Easy Rider

I bought a speedometer today. $19.99 at RecycledCycles. A little sensor mounted on my spokes and a corresponding reader on the fork of the bike. It makes all this bike riding very mathematical, quantifiable. It's good stuff. I went today, for a longer that usual ride. 17.5 miles. A little over an hour--including a five minute stop to buy water along the highway. I sorta feel like I might almost be getting close to the point where I'm nearly fit. Maybe.

Top speed reached: 32 miles per hour. And at the end of the ride I even climbed a hill (moderate incline, really) going 20 miles per hour...as a final demonstration of manly ability...and foolhardy waste of energy. But we'll see if I can walk tomorrow. The path that I'm riding lately takes me past the Poudre River. Each of the past two days I've seen people swimming in the river. Seems nice. I think next time I'll bike up there in swim trunks and maybe reward myself with a quick dip.

A little analysis
If I went at 16 miles per hour (about right, minus the water break) I was moving at:
4.29158×104 cm/min centimeter per minute
715.264 cm/s centimeter per second
8.448×104 ft/h, fph foot per hour
1408 ft/min, fpm foot per minute
23.4667 ft/s, fps foot per second
4.30081×104 furlong/fortnight furlong per fortnight
281.6 in/s, ips inch per second
25.7495 km/h kilometer per hour
13.9036 kn, knot knot (noeud)
715.264 cm/s kyne
429.158 m/min meter per minute
7.15264 m/s meter per second
8.8927×1012 mpy mil per year
13.9036 knot mile (naut.) per hour (knot, noeud)
0.266667 mi/min mile (stat.) per minute
4.29158×105 mm/min millimeter per minute
7152.64 mm/s millimeter per second
2.38586×10-8 speed of light

I found a nifty little site that does these conversions.

UPDATE:
In the interest of full disclosure and honesty...I found out today (Monday) that my little speedometer stops timing when I stop riding. So my previous estimate of 16 mph is innaccurate probably closer to 15...don't want to claim biking progress/prowess/ability I don't yet posses. (Though I went for a 40 minute ride today and went just over 10.3 miles...which suggests I'm getting close to that 16 mph mark)