Are cyclists exempt from speed limits?

[TheLondonCyclist]

the answer is correct. I was stopped once for doing 46 mph in a 30 mph limit (ok, it was downhill, i am not indurain)

also cyclists can get points on the license for this (assumes that he cyslist has driving license) and i know somebody who go done for being drunk on a bicycle - no sure if he got pints on his license.

Was you only stopped for a chat or was you fined? the only thing they could do you for is "furious cycling"... doesn't happen a lot due to them not knowing much about the cycling law or any other law for that matter. lol

 

[glasgowcyclist]

i know somebody who go done for being drunk on a bicycle - no sure if he got pints on his license.

I'm not sure that's going to discourage drunk riding but it's an amusing image.

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[TheLondonCyclist]

It is a bit unfair expecting an officer out on the street to know the law. There is a lot of it.

Sarcasm?

 

[CopperBrompton]

I thought cars relied on "engine braking" for when going down hill.

Brake pads are a lot cheaper than clutches. Braking is done with brakes.

As cycles don't have an engine we would have NO brakes pads left if we kept the brakes on all the time when going down hill.

Since brake pads typically last 8-10,000 miles, you must be descending some very long hills if you wear out a set of pads descending them.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Brake pads are a lot cheaper than clutches. Braking is done with brakes.


Since brake pads typically last 8-10,000 miles, you must be descending some very long hills if you wear out a set of pads descending them.

Eek! Is that right? I didn't know you could wear a clutch out when you're not using it. I prefer using a low gear to braking on hills and have never had excessive clutch wear.

 

[ASC1951]

Brake pads are a lot cheaper than clutches. Braking is done with brakes.

Engine braking has nothing to do with the clutch. The effect is entirely from the reduced cylinder/manifold pressure when the fuel is cut off.

 

[TheLondonCyclist]

[QUOTE 2880515, member: 45"]Pedestrians are very easy to kill by a cyclist at 30mph.[/quote]
Well, they also have traffic lights to abide by. If they choose to cross in the middle of the road, that's their fault. My bike is lit up bright enough at the front to be noticed. Also, most cyclist collisions with peds are not fatal at all. Cyclist is so narrow, just one little turn and it will be the cyclists shoulder hitting the ped. Hardly fatal.

 

[CopperBrompton]

Engine braking has nothing to do with the clutch. The effect is entirely from the reduced cylinder/manifold pressure when the fuel is cut off.

And how do you think that braking effect gets transferred to the wheels ... ?

 

[CopperBrompton]

Well, they also have traffic lights to abide by.

Nope: pedestrians are entitled to cross the road at will, they are not subject to traffic lights, pedestrian or otherwise.

 

[ASC1951]

And how do you think that braking effect gets transferred to the wheels ... ?

By the clutch being fully engaged to produce fixed drive. That doesn't wear the clutch, any more than you wear it out in normal motion. You seem to think that the braking effect comes from friction between the clutch plates, which isn't the case.

 

[TheLondonCyclist]

Nope: pedestrians are entitled to cross the road at will, they are not subject to traffic lights, pedestrian or otherwise.

Yes, I know... that's why I wrote "if they choose to cross in the middle of the road" I know the ped law my friend

 

[CopperBrompton]

Yes, I know... that's why I wrote "if they choose to cross in the middle of the road" I know the ped law my friend

You said "they also have traffic lights to abide by" - it was that part I was disagreeing with; they don't.

 

[CopperBrompton]

By the clutch being fully engaged to produce fixed drive. That doesn't wear the clutch

Both acceleration and deceleration apply force to the clutch. They don't just get worn when in the process of engaging.

 

[raleighnut]

I once set off one of the old 2 rubber pipes across the road speedtraps going into Huncote village from descending Croft hill in the late 70's, I turned the corner to see a policeman with his hand up whose broad grin vanished when he saw I was a cyclist, I stopped only to be told 48 in a 30 rather ruetully and to "begger off home" at least I think that's what he said