Originally Posted by
hagen2456
You guys don't get it. And yet, we've been through it before. The average speed on Dutch cycle paths seem to be around 16 km/h, and it's slightly higher in Copenhagen. The reason it's so low is that every part of the population cycles. Children aged 4, grannies like my 80 years old mother (my dad doesn't count there, as he rides rather fast), as well as messengers or people like me.
Exactly what I was thinking when reading the irrelevant comparisons of average speed.
Also people use their bikes in every day clothes as part of everyday life. They don't always want to go at the maximum speed that they can.