Cyclists

[How bad boy]

Not many people know, but the Gatso was developed in 1842 in Blackpool by Gary T Soundman in response to his misguided notion that High Nellies were speeding dangerously.

He is still alive, president of the Cork City Anoraks, one of Corks top barstool republicans, and known to post tomes of drivel on the local talk page scene whilst being paid by the state

Originally, the punishment for speeding on a bicycle was death by snake pit, but that was downgraded to being told you're a naughty person in the 1989 Cleaning Up After The Brits Act

 

[How bad boy]

Can you tell us where in Cork you think it possible for a cyclist to reach 50kmph SAFELY?

Sarsfield Road

 

[SoundMan]

Escooters and ebikes are speed limited, you're not allowed to sell them if they can get you above 25kmph off battery power alone. You're free to cycle or scoot as fast as you like but the motor is limited to that speed, the rest you have to do yourself

Are you saying that once the e-scooter has been sold then that's the end of it and whatever adaptations are made to make it go faster that's OK because there's no speedo on an electric bike or e-scooter they're exempt from having to follow speed limits?

And what of imported e-scooters and e-bikes, who checks on them?

 

[Happyhonkaman]

Originally, the punishment for speeding on a bicycle was death by snake pit, but that was downgraded to being told you're a naughty person in the 1989 Cleaning Up After The Brits Act

That was all grand until Brexit, British laws and standards can no longer be referred to so its back to the snake pit which will be formally commissioned once the asps arrive from India having been procured via public tender

 

[SoundMan]

Sarsfield Road

That's not on the Northside, but I doubt very much one could safely reach 50kmph on SR on a bicycle. How far down (presumably from the Spur Hill end) would you need to be to have built up speed to 50kmph? Aren't there a number of side roads leading on to it - never mind the fact that it's usually busy with traffic.

 

[TheEarlofPearl]

Is there a legal requirement to have speedometers fitted to e-scooters? I'm fairly sure there's a legal limit to the maximum speed that they're allowed go. In which case the lack of legal requirement to have a speedometer fitted doesn't obviate the need to travel below the speed limit.

Is there a point in there or is it you don’t know the difference between an e scooter and a bicycle?

 

[SoundMan]

Is there a point in there or is you is it you don’t know the difference between an e scooter and a bicycle?

Is there a sentence in there?

Or is it that you're being pedantic again? E-bike and E-scooters are afaik treated as bicycles under current legislation. You're claim that because there's no legal requirement for a speedometer obviates the need for vehicles to travel at less than the speed limit seems far-fetched.

 

[How bad boy]

Are you saying that once the e-scooter has been sold then that's the end of it and whatever adaptations are made to make it go faster that's OK because there's no speedo on an electric bike or e-scooter they're exempt from having to follow speed limits?

And what of imported e-scooters and e-bikes, who checks on them?

Didn't say that at all.

If you're cycling on an eBike and you can cycle faster than 25kmph, then off with you but the motor won't help you go any faster.

 

[How bad boy]

That's not on the Northside, but I doubt very much one could safely reach 50kmph on SR on a bicycle. How far down (presumably from the Spur Hill end) would you need to be to have built up speed to 50kmph? Aren't there a number of side roads leading on to it - never mind the fact that it's usually busy with traffic.

Quite right, a fine argument for reducing the speed limit for cars too to 30kmph.

 

[SoundMan]

Didn't say that at all.

If you're cycling on an eBike and you can cycle faster than 25kmph, then off with you but the motor won't help you go any faster.

Sorry now but that's bollox. A colleague here has an imported e-bike and says he can do 40kmph no problem at all on it.