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Old September 9th 18, 01:09 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Simon Jester
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Default Cyclists waste petrol

On Sunday, September 9, 2018 at 12:50:10 PM UTC+1, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sun, 09 Sep 2018 03:51:00 +0100, rbowman wrote:

On 09/08/2018 05:51 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
Probably a lot more. I measured my fuel consumption when I had a VW
Golf with a real time readout of miles per gallon. It was surprising
how much difference you could make by changing speed.


The consumption in my Toyota goes all to hell at 85. It still gets
around 29-30 mpg but it definitely isn't economy mode.


My Golf auto was fine up to about 50,


My Golf gets worse every year. I just can't twist and bend the way I used to.

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