Originally Posted by livedarklions

I've ridden these pretty fast, probably 18 mph or so. The last one I rode was a Walmart Huffy Nel Lusso Cruiser, 50+ pounds, and they're absurdly easy to pedal with the balloon tires. It's actually fun to crank one up because no one expects to see one of those moving fast, and you can get a lot of double-takes.

In my teens, I would occasionally take my mom's tiny single speed Schwinn cruiser out to see how fast I could ride it around Lake of the Isles. This was in the mid-1970s, and there wasn't any way to time it. A guy yelled out of his car window "Hey, you know you're going 23 mph?"

I will give you that they are not a lot of fun climbing hills.