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Amsterdam: Speed limit will be 30 km/h on most roads from today (www.amsterdam.nl)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Thankfully Amsterdam isn't the first city to do this and most of it is also limited to 30 kph anyway, so we actually this will work out fine.

I can ride faster that 30 km/h on my bike. I can continually do that with as little as a 5% decline from the horizontal axis.

5% is pretty steep, I wouldn't be surprised if one could reach 30 kph without pedaling at all.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

5% is pretty steep, I wouldn’t be surprised if one could reach 30 kph without pedaling at all.

Technically you can reach that with any amount of drop per distance where the speed gain exceeds drag as long as you don't specify how long the incline is.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

where the speed gain exceeds drag

That's the question.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I shaved my body and only cycle naked to achieve minimum drag

Just so I can crash into kids faster on an incline

[–] HerbalGamer 2 points 11 months ago

5% is pretty steep

found the dutch person