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« Reply #6840 on: October 15, 2009, 08:12:11 PM » |
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Geo. Do you have any idea of your aveage speed while cycling, or, (same thing) how far you travel in an hour?
BTW- I don't mean flat out flogging yourself, I mean your normal riding speed.
4 miles 15 mins in - 20 back (mostly uphill home) think thats 16mph in but am shit at maths. Because I'm more trying to build up the legs and not so much the heart and lungs I maintain as stiff a gear as poss on a heavy bike. We have a cracking shop near the work with all the latest fancy, feather light cycles and I spend ages in there drooling at some of them. Start at £500 and go up to £4k.............£4k, for a bicycle, oh my. Geo |
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« Reply #6841 on: October 15, 2009, 08:39:14 PM » |
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Geo. Do you have any idea of your aveage speed while cycling, or, (same thing) how far you travel in an hour?
BTW- I don't mean flat out flogging yourself, I mean your normal riding speed.
4 miles 15 mins in - 20 back (mostly uphill home) think thats 16mph in but am shit at maths. Because I'm more trying to build up the legs and not so much the heart and lungs I maintain as stiff a gear as poss on a heavy bike. We have a cracking shop near the work with all the latest fancy, feather light cycles and I spend ages in there drooling at some of them. Start at £500 and go up to £4k.............£4k, for a bicycle, oh my. Geo 16 mph? Blimey! 10 mph for me, but I only have a "Mountain" style bike with 26in wheels and "Chunky" off road tyres. You can get some great bike bargains off EBay, and Halfords carry a nice range that will be in the sales after Chrimbo. I like riding off road, so I wouldn't buy a pure racer, but one of those "hybrid" efforts might tempt me. This is an interesting site. http://www.cyclechat.co.uk/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&f=8 |
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« Reply #6842 on: October 15, 2009, 08:44:52 PM » |
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Sky news "Boy in the balloon" story. Anyone watching?
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« Reply #6843 on: October 15, 2009, 08:46:47 PM » |
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. – A homemade balloon aircraft landed in a Colorado field after a 6-year-old boy was seen climbing in. Rescue crews surrounded the balloon. The child's fate was unclear. The balloon traveled for more than two hours.
Cathy Davis of the Larimer County Sheriff's Department told reporters the balloon was owned by the boy's parents and tethered behind the family's home. She said two sons were playing outside when the older boy saw the younger one go into a compartment at the bottom of the balloon and fly away.
The balloon was airborne for more than two hours.
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« Reply #6844 on: October 15, 2009, 08:48:45 PM » |
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Speculation now is that he fell out.....
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« Reply #6845 on: October 15, 2009, 10:03:54 PM » |
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Speculation now is that he fell out.....
I don't see how - when it landed there didn't seem to be any hole in the balloon for him to have fallen out of. |
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« Reply #6846 on: October 15, 2009, 10:05:25 PM » |
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Watching the news now they've said that it appears he climbed into a box hanging from the balloon which had already fallen off by the time the TV cameras got there.
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« Reply #6847 on: October 15, 2009, 10:27:55 PM » |
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out of range of telly now, any more news?
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« Reply #6848 on: October 15, 2009, 10:38:22 PM » |
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out of range of telly now, any more news?
Nope - they're still looking for him. Given they've not found him yet you have to assume he travelled quite a bit. Given that, you have to assume he was quite a way up when he fell out/the box fell. Not looking good. |
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« Reply #6849 on: October 15, 2009, 11:20:24 PM » |
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Good news - he was found hiding in the attic - he never went in the balloon at all.
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« Reply #6850 on: October 15, 2009, 11:27:06 PM » |
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Good news - he was found hiding in the attic - he never went in the balloon at all.
what a huge relief that must have been for his parents. nice to have a happy ending to a story like this - it was looking grim. |
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« Reply #6851 on: October 15, 2009, 11:32:31 PM » |
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bbc news.
blokey 1: he'll be in some trouble now!
blokey 2: he'll be grounded!
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« Reply #6852 on: October 15, 2009, 11:32:57 PM » |
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Good news - he was found hiding in the attic - he never went in the balloon at all.
what a huge relief that must have been for his parents. nice to have a happy ending to a story like this - it was looking grim. I think that kid can whistle if he's expecting pudding any time soon. |
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« Reply #6853 on: October 15, 2009, 11:59:03 PM » |
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Strangely enough here's the kids doing a Beastie Boys thing on YouTube (Balloon boy is the youngest). The family were on Wife Swap and were a bit 'kooky' (Dad is very much into his UFOs). |
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« Reply #6854 on: October 16, 2009, 09:24:05 AM » |
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Looks like the whole thing was a fake. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8310121.stmMr Heene was asked by an interviewer to ask his son why he had not emerged from his hiding place when he heard his parents calling out his name.
Speaking hesitantly at first, Falcon answered: "You had said that we did this for a show."
Pressed on what his son might have meant, Mr Heene struggled for an answer, saying that his son must have been confused by the family's previous appearance on Wife Swap. |
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