$20 says...

[nweaver]

Closer to 3000/3500 RPM...



And it is better than it sounds, a better way of saying it is ~1/2 the revv range is useable for lazy riding, probably 1/3 for agressive riding.

[pdad13]

Are you kidding? The BBC? I watched a lot of the BBC broadcasts during the major fighting in Iraq. It was like they were reporting a completely different war. I understand differences in interpretation and perspective, but this was ridiculous. I also remember aroundtable discussion show after the major combat had stopped where a very respectected, British military historian (his name escapes me now, but I will remember, I promise) ripped various BBC and other reporters in attendance for their crying wolf over how "things were not going well." I remember him saying that "you people get paid to know better."



It is also well known that the BBC has a very distinct political agenda. Who are you trying to fool?

[pdad13]

Yes, I agree. For the kind of riding I did, it had more than enough usable power.

[kwh]

Sorry, missed this. I think the US media does have a very US-centric view of what is happening in the world, just as the BBC has a very UK-centric view. Also, 'middle of the road' in America is far to the right of 'middle of the road' in the UK, so I don't expect the BBC and responsible US news organisations to sing from the same hymn sheet as it were. Most of Europe didn't want to get involved, and a million people marched through London to protest against Britiain joining the US, whereas in the US, Bush was busy conflating 9/11 and Iraq, and claiming that Iraq was about to nuke y'all next week.



Also, during the war, the reporters on the ground were genuinely in a complete information vacuum, and rightly or wrongly were expressing their frustration at not knowing anything, and also trying to judge an entire war based on the little bit they could see; that little town just inside the border with the port in it took a long time to subdue and the port took a lot longer to get up and running than was initially advertised. Also, the Americans managed to kill one ITN crew and then bomb a BBC crew (John Simpson), maiming the sound man. Not that this excuses the reportage that the campaign as a whole was going badly - clearly it wasn't going badly. However, had the Iraqi regular army turned up to fight, it probably would have gone less well than it did, so predicting difficult days ahead was not completely irresponsible.



Where did you perceive bias?

[bud101]

Why don't you you take your stupid politics to moveon.org or somewhere else that's more appropriate.