http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: One for the data nerds en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:12:50 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12854#post-154555 Sun, 25 May 2014 00:07:28 +0000 KeepPedalling 154555@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The travel efficiency chart proves that fish do indeed need bicycles. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12854#post-154445 Fri, 23 May 2014 10:17:45 +0000 sallyhinch 154445@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was wondering about fly efficiency because the ones that get into our house seem to be able to circle the room for ever on no food at all. </p> <p>The figures for Albatrosses might be interesting </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12854#post-154442 Fri, 23 May 2014 10:05:14 +0000 kaputnik 154442@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So I'm more efficient going on holiday by cow than by jet plane? Whodathunkit!</p> <p>Also, the office finds the Spurious Correlations website most interesting. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12854#post-154439 Fri, 23 May 2014 09:57:12 +0000 wingpig 154439@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Perhaps if mice didn't waste so much energy sniffing they wouldn't be so high on the Y-axis.<br /> I suppose they have to measure what they can measure and have access to but I'd never expect anything airborne to be massively efficient unless it was a species that went in for a lot of soaring or use of the ground effect. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12854#post-154434 Fri, 23 May 2014 09:40:18 +0000 Stickman 154434@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Another one that is fun for the data geeks (I think it may already have been posted elsewhere)</p> <p><a href="http://www.tylervigen.com">Spurious correlations</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12854#post-154430 Fri, 23 May 2014 09:28:36 +0000 gibbo 154430@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In your face, budgies! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12854#post-154417 Fri, 23 May 2014 08:45:13 +0000 sallyhinch 154417@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Can't think how I missed it before but streets.mn has an excellent 'chart of the day' feature with all sorts of lovely graphs of interesting things. </p> <p>Here's one on cyclists running red lights before and after the signals were redesigned to include a bike scramble <a href="http://streets.mn/2014/05/19/chart-of-the-day-bike-compliance-and-traffic-signal-design/" rel="nofollow">http://streets.mn/2014/05/19/chart-of-the-day-bike-compliance-and-traffic-signal-design/</a></p> <p>Here's one of the relevant efficiency of all sorts of creatures including 'man on bike' <a href="http://streets.mn/2014/05/22/chart-of-the-day-travel-efficiency-calories-per-gram-per-kilometer/" rel="nofollow">http://streets.mn/2014/05/22/chart-of-the-day-travel-efficiency-calories-per-gram-per-kilometer/</a> </p>