Bicycle master race

[-Gews- 7443]

 

I wanted to test the off-road speed of the bicycle compared to a couple motorized vehicles. Chose sedan and offroad because I seem to run across those the most.

 

 

Cross-country test
Distance: 5.3 km

 

 

This course was about 60% offroad (orange), 25% on a dirt road (yellow) and 15% on a paved road (green).

 

Results:
Military Offroad: 6:50 = average speed 47 km/h
Old Bike: 7:20 = average speed 44 km/h
Sedan 11:30 = average speed 28 km/h

On the off-road portions, the bike was slightly faster than the military offroad and far faster than the sedan. The paved road portion allowed the offroad to surpass the bike, arriving 30 seconds earlier


Paved road test
Distance: 7.1 km

 

 

This course was on a paved road the entire distance (green).

 

Results:

Military Offroad 4:00 = 107 km/h
Sedan 4:20 = 98 km/h
Old Bike 8:10= 52 km/h

As expected the military offroad and sedan were far faster than the bike. The bike was actually 50 seconds slower than it was when it took the as-the-crow-flies cross-country route.

 

Forest test
Distance: 1.0 km

 

 

This test was almost entirely in dense forest (red), downhill and then uphill.

 

Results:

Old Bike 2:10 = 28 km/h
Military Offroad 4:40 = 13 km/h
Sedan 6:30 = 9 km/h

The bike left both the military offroad and sedan in the dust, with an average speed over 2x as fast as the offroad and over 3x as fast as the sedan.

 

 

One important thing to note - in DayZ, roads are frequently blocked by wrecks and other debris. The cars would not have achieved as high average speeds with that junk all over the place.

 

 

The bicycle is clearly the best choice for solo players, it's damn fast but mainly it doesn't alert everyone within a kilometer since you can't close a door or start an engine. Quiet. Cars are only good for storing stuff and ferrying people. Cars get you killed. :ph34r:

 

 

[kichilron 8550]

I don't know why this would be good knowledge, as you don't really have a choice what to use most of the time in Vanilla, but I like the effort you put in. ;)

 

How long in total did it take you to figure it all out and put it together?

[-Gews- 7443]

I don't know why this would be good knowledge, as you don't really have a choice what to use most of the time in Vanilla, but I like the effort you put in. ;)

 

How long in total did it take you to figure it all out and put it together?

 

Yes, you do ^_^ bicycle or feet.

 

About 1-1/2 hours last night.

[Zedertone 378]

Haha, well. I enjoyed reading it, thanks for learning me something.  ^_^

[philbottle 430]

I only clicked this thread because I thought we were going to be talking about how great cyclists are and how motorists are the devil. Damn.

 

But I stayed because while I rarely use vehicles in DayZ, when I do, the bike is number 1 in my list. Silent and easy(ish) to hide.

 

Great info btw! :)

[enforcer1975 1111]

The bicycle is clearly the best choice for solo players, it's damn fast but mainly it doesn't alert everyone within a kilometer since you can't close a door or start an engine. Quiet. Cars are only good for storing stuff and ferrying people. Cars get you killed. :ph34r:

 

 

Until they decide to make the bike run it's real speed :lol:

[-Gews- 7443]

Until they decide to make the bike run it's real speed :lol:

 

Not to mention making people run people's real speed :/

[wild_man 4442]

I dont have no clue what this mean :huh:

 

but I like science picture and colour code draw on map :thumbsup:  :D  :beans:

 

I like to see same test but only going down hill :o then we see bike have different side

[Korsbaek 1778]

I like to see same test but only going down hill :o then we see bike have different side

 

The bike is murderous going down hills...