gregjet
New Member
The best reason for NOT derestricting is that the motor and battery will last longer both for a ride and in the long run.
The main reason for derestricting , or at least raising, is that 25kph or even 32kph are ridiculously low speeds. Point: in a triathlon about 2/3 of the field will AVERAGE over 30kph. That will include a huge number of non specialist cyclists.
For years I would do 100km rides and AVERAGE 35kph including a ride with a climb of just over 300m. Nobody I knew rode at less than 30kph on a road bike on the road...NONE. NO motor and none under 30kph, so why such a ridiculous limit.
Now these are road bikes, so is it that MTB's as regarded as an inferior bike despite the fact that the are more stable at speed and have better brakes?
The US standard makes much more sense.
NOW! That does not mean that you should be screaming down 1.2m wide bike paths at 30kph, if there are people on the and other riders coming the other way. A shared bike/pedestrian path SHOULD have limits. That does not mean that a bike should be limited everywhere.
When I was still racing MTB's, we would average faster than 30kph on DIRT roads. The limit as it is, is inane.
The main reason for derestricting , or at least raising, is that 25kph or even 32kph are ridiculously low speeds. Point: in a triathlon about 2/3 of the field will AVERAGE over 30kph. That will include a huge number of non specialist cyclists.
For years I would do 100km rides and AVERAGE 35kph including a ride with a climb of just over 300m. Nobody I knew rode at less than 30kph on a road bike on the road...NONE. NO motor and none under 30kph, so why such a ridiculous limit.
Now these are road bikes, so is it that MTB's as regarded as an inferior bike despite the fact that the are more stable at speed and have better brakes?
The US standard makes much more sense.
NOW! That does not mean that you should be screaming down 1.2m wide bike paths at 30kph, if there are people on the and other riders coming the other way. A shared bike/pedestrian path SHOULD have limits. That does not mean that a bike should be limited everywhere.
When I was still racing MTB's, we would average faster than 30kph on DIRT roads. The limit as it is, is inane.
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