Inches per What? 
by Paul Niquette
Copyright ©1997 Sophisticated: The Magazine. All rights reserved.
Adapted from A Certain Bicyclist
In the Twenty-First Century, we shall be able... 
  • To cut steel with lasers, but we shall continue to give the brightness of a lightbulb as 
    • "100 candle-power."
  • To shoot a rocket beyond Pluto, but we shall continue to give the output of an engine as 
    • "100 horsepower."
  • To spin a bicycle frame from carbon filaments, but we shall continue to give its speed as 
    • "100 inches."
What is your explanation for the "100 inches"?

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