Speeding cycling

custardy

pendulum wrote: »

My bike was brand new and came ready assembled with it. It might have been an optional extra, but it's no different to buying a car from a main dealer and specifying what extras you want, really.

well it is given a speedometer is a legal requirement on a car

andygb

tsb wrote: »

Can a cyclist be fined for speeding. A couple of friends of ours regularly breaks the speed limit on their tandam and have actually set speed cameras off.

Did get a talking to from a traffic cop years ago, when me and a mate were going downhill in a 30 limit at around 45MPH!

verybigchris

Speed limits on public roads are covered in the Road Traffic Act, and that only deals with motorised vehicles.

There have been cases of cyclists getting on-the-spot "fines" for speeding in private areas - the Royal Parks have there own set of regulations.

Marco_Panettone

You might get done for 'furious cycling', but not speeding in itself. This is very close to one of my life ambitions!

Any bike speedo is an optional extra and not calibrated to the same legal degree of accuracy as with motor vehicles.

runninglea

What is the fastest anyone has done on a 'push' bike then?

The fastest down hill so far on this thread is 45mph!

What is your fastest on flat and then down hill?

And should the same laws apply because if the speed limit is 20mph for cars around schools etc then why should a bike be allowed to go faster?

pitkin2020

Bikes aren't immune from the laws of the road, the only difference is they actually need to be caught in person committing the offence. An ANPR camera or speed camera can't identify them so its near impossible to do anything about them. An officer can still give an on the spot fine if caught though for speeding, riding recklessly or even riding under the influence. The hard part is catching them though lol.

andygb

runninglea wrote: »

What is the fastest anyone has done on a 'push' bike then?

The fastest down hill so far on this thread is 45mph!

What is your fastest on flat and then down hill?

And should the same laws apply because if the speed limit is 20mph for cars around schools etc then why should a bike be allowed to go faster?

My fastest solo ride on the flat, is around 32MPH for 12 miles (in a 60 limit), and around 50MPH down hill (an estimate because it was pre computers, and the rest of the lads were maniacs, they were pulling away from me). I have been in a road race on public roads, where every lap on a tailwind section (about 5 miles) was done at just over 40MPH on the flat - very exciting.

andygb

Marco_Panettone wrote: »

You might get done for 'furious cycling', but not speeding in itself. This is very close to one of my life ambitions!

Any bike speedo is an optional extra and not calibrated to the same legal degree of accuracy as with motor vehicles.

You can however re calibrate them yourself, something which you do when you buy the computer, by entering the rolling distance of the circumference of the wheel. By riding on a measured stretch of road or track, you can get within a few yards of a correct answer, which is far more accurate than a car (around 5% to 10% speedo error).

davemorton

Used to use a bike speedo on my Westfield, because it was more accurate and easier to set up than the fitted odometer. It did go a bit tits up after about 60mph though.

MackemPunk

Ive reached 52.7 mph on the bank from Burdon lane, Warden law(highest road in Sunderland) down to Rhyope, thats a national speed limit road though, so I was well under the limit for motorised vehicles.