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Is a 10 km/h speed limit for ebikes necessary? [No] (www.youtube.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/brisbane@aussie.zone
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[–] [S] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I hope you aren't doing 50 when there are pedestrians around!

But otherwise yeah, exactly. One of my favourite things to do is race my friends on the 3 metre–wide Gateway North Bikeway stretch starting at the top of the hill, a 3.5 km stretch where I try to keep above 50 km/h as long as possible once it flattens out, and then keep it going as fast as I can until the end of the 5 km "lap" on my Garmin (where exactly that is depends on the exact route I took for the rest of my ride). There are rarely any pedestrians around, or on the rare circumstance there are pedestrians, the path is so wide and clear that it's very easy to give them a very wide berth, as long as it doesn't happen at the same time as a cyclist coming the other way.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Nah that would be unhinged, i usually go in the part of the city where theres a completely seperate bike and pedastrian path. Theres also a part near my house(up on a hill) where i can(more like could, in not such a daredevil) overtake cars. Of course this is a pretty serious downhill but the same way you do it, after you already accelerate its easier to keep the speed tho im a pretty big guy so the wind resistance is insane. But its a pretty good feeling when i get to the city faster than the bus by like 10-20 minutes tho once again i live on a hill so getting home is torture. I also went to an event in the city with friends once and i had a bike cause thats the way i got there and we started at the same time, them with a bus, me with bike and it was so funny when i told them i was waiting for five minutes.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 7 months ago

    where theres a completely seperate bike and pedastrian path

    So, those areas will be unaffected. It's footpaths and shared paths (Queensland doesn't actually have a legal legislative difference between the two) that will be affected. That includes everything shown in this video (except the road turned into right at the end). It also includes excellent, wide "bikeways" like the Gateway North Bikeway:

    Photo of a wide concrete pathway with no markings and no vehicles or pedestrians on it. A few metres to the right of the path, separated by a fence and a large ditch, is a motorway with cars.

    its a pretty good feeling when i get to the city faster than the bus by like 10-20 minutes

    I actually first started bike commuting for exactly this reason. I needed to get to the post office before it closed, and it closed earlier than I could get there by bus. Switching to my bike enabled me to pick up my package in time.

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