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  • September 19, 2013 at 12:24 pm #757301
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    arfa

    It’s a statutory offence and
    It’s a statutory offence and therefore it doesn’t matter if you can’t tell how fast you are going. If you’re over the limit, that’s it.

    September 19, 2013 at 12:16 pm #757299
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    mrmo

    very simple question, a bike
    very simple question, a bike does not need a speedo, and if it does have one there is no requirement that it is calibrated.

    So how can you be done for speeding?

    September 19, 2013 at 6:25 am #757297
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    jova54

    andycoventry wrote:……On a

    andycoventry wrote:
    ……On a side note, is/was there special dispensation of the 20 limit for RideLondon…..?

    I think Ride London was a closed roads event and that would have suspended the provisions of the highway code including speed restrictions, riding on the wrong side of the road and going the wrong way round roundabouts.

    September 18, 2013 at 3:41 pm #757295
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    arfa

    It’s going to be fascinating
    It’s going to be fascinating watching cyclists “drop the anchor” going down Broomfield after spotting a speed gun with the dynamo lot in hot pursuit….

    September 18, 2013 at 2:07 pm #757293
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    VeloPeo

    KiwiMike wrote:VeloPeo

    KiwiMike wrote:
    [quote=VeloPeo]It’s a 20mph limit through the park. If they arrested every cyclist that broke it they wouldn’t have any court space for anyone else

    There’s 2500 riders with a > 20mph average on this lap of the park strava segment
    http://www.strava.com/segments/610040%5B/quote%5D

    BLOODY SCOFFLAWS! Why isn’t the Met tracking down each and every Lycra-clad skinny-arsed one of ’em? Crush their bikes in front of their blubbing eyes I say!

    I would fully support that if it only applied to anyone in a fecking D*n*mo jersey

    September 18, 2013 at 1:37 pm #757291
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    nickwadd

    Millar did do it in 13
    Millar did do it in 13 minutes but it was just a run out with his club. He had no idea the Beeb were going to turn up and film it if I remember correctly. They did have to take the footage off their site pretty soon after.

    I didn’t hear anything about a special dispensation for RideLondon

    September 18, 2013 at 12:53 pm #757289
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    andycoventry

    As KiwiMike says its a Royal
    As KiwiMike says its a Royal Park not a ‘normal’ highway so has a specific Order that includes cycles, which they do enforce fairly regularly.

    It all adds to part of the fun, the Richmond Park 3 lap challenge is a right of passage for a cyclist in South West London isn’t it?…..

    Didn’t David Millar have to write an apology to the Royal Parks a few years ago for doing a lap in about 13 minutes as part of a programme for the BBC?.

    On a side note, is/was there special dispensation of the 20 limit for RideLondon…..?

    September 18, 2013 at 12:46 pm #757287
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    KiwiMike

    VeloPeo wrote:It’s a 20mph
    [quote=VeloPeo]It’s a 20mph limit through the park. If they arrested every cyclist that broke it they wouldn’t have any court space for anyone else

    There’s 2500 riders with a > 20mph average on this lap of the park strava segment
    http://www.strava.com/segments/610040%5B/quote%5D

    BLOODY SCOFFLAWS! Why isn’t the Met tracking down each and every Lycra-clad skinny-arsed one of ’em? Crush their bikes in front of their blubbing eyes I say!

    September 18, 2013 at 12:44 pm #757285
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    KiwiMike

    Royal Parks Act includes
    Royal Parks Act includes bikes, specifically for Richmond Park I understand. Fair enough.

    http://www.frp.org.uk/pdf/frp/44_On_the_Road_In_Richmond_Park_Website_version_040712.pdf

    September 18, 2013 at 12:42 pm #757283
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    VeloPeo

    It’s a 20mph limit through
    It’s a 20mph limit through the park. If they arrested every cyclist that broke it they wouldn’t have any court space for anyone else

    There’s 2500 riders with a > 20mph average on this lap of the park strava segment
    http://www.strava.com/segments/610040

    September 18, 2013 at 12:31 pm #757281
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    guyonabike

    Sounds like a park-specific
    Sounds like a park-specific limit, not a public highway issue.
    HWC limits apply to motorised vehicles only so you’re correct in saying Speeding is not a cycling offence (though ‘dangerous and/or ‘furious’ cycling can be substituted)

    No idea on legality, enforcement or other details applied to Richmond Park.

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