Giant LAFree Lite electric bike - comments LONG - Page 7 - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

07-23-2004, 09:48 AM

Ryan Cousineau <rcousine@sfu.ca> wrote in
news:rcousine-46B0E4.22311022072004@morgoth.sfu.ca:

> In article <40FF837E.7AE25BF0@quadratec-software.com>,
> Elisa Francesca Roselli
> <Elisa.Francesca.Roselli@quadratec-software.com> wrote:
>
>> Ryan Cousineau wrote:
>>
>> > I will keep something like this in mind for people I know.
>> > Until it is capable of sustained flat speeds of 50 km/h, I'm
>> > not interested. Right now my goal is to TT at 50 for 1-2 km at
>> > a time. Because that would be crazy-fast, and allow me to keep
>> > up with traffic

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>>
>> If you tried to ride 50 km/h in Paris, you would get a speeding
>> ticket!
>>
>> EFR
>> Ile de France
>
> In Vancouver, I can't get arrested.
>
> Coming to work, I ride along Columbia St., the main road in
> downtown New Westminster, posted 30 km/h. The police do a speed
> trap at the start of the downtown section about every six months
> or so. I _know_ I can hit 35 km/h as I crest the rise there, but
> the cops didn't even look at me last time.
>
> I'll try for 40,

I have done 60 on the downhill in Stanley park that is posted for
30kph and they don't even bother aiming the radar gun at me...I don't
count!!