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07-29-2003, 07:45 AM

On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 23:34:38 GMT, "Doug Purdy" <residence@rogers.com>
wrote:

>Which means it wouldn't work. I loved the camera angle on the Tourwhen Tyler
>Hamilton won the mountain stage. They made it look like the riders were
>going up a 60 degree slope. I suspect in reallife the rise would be tiny
>compared to the run and the graph would have to be huge to see any up/down.
>

I loved it too, Doug. Sadly, a quick glance at the road-side
spectators standing at about 30 degrees from the vertical made me
realise that the riders weren't multi-mega-superhuman. They were only
semi-multi-mega-superhuman.

James

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07-29-2003, 07:45 AM	#5 (permalink)
James Hodson Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Would this work? On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 23:34:38 GMT, "Doug Purdy" <residence@rogers.com> wrote: >Which means it wouldn't work. I loved the camera angle on the Tourwhen Tyler >Hamilton won the mountain stage. They made it look like the riders were >going up a 60 degree slope. I suspect in reallife the rise would be tiny >compared to the run and the graph would have to be huge to see any up/down. > I loved it too, Doug. Sadly, a quick glance at the road-side spectators standing at about 30 degrees from the vertical made me realise that the riders weren't multi-mega-superhuman. They were only semi-multi-mega-superhuman. James -- http://homepage.ntlworld.com/c.butty/Larrau.jpg