Proof that silver-grey is the fastest colour.

[Dee Dub]

My GPS says that, back in December, while manoeuvering my bike out of the car park, I hyperspaced to the Atlantic Ocean* and back again: a distance of 5712 km. Two seconds to get there, and two seconds to return, at a speed of over 10,000,000 km/hour.

Fortunately, I wasn't caught on any speed cameras.

Can anyone beat that? (Evidence required.)

* Somewhere to the west of Sao Tome and Principe.

 

[DaveS]

Ha fantastic!

 

[Dee Dub]

I just discovered that my fleeting visit was to Null Island. I wasn't there for long though, so I can't describe any tourist attractions, sorry.

 

[Steve T]

Just took a "tour" via wikipedia - literally nothing but sea here, move along

 

[austin]

I just discovered that my fleeting visit was to Null Island. I wasn't there for long though, so I can't describe any tourist attractions, sorry.

interesting. I didn’t know that. But, it says the buoy is permanently moored there. In nearly 5000 metres of water!! How goes that work then?

a long cable with a huuuge weight on it and a bit of springy stuff at the buoy end for the tide or what?

oh, have you ever heard an American say “buoy”? They say booey. It cracks me up.

 

[Dee Dub]

bu = "boo" + oy = "oy"... so maybe "boo-oy" makes more sense than "boy"?!?

I was thinking the same about the buoy chain. It must weigh at least a ton(?), which suggests that the buoy has a huge displacement, i.e. a large volume of it is underwater.

Back to fastest colours, I have a theory that the fastest is actually two colours: White at the front and black at the back. Explanation: Do you recall seeing those ornaments with four rotating vanes in a glass globe? (Crookes radiometer) Sunlight shining on the black rear of the bike would cause neighbouring air molecules to expand, propelling the bike along. (The front would have to be white to prevent any balancing push back.) Who knows how much faster such bike would be on a sunny day?

 

[Lutin]

Not sure that you'd get very far in the dark though.....

 

[Steve T]

Back to fastest colours, I have a theory that the fastest is actually two colours: White at the front and black at the back. Explanation: Do you recall seeing those ornaments with four rotating vanes in a glass globe? (Crookes radiometer) Sunlight shining on the black rear of the bike would cause neighbouring air molecules to expand, propelling the bike along. (The front would have to be white to prevent any balancing push back.) Who knows how much faster such bike would be on a sunny day?

Didn't work for me and my 1st Transalp 600 though . . .

Maybe the blue bits were slowing it down

Steve T

 

[Dee Dub]

I blame the black front tyre. A white-wall tyre might have helped, all-white would be better still.

 

[Rubberchicken]

Maybe the blue bits were slowing it down

They're in the wrong place. Blue on the front, red on the back, is fastest.

Nice dazzle camo, though. Better than Mountbatten.