Originally Posted by
dobber
How fast can you ride with a fully loaded bike. All day?
Sure, in the perfect idyllic world cops would ride placidly along on bikes. And there would be no crimes.
Cops needs to be a bit faster than the culprit they're chasing.
A friend of mine does bike patrol over the summer, and part of that involves patroling the township MUP. He love doing it (the bike patrol thing), but when I see his set up, I don't know how it is possible.
First off, he's got himself a full-suspension mountain bike (that gets ridden ONLY on paved surfaces, I guess it's in case he has to chase anybody cross country, or because they just want a bike with that possibility even though they never use it, like Hummer owners). A rack with a trunk full of what I'm sure is very official police equipment. And to top that all off... the bullet proof vest.
How fast can you ride in a bullet-proof vest?