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In article <1eot7eINNmar@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU>, reidyj@CS.ORST.EDU (Jay Reidy) writes:
> In article <857@jgaltstl.UUCP> terry@jgaltstl.UUCP (terry linhardt) writes:
>>Does anyone know where you can get the 'gadget' which is attached
>>to a bicycle and then used to measure distances? I know they are
>>often used by race officials to lay out a certified course.
>>What are they correctly called?
>>-- 
>>  Terry Linhardt                ...!wupost!jgaltstl!terry 
>>                                terry%jgaltstl.uucp@wupost.wustl.edu  
>   Try college and/or high school track and cross country coaches,
>   running shops that sponsor races, TAC or whoever, the highway
>   patrol, highway department.
> 
>   Also, you can get the bike mileage meter at any bike shop in the
>   world.  They have s a certain acccuracy problem though, depending
>   on where on the wheel you put the meter-reader.  If you're laying
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

     ????: It doesn't matter where on the wheel you put it ALL parts of the
wheel will pass the forks on the bike once every revolution..

It is the radius or circumference of the wheel + Tyre which will dictate the
error of measurement.


Rob.