Originally Posted by
Retfor
agreed, my previous bike had trouble maintaining 25 mph in light wind or pulling a trailer. my current bike (1500w) can handle it easy, even maintaing 30 mph against those. luckily, i dont usually have so far to go, so i can ride 30 mph usually, but if i need to i can slow down to extend range. its good to have options...
If you're going 30mph are you riding in traffic? Most urban areas restrict pathways/lanes to 20mph. I would not want someone zinging past me in a bike lane going 30 mph. Not sure I'd be open to riding in traffic going 30mph, though, because drivers will assume you are slower than that and turn in front of you thinking they have plenty of time. 30mph is moped speed. You should take the space of an auto on the road - seems like there should be some easily and quickly identifiable system to let cars know you're basically a slow 2 wheeled car instead of a bike (or class limited e-bike).