Fastest mph on a flat road!

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  • Redfred237
    Redfred237 Posts: 42
    We all dream of speed but check this out, 110mph on a cycle :shock: !!!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmpxJWAJbFM
  • xloly
    xloly Posts: 140
    Redfred237 wrote:
    We all dream of speed but check this out, 110mph on a cycle :shock: !!!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmpxJWAJbFM

    I'm more impressed the car managed it!
  • ilikecycling
    ilikecycling Posts: 50
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkpekNz5tOc
  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    Redfred237 wrote:
    We all dream of speed but check this out, 110mph on a cycle :shock: !!!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmpxJWAJbFM

    Wayne the Train Randle could beat that, without the car 8)
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  • J.A.YSUPERNORMAL08
    J.A.YSUPERNORMAL08 Posts: 94
    32mph on my mountain bike on flat with slight uphill gradient, still not built up road bike to see how fast on that though :P
  • Trailradar
    Trailradar Posts: 131
    pamuzu wrote:
    That's top!

    I'm a newbie but starting to average around 23mph on a 10 mile commute. Ambition is to set a speed camera off? Possible? I'd love to get a speed ticket on a bike!

    and the carrot gets put in the field of vision of the donkey!
  • furrag
    furrag Posts: 481
    Furrag wrote:
    I averaged 15.4mph today over 16 miles with some horrible headwinds and traffic filtering.

    Coming home I managed to hit 30.8mph which is another short-term goal achieved.
    :lol: Never trust a phones GPS - they're bollocks! A Garmin has shown me up to be a stinking liar - Fastest recorded on the flat has been 24.3mph.

    So no, I'm nowhere near the 30mph club. [/Blame Wiggle] :lol:
  • bliarout
    bliarout Posts: 153
    What would you say if I said mine was 30.2 MPH... On a MTB! To be fair I cycle in the middle of a gaggle of wind farms and there was a monster tail wind. I'll not say what my speed was going into it :oops:
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    I managed a 32.7 (the point 7 IS important) today on flat road, no traffic so I could veer over into the middle of the road. How cab boonen et al manage higher than for 100's of meters is beyond me.
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  • Mike67
    Mike67 Posts: 585
    Depends how hard I'm being pushed.

    On a normal ride on the flat I'd hope to doing 19-20mph.

    At the end of a TT when the guy behind me was trying to pass me on the run in to the finish (I could hear him coming with his fancy disk wheel :D ) I managed to haul myself over 32mph.

    Surprising what stubborness can bring out of me :D
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  • Matt the Tester
    Matt the Tester Posts: 1,261
    new Highspeed done yesterday on a club run :D had a quick race down the road with my mate and we both clocked 35Mph! he just couldn't keep it as long as me lol, we we're waiting for the club down the road for 5 minutes afterwards lol.
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  • benno68
    benno68 Posts: 1,689
    Can't get above 25mph unassisted, on the same stretch of road I've done 30mph and could have gone quicker if the bus driver infront had put his foot down.
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  • rake
    rake Posts: 3,204
    tractors with a 40kmh gearbox are best. i followed one for nearly 10 miles the other day.it was great but watching for potholes is tense.
  • masterchef
    masterchef Posts: 202
    i went 35mph yesterday for about 2.5miles;)
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    10m tt pb:23:42.
    25m tt pb: 1h 2min( only done 2)
  • gregster10217
    gregster10217 Posts: 469
    Managed 30mph today on a stretch that I love. No wind, just me and the road and I felt like I wanted to go and did. This was after 30miles in the saddle. I also topped my previous fastest, and got to 41mph on a downhill section. Chuffed with that, but would like to go faster!!!!
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  • anto164
    anto164 Posts: 3,500
    I also did about 32mph on the flat yesterday (About 30mi in too). I saw a roady in the distance and tried to catch up as fast as possible, so i shifted up a couple of gears, and put some power down. Caught him up, and overtook at speed. Tried my hardest to keep the speed up (I'd dropped to about 26mph here) until i was well past him, then i could relax.. Just needed to make sure that i wasn't caught and overtaken myself by the guy i'd just passed!

    I also hit 41mph on a quick downhill too, that's my fastest i've ever been on the road bike, all helped by my new tyres which i fitted just before the ride. Want to go faster too.. And it's nice that cars just stay behind you at that speed.. Tucked down spinning when going fast!
  • Thick Tester
    Thick Tester Posts: 380
    68 mph on a descent into Ruthin aged 15....

    At least 39 on average mph in a bunch sprint
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    Thick Tester wrote:
    68 mph on a descent into Ruthin aged 15....

    Which descent was that?
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  • BikeyMikey1
    BikeyMikey1 Posts: 82
    Just beat my own personal best by hitting 35 mph on the flat, there was a good tail wind though. Brill :lol:
  • Thick Tester
    Thick Tester Posts: 380
    redddraggon wrote:
    Thick Tester wrote:
    68 mph on a descent into Ruthin aged 15....

    Which descent was that?

    Avocets were never that accurate anyway :)

    Can't recall it exactly but it had a pretty dicky hairpin towards the bottom of it - top half was wooded. The rest of the day was character building, with a chaingang home to Widnes via Rhyl and Mold. 135 miles the day before a maths O level and boy did i have the tan lines to prove it!
  • glauciaregina9
    glauciaregina9 Posts: 259
    49mph

    Downhill

    On my road-prepped MTB :-)

    Probably with a tailwind too...
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  • peanut1978
    peanut1978 Posts: 1,031
    39.6 on quiet flat country road while doing sprint practice with training partner
  • rake
    rake Posts: 3,204
    41.2 on a slight uphill into the wind. not really trying.
  • Hals1967
    Hals1967 Posts: 231
    You been buying yourself a fancy hidden motorized bike Rake ? :D

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  • rob13
    rob13 Posts: 430
    managed 39mph on a good bank on slicks the other day. Fast, and felt as if the bike was going to shake itself to bits!
  • EX DH
    EX DH Posts: 194
    32mph on a newly surfaced stretch of flat road near me and 46.3 is my top speed so far downhill. Not bad to say ive only been riding 8 weeks. :D
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  • nico79
    nico79 Posts: 22
    Managed 30 this morning on my way to work, i was trying to catch up to a bus and kept pushing but in the end i had to give it up.

    Didn't know i could get to 30 on the flat till today, well pleased.
  • Karl2010
    Karl2010 Posts: 511
    Good topic.

    My personal best is: 41.8mph. That was down Parblod Hill with a rucksack on my back. The extra weight made me go faster.

    My terminal velocity seems to be 38mph (down hill) cant seem to beat this without assistance (drafting/extra weight of back pack/tail wind)

    Ive done 33mph on a flat under my own steam loads of times.

    Will Aero Wheels help me beat my Terminal Velocity of 38mph?
  • rake
    rake Posts: 3,204
    when folks are saying flat road do you carry spirit levels? i only have wrenches and a pump. :?
  • peanut1978
    peanut1978 Posts: 1,031
    39.2 flat

    51 downhill

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