# How long will it take me to ride 20 miles on a big wheel?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 3, 2004, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-it-take-me-to-ride-20-miles-on-a-big-wheel/258158 "2004-08-03T17:28:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-it-take-me-to-ride-20-miles-on-a-big-wheel/258158/21 "2004-08-10T18:44:32Z")

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> [@scr4](#):
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> Road races such as the Tour de France are organized by UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale). They banned recumbents back in 1934, when a second-rate racer named Francois Faure broke the world hour record riding a recumbent. The official reason is that cycling is not an engineering competition but a sport, and as such, the equipment should be standardized. If you allow different bike designs, bike races will look [like this](http://www.wisil.recumbents.com/wisil/racing2004/waterford/michigan2004_pictures.htm).

I want one of the Great Whites. Can you imagine getting out of the water and then hopping into one of those things?

No matter about the Big Wheel part, I saw some kid riding around on a John Deere the other day, that should pass for a bike. Thanks for the info scr4.

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**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-it-take-me-to-ride-20-miles-on-a-big-wheel/258158/22 "2004-08-10T20:39:12Z")

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> [@OpalCat](#):
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> I think the crappy molded plastic wheels would give out long before 20 miles…

Yeah, and they offer no traction at all. You wouldn’t get up a curb, much less a hill.

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