Fastest on the Flat?

[Sambu]

Whats the fastest you've ever done on the flat? state whether headwind or not! mines about 35mp with a big tail wind!

 

[iAmiAdam]

25 with nothing.

 

[HLaB]

I've never really noted that, at a guess without assistance I've been 28-29 mph; in a group I've been sucked along at 33mph according to my mate he said he dropped out when the pace hit 33mph; and I think wind assisted I've reached somewhere around 35. Flat speeds for me anyway are normally overwritten by downhill speeds by me on a ride.

 

[marinyork]

32mph on the race bike. 26mph on the hybrid. I don't measure anything that's not on the dead flat and I discount it if there's any tailwind. I measure it over a quarter of a mile. Unfortunately the place I test it out on was resurfaced some time back and it's going to take a year or two to grind the surface down to being usable again.

 

[MacB]

35mph for a short spell but my vision went a bit funny with the effort, won't be trying that again for a while. That was doing about 125 RPM in a 95 inch gear. I didn't know the speed until I stopped to check, no way could I have seen the computer on the move at that point. 125 RPM isn't that big a spin, I can do that on lower gears, it's the combination of spin rate, larger gear and lack of strength. Stronger riders wouldn't have the latter weakness.

 

[meenaghman]

60 mph slipstreaming a lorry.. overtook a fiat bambino.. Once above about 35mph you get sucked along in the bubble behind the lorry.

 

[gaz]

36mph in the small ring. could go faster if i hadn't done some fast commutes before hand
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]View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqSDEtwdxNw[/media]

 

[Paulus]

My top speed on the flat is 34mph. This was last years London to Cambridge ride when I got onto the end of a chaingang the other side of Duxford. It was fantastic to able to go at that pace without really having to bust a gut. It gave me a small taste of what being in a professional peloton might feel like.

 

[Browser]

33 mph with a strong tailwind........................................for about 500 metres before turning off and gasping like a landed fish!!!

 

[gaz]

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Has to be said but the one 'who makes things out of paper' is one of the best cyclists I've ever seen.
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lost me there.

 

[Aperitif]

lost me there.

Origamist is a bit rapid. And a good rider too.

Any easier?

 

[Aperitif]

And I have no idea how fast I ride on the flat - if I can't have a chat doing it then it is pointless! (Apart from burning off iLB )
And for all those that commute at 'vast speed' - slow down a bit! Enjoy the extra thinking seconds.

 

[gaz]

Origamist is a bit rapid. And a good rider too.

Any easier?

oh my, how silly was i for not getting that!!! *hides in corner for a long time*

 

[Aperitif]

Don't worry Gaz - you know that Lee bloke...if he can confound you, he will! Skip lorry drivers beware - 1010's on your tail!

"Herge's Adventures of 1010" cannot be far away

 

[craigwend]

About a week ago feeling fit towards the end of a ride 35mph!


did I mention a 34mph tailwind