100m - times for running vs cycling

[grimble]

Can it really be right that the men cycle 100m in about 10.5 seconds, after building up to race speed, whereas the runners do it in under 10, from a standing start?

 

[internetstalker]

surely not!

The ave speed for a cycle road race is 30mph over 40-50k

thats the same as a sprinter over 100m

 

[1927]

Can it really be right that the men cycle 100m in about 10.5 seconds, after building up to race speed, whereas the runners do it in under 10, from a standing start?

No the cyclists do 200 in about 9.8secs

 

[grimble]

Ah - OK, thought it looked odd - must have been watching 200m cycling, not 100m - thanks!

 

[Juice Terry]

No the cyclists do 200 in about 9.8secs

Not from a standing start though.

It wouldn't surprise me at all if a man beat the bike over 100m, with the gearing involved it takes a cyclist a fair old while to get up to speed.

 

[badlands]

How fast do you reckon a gymnast could flick-flack 100m?

Or what distance could they achieve in the long jump for that matter?

 

[fen_boy]

Not from a standing start though.

It wouldn't surprise me at all if a man beat the bike over 100m, with the gearing involved it takes a cyclist a fair old while to get up to speed.

On the lead out lap of the men's team sprint Jamie Staff did 250m in 17.1 seconds from a standing start, so it's probably still faster on a bike, but I don't know how much of the first 100m is getting up to speed.

 

[Melinda]

How fast do you reckon a gymnast could flick-flack 100m?

@ 'flick flack'!

My dad used to call my ballet classes 'plinky plinking.'

I miss my dad!

 

[internetstalker]

elite cyclist vs elite sprinter/100m=cyclist FTW

 

[Firky]

Ah - OK, thought it looked odd - must have been watching 200m cycling, not 100m - thanks!

 

[Wilf]

Going 100 metres on a bike? Hardly worth it, might as well walk. Lazy bastards.

 

[Nigel Irritable]

On the lead out lap of the men's team sprint Jamie Staff did 250m in 17.1 seconds from a standing start, so it's probably still faster on a bike, but I don't know how much of the first 100m is getting up to speed.

That actually makes it sound as if the times would be pretty close over the first 100 from a standing start, if you take it for granted that the likes of Staff would be going a hell of a lot faster over the last 150 than they would over the first 100. Would a cyclist even reach their very top speed by 100 metres?