so that rhyme “a pint weighs a pound, all the world round” doesn’t work in England? Bother.
I was going to say that’s also only true for water, but since volume of water varies with temperature, even that’s not always true. It’s definitely not true for, say, beer.
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Let’s talk power. Watts or other? I see the choice as either SI or non SI units. Vive la France!
That was 100% intentional! You have to say it with a faux euro accent.
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I’m an American and work in a lab. I now have a sense for both.
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SI is the only way to go.
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4 bar for road, 3 bar for gravel, 2 bar for mtb - simple!
*I don’t actually use bar and those are likely way off, but a good example of why that unit isn’t great! If 0.2 if something can be a difference maker, you should probably divide the units up. Decibars, anyone? 
Stone as a weight measure always gets me. When is a measurement that large ever freaking useful? WTF do you measure 14 pounds at a time? Stones, I guess. But who gives a shit how much a big piece of rock weighs?
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hey, it rhymes, and its a rough estimate! If you also remember 8 pints in a gallon then you know that 2 gallon garden watering can weighs about 16 pounds.
It’s easy.
You know 5k is 3miles and 10k is 6 miles. The conversations are then just multiples of those.
40k is 4x6
100k is 6 and add a 0. So 60miles
17k to go? 3x3+~1.5. So around 10-11 miles
3766k? 600x3+60x7+6x6 +3. 1800+420+40 is 2260 miles. That one takes about 20s of mental math but you won’t ever need that conversation. It was just to give an example.
Someone descending at 70km/hr? That’s 42mph
Etc.
Yes.
Imperial units are supremely stupid.
Or you simply use the metric system where everything differs by multiples of 10. 
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I don’t have to choose. They both live together in parallel in my head.
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It’s not terrible if you have a couple of benchmarks. I started by just doing quick math with these values since I used to run:
5k - 3.1 miles
10k - 6.2 miles
Now I remember that miles are basically km * 6, then throw in a decimal place.
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The podcast kills me, especially as power/weight ratio is expressed as w/kg, but then they reference peoples’ weight in pounds.
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Bike frames are measured in centimeters, torque in inch-pounds, pressures in psi, distances on the road in miles, time trial distances in kilometers, speed in mph, temperatures in Fahrenheit, and tires have width in mm and radius in inches.
OK, that last isn’t actually true for bike tires. But it IS true for car tires!
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Yep, I pump my 28mm tires up to 70 psi.
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Components? Like… crank length, handlebar width, tire width, wheel depth? For those I just think in metric.
For other things, the more you’re exposed to it, the less you think about it. It’s like learning a really, really easy new language.
I’ll help you write the eviction notice 
No I work in miles i should be American not UK really 
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