wturber
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Smoke said:I'm planning on doing 40 mph when I have to but regularly cruising between 20-30 on streets with speed limits between 25-35 mph.
That seems generally sensible except that doing 40 mph on relatively flat ground may draw attention to you that you don't want. And I'd wonder whether that the situation where you do 40 is really necessary or if it is simply more convenient. For instance, I have one stretch where I tend to go fast (28-30) since it is a 40 mph street and there is no bike path. But I could instead ride on the sidewalk at a slower rate and be generally safer.
Smoke said:Exhaustion doesn't improve that situation at all but a bit more speed and a more upright and visible riding position would improve it.
I definitely agree that a more upright posture not only improves you ability to be seen, but improves your ability to see.
Smoke said:Maybe you are projecting when you imagine that I would ride like an idiot if my bike was capable of speeds higher than I could pedal.
What I imagine is that a lot of people on fast two wheeled motor vehicles think that they are behaving relatively safely when the numbers show that they are not. I have no idea whether you fall into that group or not. And I wouldn't base laws on what you or I might do. I'd base them on what people do in general.