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Originally Posted by Lancashire Lad  Couldn't agree more.
I would expect to average about 22mph overall, and can easily reach 40mph going down some of the hills around here.
(The reaction of some drivers seeing a cyclist keeping up with them at 30-40mph is quite amusing sometimes  ).
Regards,
Mike. |
I had a cyclist overtake me a few days ago - what he did was stupid and dangerous but he was annoyed with me and decided that was the best way to show it - how I avoided knocking him off I'll never know and how I didn't get out and shake him till his teeth rattled I'll never know that either ......... I was going up a steep narrow bit of road in south lakes that does not allow a car coming towards you to pass so I was being careful in the knowledge I may have to stop, despite the hill and having right of way, if someone came tearing down the other way. The fool on the bike was not willing to take it that slowly having come down the hill behind me nigh on 30 plus mph - so the daft begger shot round and overtook me and cut me up (I had to swerve in)glaring as he did so - had a car appeared the opposite way at speed he would have been glaring up from underneath it somewhere ........
I used to ride a bycycle (and a motor bike) when I was younger so I'm not against this mode of transport at all - but its high time cyclists had insurance to share the road with other vehicles esp if like this idiot they are going to ride a bike in a beligerent manner. Car drivers esp if bikers are mindful of bikes but its rubbing salt in when a cyclist behaves like this just cos he's fit enough to get such speeds up and behave like a two-wheeled speed junkie!
Rant over ..........
Pauline