Day #58: Brookings to Madison, South Dakota (44 miles)
- chrisbentley349
- Jul 28, 2024
- 1 min read
Small math question: which of the two paths from Start to End is shorter? (Hint: it's a trick question :-)
If you peek down to the Snapshot, you'll see why I was thinking about this :-)
The other funny thought I had was that, if I have to tuck my head and stare at the road to not be defeated by the wind, I'm not really seeing anything but the brim of my baseball cap and a few feet of pavement... a little ironic that in order to see America I have to not see America... :-)
Second breakfast... the eggs went so fast I couldn't get them in the shot :-)
Action shots with commentary (some of which is inaudible due to the wind)...
Snapshot: 44 miles, starting at 8:15am and ending at 1:45pm, with 4 hours of actual riding:
Possibly a bit late for this information, but the zig zag path is marginally shorter. The straight roads offer no real option to reduce distances, while turns and intersections can be shortend by taking the inside radius of the corner. This won't show up on your GPS, and though it may seem like a trivial difference, having measured this with extremely accurate car odometers (used for navigational rallies), this can make a significant difference (~ 1%) in a short time. Of course, this could also be altered (+/-) depending on how parrallel the segmented path is to the 2 straight road paths.
Oh yes, and I agree with Fengmei's answer :)
Glad to see that vid where there were cars but you were standing :) The prairie does look very pretty in those vids. I agree, that's how eggs should be eaten, right away while they're hor! Similar to the McDonalds fries rule... -Nof
The path is so neat. I guess the answer should be “same”?