This thread makes me laugh - if anyone is looking for the secret to eternal life, just look at this thread. I don't think it will ever die.
Forums are a bit like a conversation in the pub - they start off one way but soon change direction and meander down their own path. Meanwhile people keep arriving half way through the conversation who have missed all the twists and turns. The only difference is that on a forum they've not excuse for having missed the twists because they are there to read - they just CBA.
10 PRINT "ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG"
20 PRINT "Went down a hill at [random speed +/- unbelievability quotient]
30 GOTO 10
Surely 10 and 20 are the wrong way round....... is that BBC Basic you're talking BTW, you 70's throwback.
1970s, yes. The furthest I got in computing was:
10 PRINT [rude word]
20 GOTO 10
The really clever ones got onto Fortran, but to run the programs they had to send off their written-out sheets to Bristol Poly, where they would punch each line of the program into punch cards before running them through the computer there, and returning the reams of print-outs back to school for analysis. I think Michael Gove would like a return to those days of everyone getting their hands grubby with code.
Me, Windows will do fine, thanks mate.
But perhaps we just need a couple of line of code in this thread something like:
10 IF ANYONE MENTIONS THEIR ALLEGED TOP SPEED DELETE POST.
20 EMAIL POSTER: "READ THE WHOLE THREAD YOU TWERP".
Mind you, that might not quite be in BBC Basic - it's 36 years since I used it. But you get the gist.
Well... thats amazing.. haven't you all been having lots of fun with my little stimulus. lots of evidence of funny people, serious people and... worryingly.... those well down the autistic spectrum... Cheers Guys.
I have seen 52 mph on my cateye on a recent ride in the Pennines. I also logged 21,000 mph on map my ride, faster than the space shuttle. Pretty sure that was accurate, I was working hard.
My claim is 53 down Beachy Head (why did you say 52mph Herb71 ?).
There are some factors here that makes me think Mr Harris's claim is dodgy because of that ride:
A) It was an Avocet 30 computer and I don't know how accurate it was. I stopped pedalling pretty quickly 'cos I run out of gears, I was never a track rider and couldn't keep my balance like a track rider could at some unearthly 110rpm on toe clips and straps going downhill.
C) It was a conducive tail wind. A tail wind is all very well, but if there is a hint of a side wind then it would make you nervous just as you hit the bend after the gravel speed trap. The anticipation of this used to make me brake far earlier than I would do without it and in so doing, loose out on another 80yds or so of acceleration.
D) Those fantastic descents in the Tours are on very smooth roads, often with long fast sweeping curves and they very rarely hit those speeds. Despite: No traffic, they are pro's and they go hell for leather making up time on much much longer descents. Remember the 45min drop off the Sestriere ski station down into Italy in the TdF, fantastic?
PS What is Bigbee's fastest descent, that must have been awesome ? Also, did those lovely decals that EzyRider come off at warp speed down Moss Side and thats why we didn't get the pics ?
My claim is 53 down Beachy Head (why did you say 52mph Herb71 ?).
Why? Because that was the max I saw on the computer during the Etape Pennines! Seems to be realistic. The fastest I had ever seen prior to that ride was 44 mph.
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102 mph. Do I win?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikVi-36nYbY&feature=related
He was recorded at 172kmh in a second run (different bike), but shortly after that things went a little wrong. As you can see in the video !!!
Once recovered, he went on to post a speed of 205kmh (128mph) (on snow, 'cause obviously that's faster !) !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJb351pB6Ow&feature=fvwrel
Markus Stokl went on to beat that at 210kmh (131mph)................ again, on snow !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-FuyNFBHCE&feature=related
I guess that trumps you lot
I think this record still stands.........
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved
On second thoughts just post, it's keeping those of us in the know highly entertained.
Surely 10 and 20 are the wrong way round....... is that BBC Basic you're talking BTW, you 70's throwback.
...Joking
Winter - Trek Madone 3.5 2012 with UDi2 upgrade.
For getting dirty - Moda Canon
10 PRINT [rude word]
20 GOTO 10
The really clever ones got onto Fortran, but to run the programs they had to send off their written-out sheets to Bristol Poly, where they would punch each line of the program into punch cards before running them through the computer there, and returning the reams of print-outs back to school for analysis. I think Michael Gove would like a return to those days of everyone getting their hands grubby with code.
Me, Windows will do fine, thanks mate.
But perhaps we just need a couple of line of code in this thread something like:
10 IF ANYONE MENTIONS THEIR ALLEGED TOP SPEED DELETE POST.
20 EMAIL POSTER: "READ THE WHOLE THREAD YOU TWERP".
Mind you, that might not quite be in BBC Basic - it's 36 years since I used it. But you get the gist.
2012 Colnago CX-1
2015 Colnago AC-R
Exeter Wheelers
http://bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=342483
2012 Colnago CX-1
2015 Colnago AC-R
Exeter Wheelers
There, maybe we're in the wrong language.
2012 Colnago CX-1
2015 Colnago AC-R
Exeter Wheelers
2,758.4 mph by my reckoning. Not bad (I assume you mean you were going up not down though?)
IT WAZ INTNESESE.
* Rule1 never post post vino - no,not Vinoukourov... you know what I mean.....
2012 Colnago CX-1
2015 Colnago AC-R
Exeter Wheelers
"Ah, it does not teasing, it was round like the tail of a shovel."
Nice.
mon aéroglisseur est plein d'anguilles
I preferred rain forest to nineteen.
I think my bike did this once, thing was I was still doing 22mph after it stopped...ouch.
didnt you know he hit 88mph on his second attempt and the flux capacitor sent him 363 days into the future.
now where do you get hold of delorean bikes?
There are some factors here that makes me think Mr Harris's claim is dodgy because of that ride:
A) It was an Avocet 30 computer and I don't know how accurate it was.
C) It was a conducive tail wind. A tail wind is all very well, but if there is a hint of a side wind then it would make you nervous just as you hit the bend after the gravel speed trap. The anticipation of this used to make me brake far earlier than I would do without it and in so doing, loose out on another 80yds or so of acceleration.
D) Those fantastic descents in the Tours are on very smooth roads, often with long fast sweeping curves and they very rarely hit those speeds. Despite: No traffic, they are pro's and they go hell for leather making up time on much much longer descents. Remember the 45min drop off the Sestriere ski station down into Italy in the TdF, fantastic?
PS What is Bigbee's fastest descent, that must have been awesome ? Also, did those lovely decals that EzyRider come off at warp speed down Moss Side and thats why we didn't get the pics ?
momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
Why? Because that was the max I saw on the computer during the Etape Pennines! Seems to be realistic. The fastest I had ever seen prior to that ride was 44 mph.