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Old 10-09-2012, 12:18 PM   #15 (permalink)
bdesj
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Toyota - '94 Toyota Pickup
90 day: 29.91 mpg (US)

Scooter - '06 Yamaha Majesty
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A valiant effort, HMQC. You earned a donut (or better yet, a dozen!) for the attempt, but the odds are stacked aginst anybody trying to get energy useage data from a bicycle without expensive equipment.

As an example, last year I tried to document the differences caused by one very simple variable. I just wanted to see how much difference there was between my commute time with "Tires A" and Tires B". But soooo many other uncontrolleable variables popped up that after 6 weeks of alternating tires every week I couldn`t distinguish the difference I was looking for from the daily variations caused by wind, clothes, energy level, etc.
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