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  • rake
    rake Posts: 3,204
    that doesnt proove anything. you could have spun it by hand or key in a personally prefered wheel diameter.
  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    rake wrote:
    that doesnt proove anything. you could have spun it by hand or key in a personally prefered wheel diameter.
    Well my Garmin says the max speed I ever hit (downhill on a 12%) was 52.5mph (84kph).... and i can tell you it was downright scary! :shock:

    but then I suppose I could have taken it in the car (oh ye of little faith...) :roll:
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  • Pseudonym
    Pseudonym Posts: 1,032
    Dunkeldog wrote:
    On the flat I can hold 27/28mph for a good while - take or add 5mph for head or tailwind!.

    I love this forum....
  • coombsfh
    coombsfh Posts: 186
    rake wrote:
    that doesnt proove anything. you could have spun it by hand or key in a personally prefered wheel diameter.

    Yep...busted! I am taking the stabilisers off next week :wink:
  • ollyridesfirst
    ollyridesfirst Posts: 486
    Dunkeldog wrote:
    Best downhill 49.5mph. Just couldn't crack the 50. Got back all excited - told wife - she went ballistic! You've got to love 'em!

    Ha ha, i was exactly the same and got the same reaction when trying to hit 50! 48.2 is my closest, but i plan to beat that at some point!

    81 kmh is very fast (just over 50mph i think). In a 54/11 gear, that's Spartacus pulling out 130 rpm, so i doubt he could keep that up for very long! Although on the flat that would still be very impressive.

    Of course, you see it sometimes in the tours when riders are drafting cars back up to the peloton at around about this sort of speed, but again, that's with zero wind resistance. I've no idea what difference it makes in numbers, but let's say you work 30% less with a draft, than 50mph behind a car is like 35 mph on your own!
  • bendertherobot
    bendertherobot Posts: 11,684
    Managed 48.5 downhill last week. Was fine. It does seem to get exponentially more scary though.

    Still want that damn 50.
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  • danowat
    danowat Posts: 2,877
    Let the willy waving commence!!!! :roll:
  • bakerstreet
    bakerstreet Posts: 108
    I have managed 70kmph / 43.75mph and that was a bit scary. However, I am now running Giant slicks where as before I had the original treaded Kendas that came with the bike and 40mph on the same stretch f road was quite scary.

    It was still scary on the slicks, but it felt a bit more stable :)
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  • Zoomer37
    Zoomer37 Posts: 725
    edited July 2011
    I did 60mph a few years ago in the World Awesome Championships. Could of gone faster, but i was too busy thinking about going pro after I got over 57mph. Held the 60 steady for 23 mins then stopped as I didn't want to get to tired as I had around a 4000km ride back home.
  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    Dunkeldog wrote:
    On the flat I can hold 27/28mph for a good while - take or add 5mph for head or tailwind!. Best downhill 49.5mph. Just couldn't crack the 50. Got back all excited - told wife - she went ballistic! You've got to love 'em!

    and the good while is 10 seconds? ...ww tit
    no one really cares bud, ask around.

    'tis a shame that OPs original idea of how to go balls out on the flat has descended into how fast can I go downhill, utterly utterly pointless
  • danowat
    danowat Posts: 2,877
    Dunkeldog wrote:
    On the flat I can hold 27/28mph for a good while - take or add 5mph for head or tailwind!. Best downhill 49.5mph. Just couldn't crack the 50. Got back all excited - told wife - she went ballistic! You've got to love 'em!

    Hutch?, is that you? :roll:
  • Peanutt
    Peanutt Posts: 229
    ditched all water bottles, took my bartape off and did it in the nude, much faster now

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  • danowat
    danowat Posts: 2,877
    Heart rate 0 is a little worrying........might wanna get that checked out.
  • kieranb
    kieranb Posts: 1,674
    reminds me of the SCR thread in commuting section, some one was bragging about a scalp (passing some one out) they got whilst they were doing 40mph up a slight incline...
  • rodgers73
    rodgers73 Posts: 2,626
    Zoomer37 wrote:
    I did 60mph a few years ago in the World Awesome Championships. could have gone faster, but i was too busy thinking about going pro after I got over 57mph. Held the 60 steady for 23 mins then stopped as I didn't want to get to tired as I had around a 4000km ride back home.

    :lol::lol::lol:
  • ajmitchell
    ajmitchell Posts: 203
    Dunkeldog wrote:
    On the flat I can hold 27/28mph for a good while - take or add 5mph for head or tailwind!. Best downhill 49.5mph. Just couldn't crack the 50. Got back all excited - told wife - she went ballistic! You've got to love 'em!

    awesome, those are pro tour speeds. From this weeks Tour de france closing timetrial in Grenoble (a somewhat hilly 42.5km with a 523m ascent) tony martin averaged 42.9kph (28.5mph) for 55mins34seconds. Something to think about.
  • Herbsman
    Herbsman Posts: 2,029
    I did 120mph once
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  • thescouselander
    thescouselander Posts: 549
    Yeah, 120 mph - like this guy on his mountain bike!


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  • Zoomer37
    Zoomer37 Posts: 725
    edited July 2011
    Went for a spin this morning over to Cheddar Gorge

    No traffic and feeling up for it so went for it

    Garmin clocked me at 63.1 mph. Fastest ive ever been

    Told my missus when I got back and she called me a prick
  • Matt the Tester
    Matt the Tester Posts: 1,261
    talent and training ;)

    fastest ive hit is 41.7mph on a flat. sometimes you gotta take into consideration age also.

    the older you get (obviously) the lower your top end speed is and the better you keep going at a highish speed for ages ;). from my experience anyway.
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,349
    47 downhill, 47 on the flat, 47 uphill. Yep, I'm 47.
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  • Matt the Tester
    Matt the Tester Posts: 1,261
    briantrumpet wrote:
    47 downhill, 47 on the flat, 47 uphill. Yep, I'm 47.
    do you expect us to have 47 braincells if we're to believe that mate :D ?

    only on the uphill bit though :P
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,349
    steady rider wrote:
    briantrumpet wrote:
    47 downhill, 47 on the flat, 47 uphill. Yep, I'm 47.
    do you expect us to have 47 braincells if we're to believe that mate
    OK, it's true. I lied. I'm 47 years and 4 months old.
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