Don't ride in groups or we will be stopped cycling completely.

[vickster]

I just saw a sign on the local mad mile, a 60 limit.
“The roads may be quieter, but the speed limits remain the same” and I saw a car pulled over by plod there the other day for the first time ever (although don’t know the reason)

 

[ColinJ]

I've read somewhere that Gove is suggesting that one hour is suitable for a walk, 30 mins for a run and somewhere inbetween for a ride. Not a rule but a suggestion.

that’s a steaming pile of merde. Probably from Facebook or something

Bizarre if true. Cycling's got to have far and away the lowest infection potential. And why the hell does it matter if I'm out on the same paths running or walking.

He DID say something along those lines - I saw the interview on the Andrew Marr show, and it can be found on (for example) the Sun website if you can bear to go there!

Speaking to BBC’s Andrew Marr, Mr Gove said: ‘Well, obviously it depends on each individual’s fitness. I would have thought that for most people, a walk of up to an hour, or a run of 30 minutes or a cycle ride of between that, depending on their level of fitness is appropriate.’

 

[Racing roadkill]

He DID say something along those lines - I saw the interview on the Andrew Marr show, and it can be found on (for example) the Sun website if you can bear to go there!

I think he had his knuckles rapped by various legal people over the comments, and they aren’t official policy.

 

[slowmotion]

Bizarre if true. Cycling's got to have far and away the lowest infection potential. And why the hell does it matter if I'm out on the same paths running or walking.

People running tend to puff and blow a lot more than walkers. From personal observation, some of them don't take the two metre rule too seriously either.

 

[Rusty Nails]

He DID say something along those lines - I saw the interview on the Andrew Marr show, and it can be found on (for example) the Sun website if you can bear to go there!

He mentions 'depending on your level of fitness' so, as usual with Ministers' on the hoof interpretations of guidelines, not clear at all. If you're very fit can you go for a 3 hour ride, and if you're unfit just a 30 min ride, or should that be vice versa?

I will stick to the official guidelines, no matter how odd they seem, as long as they are clear.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Make sense but only to sensible folk who are staying at home, there's some right nutters on the roads here

If you can cycle that fast on the roads without going downhill then good luck.

 

[Mike_P]

You are right, the same here, however the police are clamping down and publicising the new limit, the issue we have here that when you hit the unrestricted sign (white circle with a diagonal black stripe) it is just that, unrestricted under normal circumstances.... no upper limit, if you can do 200 mph you can

If you are talking about the UK that is wholly wrong - that sign means the national speed limits apply
https://www.gov.uk/speed-limits

I've read somewhere that Gove is suggesting that one hour is suitable for a walk, 30 mins for a run and somewhere inbetween for a ride. Not a rule but a suggestion.

Presumably never ridden a bike then; How can anyway time a ride precisely given the impacts of headwinds and crosswinds.

 

[HLaB]

If you can cycle that fast on the roads without going downhill then good luck.

I think the fastest I've been on the flat is the low 30s mph; I only go over 40mph a half dozen times a year and down hills

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I've read somewhere that Gove is suggesting that one hour is suitable for a walk, 30 mins for a run and somewhere inbetween for a ride. Not a rule but a suggestion.

He suggested for most people 30 mins to an hour should be about right. It wasn’t a recommendation, nor does it have any basis in law. It’s just a view that for a sedentary population (which is the most bit) they should be able to manage 30 mins to an hour, and probably wouldn’t want to do more.

 

[carlosfandangus]

If you are talking about the UK that is wholly wrong - that sign means the national speed limits apply
https://www.gov.uk/speed-limits

Presumably never ridden a bike then; How can anyway time a ride precisely given the impacts of headwinds and crosswinds.

Its the Isle of Man, I was once doing 150 on a bike (ZXR 900) up the Mountain Mile, 2 bikes overtook me and made me look as though I was standing still, they were 2 older riders, both ex racers

 

[ColinJ]

Its the Isle of Man, I was once doing 150 on a bike (ZXR 900) up the Mountain Mile, 2 bikes overtook me and made me look as though I was standing still, they were 2 older riders, both ex racers

Crosses Isle of Man off post-COVID cycling holiday list...

 

[snorri]

I've read somewhere that Gove is suggesting that one hour is suitable for a walk, 30 mins for a run and somewhere inbetween for a ride. Not a rule but a suggestion.

Mr Gove, this comment from that very sensible Mr Boardman on Twitter must have been directed at you!
Chris Boardman
@Chris_Boardman

It’s very, very simple: Follow this instruction. Don’t extrapolate, just follow the instructions. People adding their own advice on top, you think you’re helping but you’re not. Just follow the instructions.

 

[AuroraSaab]

London today apparently :

Still, in Australia they seem to be ignoring the lockdown altogether and the beaches were busy as usual yesterday.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

London today apparently :
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Still, in Australia they seem to be ignoring the lockdown altogether and the beaches were busy as usual yesterday.

What is that from, got a link?

 

[ianrauk]

London today apparently :
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Still, in Australia they seem to be ignoring the lockdown altogether and the beaches were busy as usual yesterday.

You shouldn't always believe what you read
https://road.cc/content/news/mail-accused-distorting-truth-mamil-madness-story-272475