Larry Pizzi on Ebike Regs

[J.R.]

Ok, side question:

What should be the speed limit for a paved bike path ( no walkers) with no sharp turns and open visibility?

25 through parkland and 30 along roads.

 

[Mike Smith]

25 through parkland and 30 along roads.

Agree. Very reasonable. But 30mph, wow, are you Ironman or just have a big motor, lol. I feel comfortable at 20mph, and 28mph downhills sometimes, as trees are a bitch at that speed if you go off road for some reason...lots of trees and twisty windy roads here in Maryland, lol.

 

[Brambor]

I find that reasonable.

25 through parkland and 30 along roads.

 

[J.R.]

Agree. Very reasonable. But 30mph, wow, are you Ironman or just have a big motor, lol. I feel comfortable at 20mph, and 28mph downhills sometimes, as trees are a bitch at that speed if you go off road for some reason...lots of trees and twisty windy roads here in Maryland, lol.

I need a good hill to hit 30. No matter which bike I ride, I'm under 22 or so. As far as Bike On's question goes, we are talking about dedicated cycle only paths of which I never see, but I can't see I would ever have the need to go over 30mph on a bicycle of any kind. If I need more speed than that, I'll travel by other means. Most of my travel is on country roads with no shoulder or bike lane or rural multi use paths/trails and 15 to 25 gets me where I need to go when I need to be there. I think if you do the math, 2 or 3 MPH faster doesn't save very much time for the average commute. But I'm reasonable... We should keep bicycles at bicycle speeds and the peds will have fewer problems with us

 

[Bike_On]

25 through parkland and 30 along roads.

These speeds sound like bike LANE speeds.

JR is correct, dedicated bike paths are not normal in the EAST anyways, so we share them with joggers and headphone. That changes the equation.

I saw Ravi's post with a Pedego video, and the bike path in that looked awesome, like one could use it to cover some ground.

 

[stevenast]

These speeds sound like bike LANE speeds.

Yup. "Dedicated path". ...and not saying I/we will (or even can) ride these speeds ...the question was "speed limit".

 

[J.R.]

On our local multi-use-trail we have these signs and they work for the vast majority of the time. Everyone knows the pecking order because they are posted everywhere. Full disclosure; it's not an urban area.

 

[pxpaulx]

On our local multi-use-trail we have these signs and they work for the vast majority of the time. Everyone knows the pecking order because they are posted everywhere. Full disclosure; it's not an urban area.

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How simple and easy to understand is that, I like it!

 

[stevenast]

On our local multi-use-trail we have these signs and they work for the vast majority of the time. Everyone knows the pecking order because they are posted everywhere. Full disclosure; it's not an urban area.

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Where are the tractors in that order?

 

[J.R.]

Where are the tractors in that order?

Don't think they don't use the trail cause they do Everybody gets out of the way of them!

 

[J.R.]

There is a sign nobody pays any attention to: