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[–] Nacarbac@hexbear.net 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No way is that true under load - not for that conversion pictured - and they'd have to have actually ridden it to test, which is too dangerous.

They just found it doesn't need to be pedaled, lifted up the rear wheel and looked at how high the number went.

[–] fox@hexbear.net 16 points 3 months ago

Yeah, there's been complaints about hogs just looking at the speedometer while keeping the drive wheel off the ground and giving fines for going overspeed

[–] john_brown@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago

I wonder how quickly a bicycle tire would fall apart at 100MPH

[–] CommCat@hexbear.net 6 points 3 months ago

I don't want some jerk riding 100mph on the bike lane