Police in the UK have confiscated what they say is the fastest electric bicycle they’ve ever seen, suggesting it was…

  • Let's Go 2 the Mall! ❌👑
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    395 days ago

    click bait title.

    "Police shared an image of the bike’s LCD panel showing a max speed of 83.2 mph (134 km/h), though this is almost certainly the “no-load” speed reached from lifting the rear wheel and allowing it to spin up freely without resistance. " the rider was going 35.

      • FartsWithAnAccentOPM
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        44 days ago

        I’m guessing mph given how it was written in the first part of the sentence (mph being the default kph being the parenthetical). 35kph is nothing crazy even on a regular bicycle as long as you have the right gearing for it.