Tour of Britain 2011- 11th-18th September

[Tuarts]

Some day we continentals will teach you the secret on how to build straight roads. But not before we updated your ancient metric system.

If adopting it as their official measurement system can't make them use it, I doubt anyone can help them

 

[greenedge]

Boom has wrapped it up. He is better on technical areas and he is strong. Hushovd could maybe lay a marker and get a top 10???

 

[LugHugger]

I'm afraid we Belgians can't help you with that

Unless you want crappy roads and cobbles of course.

Oooooh. Yes, please

 

[Andy99]

I guess if a Brit isn't going to win a Dutchie is a good alternative.

Yeah, and Dutchville is only what, 200km or so from today's stage, so he's practically racing at home.

Plus there are windmills and stuff.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Damnit, I'm in London tomorrow but not Sunday

Whereas I live in the same postcode as the race tomorrow.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

If adopting it as their official measurement system can't make them use it, I doubt anyone can help them

Only weak minds aim for the mathematically easy.

As for roads, the reasons are simple - being practical folk, and several hundred years ahead of the savages on the continent, when the fire of London hit we already had an established insurance industry. Thus everything got rebuilt in medieval layout pretty quickly.

Whenever Paris was burning, they spent so long scrabbling the money together to fix it that they had a chance to change floor plans.

 

[El Pistolero]

Only weak minds aim for the mathematically easy.

As for roads, the reasons are simple - being practical folk, and several hundred years ahead of the savages on the continent, when the fire of London hit we already had an established insurance industry. Thus everything got rebuilt in medieval layout pretty quickly.

Whenever Paris was burning, they spent so long scrabbling the money together to fix it that they had a chance to change floor plans.

Erm, Rome burned off so many times and all roads do lead to Rome you know

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Erm, Rome burned off so many times and all roads do lead to Rome you know

Yes, I don't think you read what I wrote if you think that constitutes any sort of dissonance with it.

 

[El Pistolero]

Yes, I don't think you read what I wrote if you think that constitutes any sort of dissonance with it.

Considering the first established insurance industry was in Brugge and Northern Italy, I do.

Even ancient Rome already had a system for insurances by the way, thousands of years ago. I mean if you're going to call someone savage it's best not to use examples you took over from us

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Considering the first established insurance industry was in Brugge and Northern Italy, I do.

Even ancient Rome already had a system for insurances by the way, thousands of years ago. I mean if you're going to call someone savage it's best not to use examples you took over from us

You do realise when you pull a u-turn and make a brand new argument to justify one that just failed, it's basically that habit that makes no one around here take your arguments terribly seriously.


Regardless, my points re-insurance were clearly a jingoistic joke, but nevermind.

 

[El Pistolero]

Actually the Roman one didn't fail When their city burned down they rarely just quickly rebuild something despite being able to quickly collect the funds for the repair. They made it even better and bigger. Of course there ways of collecting money were let's say "different" and totally not "savage"

 

[MartinGT]

I'm afraid we Belgians can't help you with that

Unless you want crappy roads and cobbles of course.

I cycled the RvV in April and some of the roads were very similar to where I live in the UK, it was great

I agree with the metric system, its so messed up. I work in Engineering, I work in mm every day and find it a mess when I speak to people about lengths and they look puzzled when I talk about km's etc.

I am popping over to watch the Koppenbergcross, cannot wait Belgium is one, if not, my favourite country

 

[Tuarts]

I cycled the RvV in April and some of the roads were very similar to where I live in the UK, it was great

I agree with the metric system, its so messed up. I work in Engineering, I work in mm every day and find it a mess when I speak to people about lengths and they look puzzled when I talk about km's etc.

I am popping over to watch the Koppenbergcross, cannot wait Belgium is one, if not, my favourite country

Metric is messed up or imperial?

 

[MartinGT]

The uk system is

 

[Andy99]

Metric is messed up or imperial?

Imperial system. To be honest the only time it's used is on road signs. Really don't know why. I blame oldies resistant to change.

There was recently some new footpath signs erected here, with the distances in km. There were complaints and the council had to come out and change them to yards. WTF is a yard?

The yanks still use it everywhere don't they?

My generation (30yrs ish) was educated in metric, work always has been metric. I guess sooner or later the attachment to miles will die out!

 

[MartinGT]

Imperial system. To be honest the only time it's used is on road signs. Really don't know why. I blame oldies resistant to change.

There was recently some new footpath signs erected here, with the distances in km. There were complaints and the council had to come out and change them to yards. WTF is a yard?

The yanks still use it everywhere don't they?

My generation (30yrs ish) was educated in metric, work always has been metric. I guess sooner or later the attachment to miles will die out!

the US still use Imperial in terms of construction, not sure about their road signs though?

 

[ParfaitAmour]

The plan is to go along tomorrow.

Don't know which part of the course to watch from though

 

[Captain_Cavman]

Imperial system. To be honest the only time it's used is on road signs. Really don't know why. I blame oldies resistant to change.

There was recently some new footpath signs erected here, with the distances in km. There were complaints and the council had to come out and change them to yards. WTF is a yard?

The yanks still use it everywhere don't they?

My generation (30yrs ish) was educated in metric, work always has been metric. I guess sooner or later the attachment to miles will die out!

Imperial is a much better system because it evolved around the way we live rather than the way we count.

 

[uphillstruggle]

WTF is a yard?

A yard is the average length of a British stick.

 

[Tuarts]

the US still use Imperial in terms of construction, not sure about their road signs though?

Is it just the US that use it in construction? I'm sure at my previous workplace we had imperial nuts/bolts that were different according to US or UK standards.

 

[MartinGT]

Is it just the US that use it in construction? I'm sure at my previous workplace we had imperial nuts/bolts that were different according to US or UK standards.

Well, my only experience is with UK & US construction industry. In the UK its metric and with the US its imperial.

 

[Andy99]

Is it just the US that use it in construction? I'm sure at my previous workplace we had imperial nuts/bolts that were different according to US or UK standards.

Just the US, yes. (I am presuming Canada are now fully metric)

We have even had to say goodbye to the good old British Standards and design to Eurocodes now.

 

[MartinGT]

Just the US, yes. (I am presuming Canada are now fully metric)

We have even had to say goodbye to the good old British Standards and design to Eurocodes now.

Well....they are trying to get that in, but were still not using them BS8110 still rules the roost in our office

 

[MartinGT]

just getting back on OP.

I am really proud of how well Sigma Sport and Rapha Condor Sharpe have done in the tour and have not sat back and just made up numbers. Their attacking for the KOM jersey has really helped this tour IMO. I've enjoyed the battle of Locke and Hampton for that jersey.

 

[Andy99]

Well....they are trying to get that in, but were still not using them BS8110 still rules the roost in our office

Ha! pleased it's not just us then! .....