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20mph is slow - Fit cyclists would be able to keep up with him. My cycle to work this morning had a top speed of 40kmph (24mph). I was feeling particularly slo

• tarpherder 10y ago
  40kmph is actually very fast compared to the average cyclist. Fast enough that I would consider it reckless if done in heavy (cycling) traffic. But you highlight the issue nicely; bikes are not self-powered, it depends on the human. Even with e-bikes this is true, most of them will only support the rider and have been made not to power the bike all by itself. So how to regulate that? Perhaps a good old speed limit is all that is really needed.
  • intrasight 10y ago
    Agreed. Enforcement is a challenge however. Bikes don't have license plates.
    • tarpherder 10y ago
      True, but the police can ride bikes, especially in cities where the speed limit will matter most.
• dagw 10y ago
  70 km/h is slow, a fast car can hit over 200 km/h. Doesn't mean that they should be able to do so when sharing the road with a bunch of other cars. If you want to bike at over 40 km/h then more power to you, but perhaps bike lanes with other, often slower, bikers, aren't the place to it.