Comments on: Average Speeds of Cars and Bikes http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/3393/cycling/average-speeds-of-cars-and-bikes/ Cycling info - advice and tips Fri, 20 Dec 2013 10:22:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8 By: steve http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/3393/cycling/average-speeds-of-cars-and-bikes/comment-page-1/#comment-108500 Sat, 06 Oct 2012 18:34:13 +0000 http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/?p=3393#comment-108500 Traffic stands still because the council has planned it that way, as part of an ongoing war against the car. Oxford is a gem in the crown of this ‘lenient despotism’, along with Cambridge and Edinburgh. People in cars are there because they have things to do – cyclists mostly because it’s fun and gives the cool smug feeling alluded to in the middle picture.

As pavements have widened and bus/cycle lanes introduced, motorised traffic has been intentionally squeezed out, denying the reality that no-one, but no-one uses a bus if there is ANY other way of getting to a destination.

Cycles are fine, I use one myself. Exclusively, I can’t afford a car. Wait till you have no option but to get on the bloody thing in the cold, wet and dark of a November morning. The cars may be stationary, but they are warm and have the radio to keep them company!

]]> By: botogol http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/3393/cycling/average-speeds-of-cars-and-bikes/comment-page-1/#comment-54371 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:15:58 +0000 http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/?p=3393#comment-54371 the second poster is a bit pointless — while a stage of the tdf can indeed be routinely completed in 40km/h you certainly can’t average that speed commuting in slow traffic!

(I cross London from west to east and my best result is 27km in an hour dead)

]]> By: Bicycle Tyro http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/3393/cycling/average-speeds-of-cars-and-bikes/comment-page-1/#comment-54265 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:49:28 +0000 http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/?p=3393#comment-54265 I LOVE THESE!!!!

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