[*BCM*] Bike Shops - Tshirts really

Thouis (Ray) Jones thouis at csail.mit.edu
Thu Aug 17 22:50:30 EDT 2006


I'm not sure about the math on this.  I get abot 30000 kcalories (1
food calorie is 1000 "real" calories).  So one donut = 1/100 of a
gallon of gas (a great rule of thumb to remember).  At 35 mpg, I get
about 1848 feet per donut.  Still a good deal.

Ray Jones



On 8/17/06, Vance Edwards-Orr <vance at massbike.org> wrote:
> 1 calorie can propel a bicyclist approximately 150 feet
> 1 calorie can propel a motor vehicle approximately 3 inches
>
> I'm trying to put together a shirt that would be something along the lines of "miles per donut"
>
> 1 old-fashioned cake donut = 300 calories = 8 miles on a bike = 75 feet in a car
>
> mmmm... donut
>
> Vance M. Edwards-Orr, LCI #1495
> Development Associate
> Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition
> 20 Park Plaza, Suite 528
> Boston, MA 02116
> 617-542-BIKE
> Fax:617-542-6755
> www.massbike.org
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bostoncriticalmass-bounces at bostoncriticalmass.org
> [mailto:bostoncriticalmass-bounces at bostoncriticalmass.org]On Behalf Of
> Ari Pollak
> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 11:37 AM
> To: Boston Critical Mass
> Subject: Re: [*BCM*] Bike Shops
>
>
> Actually, it looks like someone already designed a pretty cool version
> of that: http://www.threadless.com/submission/82249/Infinity_MPG
>
> On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 12:33 -0400, Ari Pollak wrote:
> > I'd buy that shirt.
> >
> > On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 12:26 -0400, Rob Arnold wrote:
> > > How about  "∞ MPG"? I want a tshirt like that. Not lamely pedantic
> > > like some other slogans I've seen.
>
>
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