bit that was flat, or at least consistently uphill. Then we found a marker at the start of this flat patch where we would stop peddling.

Cycling back about 100 meters, we sped towards the marker at a ‘constant’ known speed, stopped peddling then measured the distance it took us to stop.

The recumbent always went further, although at lower speeds the difference was less marked.

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