cycling

[xud]

If I set off on my bike tomorrow at 12 noon, how long would it take to cycle to Venus?
Don't forget, I'm a keen cyclist and am reasonably fit, my water bottle is full and I have got a spare inner tube too.

[jake-the-peg]

I don't know about tomorrow but venus' cloest approach to earth is about 24 million miles

Can you average 24 miles an hour for 114 years?

You'll need to peddle harder at first to reach the 11.2 Km/s escape velocity to break free of the Earth

[Ethel]

I suspect you live on Pluto. I have no idea about the distance from Pluto to Venus.

But as there is no gravity - does a cycle work? Maybe you have a special space cycle.

But as you are so far away from Earth I think this post will take at least ten years to reach you.

So why am I bothering?

[Rufio]

It's a long trip, so mind Uranus!

[bobthegirl]

you will die of the pressure or lack of oxygen, nvm the fact u cant travel upwards without ground

u wont get there, even if u managed to somehow pedal into the sky, while wearing an astronaut suit supplied with thousands years of oxygen, and managed to live thousands of years, id bet ud still find a way to die

impossible

[Rufio]

Tut tut, some people always see the glass as half empty don't they xud? PMA girlybob, PMA!!

[ugly_bob]

contrary to the previous answers, it takes about 35 minutes

[Ethel]

Would it be quicker by tandem, uglybob?

[baileys]

114 years is about right without any stops,but you do need your sleep so take a sleeping bag and add on another 38 years

[brachiopod]

If you time your trip right, there's a gorgeous little gastro-pub / B&B on Mercury that you simply must visit.
(If you time it right, Mercury will be closer than Venus, and the Continental Breakfast they serve there is just divine - it was in all the Sunday supplements don't-you-know.)

Best of all, take the 4x4 as far as you can go - we did. We only got the bikes out once we'd nearly reached the top of Mons Venus , of course, as young Tarquin and Chlamydia are too small for the full ride - but the Landlord chap agreed that we were really in our element.

He even suggested a destination for next year's hols - Alpha Clitorri , we can't wait, as it sounds like it will suit us to a tee.

I hear the locals are frightful, but since we have already paid in full (First Class, All Inclusive), I don't imagine we should be meeting very many of those, thank-you-very-much, except the ones that do that do the authentic local dancing.

Best Wishes, Aunt Graptolite

[brachiopod]

Apologies, xud, my dodgy Aunt, (second Phylum, once removed), seems to have hi-jacked me log-in.

She's a bit of a Planetary Mail reader and frowns on us relly's who have to settle with a wet Lunar weekend in Tranquility-On-Sea for us hols.

All the best with the bike-ride - don't forget to e-mail AB to let us know how you are doing - apparently there's a great Cyber-Caff near the heliosphere what does a wicked fry-up - just watch out for the solar wind afterwards!

Pod

[baileys]

and dont forget your rock hammer,bring back a few samples,nasa would be grateful