I haven't had reason to ride in the CCFP in a long time. Frankly, it had an 8 MPH speed limit which struck me as ludicrous (and a little dangerous). I was being passed by bladers and runners who were not subject to the same limit and frankly at 8 mph you are starting to lose the Gyroscopic effect and are more susceptible to falling over.
Due to the smaller guys now wanting to ride more, I may have to head out to the CCFP. Do they still have the speed limit? The "Ghost Pages" with John Stroger as President of the County Board state an 8 MPH speed limit. The newer pages don't expressly reference one and instead state "reasonable speed". Has the 8 mph speed limit been ditched? Kane County has a more reasonable 15 MPH speed limit.
(To put 8 MPH in perspective, that's a 3 hour and 17 minute marathon. if you are an 18 to 43 year old male, a speed of 8 mph will not qualify you to run in the Boston Marathon... and the slowest qualifying time is for an 80 year old female is 5 mph. To have a top "bicycle speed" that wouldn't qualify for a marathon race is too slow.)
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I agree that unless you present a clear hazard (which even on an empty trail would be the 15+mph) the FP police would probably not give ya'll grief. But if stopped the worst thing to do would be argue.
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