KenGS wrote:Hangdog98 wrote:On the weekend my mate and I went out for an 80km spin on our leg-powered bikes and on the flats we cruised for ages at 50kph with the slight down hill sections allowing 65kph. We got caught and passed by other riders throughout the journey who were faster. Nobody that I saw had an electric motor. We didn't zoom past anyone doing 25kph. Nobody was killed by me or any other speedy cyclists. What is this obsession with restricting the speed of other cyclists?
WOW!!

I make that about 600 Watts+ sustained. Were you riding in the Vuelta? If not, get yourself signed up to a pro team and you can ride as fast as you like.
A small bunch of weekend cyclists can easily maintain a high average speed on the flats by working together (you may have seen this on the TV) and no, you don't need anything like 600W to do it, so back to math club for you. Of course this is just another example of people being obsessed with Wattage and power without really having a clue. Hey, we even got swallowed up by the colluzzi bunch and spat out the back, so I'm not anywhere near elite much less pro-tour.
Joe, I don't think we're in any danger of being swamped on the cycle ways in NSW. The only danger is having the funding withdrawn due to lack of use and we'll be left with 250km of unconnected strips of cycleway that will eventually become a place for residents to store their wheelie bins.
In Amsterdam, where everybody makes the comparisons about a cycle friendly city, they even have petrol powered micro-cars driving along the cycleways. There are no problems there and I think we're about 200 years from reaching an Amsterdam level of cycleway saturation. Interestingly KenGS, they don't wear helmets or have registration either.
What is it with you vest wearing, pannier stuffing, cable-ties-on-the-helmet, mudguard-using elitists and your obsession with regulating things that run successfully all over the world without your bloody obsession with making new and pointless rules?
Just get out and ride and get some therapy for your Asperger's.