The leg from ERI was arranged so the bus wait was short. This was not meant to cast public transport as a slow option. SESTRANS were backers.
In reality as the starting time was 8am the roads were fairly ok to drive so gave cars ample opportunity to record good tims.
What it seemed to conclude.
• Motrorbikes were fastest
• Bikes next fastest as long as you raced
• Car and bus closer but depended on finding a parking space and proximity of bus stop.
• Rail not reliable / too infrequent
One LB customer did the ERI to St Amdrew Square in just over 16mins. This included time stopped at red lights and also putting a chain back on. The bike he used was a Fujin SLII and had small panniers but still only weighed 10kg with 30% less wind resistance than being on drops. So like a Boardman bike with more luggage space but still 'not normal'.
The record time into town from airport was done by an ex-Commonwealth Games cyclist - seemed to be twice as fast as any normal cyclist. No red light jumping was allowed.
So we got into race territory instead of a test where people cycle at around 10-12mph. First year had a requirement that people stopped and bought milk and paper at shop (mobile phones did exist but not for reading on).
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