There's maybe a metre of verge to trees either side. It's packed with people walking and cycling at peak times, so is it where I can expect to come into conflict with pedestrians? Yet off-peak, you could do 40 along there and the biggest danger would normally be the cobbled hump
Was just commenting on an earlier post
Personally I very rarely go above 30 , I think the fastest I have been was accidentally starting to come down roseland where it was a very long very straight and very very smooth and I just thought ‘ I wonder what happens if I just freewheel - I will tell you what happens - I shet myself ! If anything had walked out in front then I think it would have been curtains for someone/thing
God knows how the professionals do it going a lot faster
In my eyes it was stupid but I was only going to hurt myself as there was a drop one side and a mountain the other and I could see a very long way in front , there was very very little chance of a dog walker , old lady or mother and pram crossing my path in a daily routine
I won’t do it again cos I basically don’t want to and I don’t break speed limits on road cos I don’t want to , it’s a speed limit to go below for safety reasons so fair enough , if I was to pass a school at 20 and another cyclist passes me at 50% more than my speed shouting ‘ this speed limit doesn’t apply to me ‘ I wouldn’t say a thing - but would think what a self centred knob
But I think I’ve said enough to give an opinion and don’t think I will say anymore on this one , it’s ran its course
I think it has divided some of us into stupid cyclist group or stupid woman group and that’s what it comes down to
- I know who I would blame if I had to judge