highest speed?

[young Ed]

so what are your highest speeds?
mine was set yesterday, 35.3mph. not all that fast i know but it felt pretty fast considering it was on a hill that got to -16.9% at one point!

also managed to cycle below the sea by 3 feet so i had to dry the bottom bracket out when i got home and the shoes are stuffed with newspaper!
Cheers Ed

 

[HovR]

My fastest recorded speed is just a tad over 40mph. If I found a suitable straight road I'd try going for 50, but I just don't trust the corners and road surfaces around here!

 

[Dave 123]

Ed,




Use the search facility.......

Just a shade under 50mph. It was fine until a car decided to sit on my rear end, then I didn't like it!

 

[Dave 123]

My fastest recorded speed is just a tad over 40mph. If I found a suitable straight road I'd try going for 50, but I just don't trust the corners and road surfaces around here!

Mine was coming off the moor from Princetown to Yelverton. I was a bit slower on the way up......

 

[fossala]

51.8mph going down St. Mewan hill heading back in to St. Austell after work a few years ago. I had been trying to do over 50mph for over a month. You need a good straight hill on a big main road to be "safe" at going 50mph+.

 

[HovR]

Mine was coming off the moor from Princetown to Yelverton. I was a bit slower on the way up......

I'll have to give it a go! I haven't been down Plymouth way very long, so I still have lots of new cycling routes to explore!

 

[LarryDuff]

42.5 mph weekend before last. It was a nice straight downhill with no side roads or houses and a good smooth surface. If I had have pedalled I could have gone faster but I hadn't the nerve.

 

[fossala]

Oh, I have also done over 40mph on my s6l brompton coming down the hill off the bypass in St. Austell. Takes corners at speed surprisingly well!

 

[MontyVeda]

in the region of 43mph for me... on a rigid MTB with nobblies on, down a big hill with a bigger wind behind me. I no longer have the little computer and as a result, I don't bother trying to break any records or increase my average, so my fastest in the last decade will probably be about the same as Rockymountain's.

 

[stumpy66]

44mph on my fully laden tourer

 

[Fab Foodie]

49.7 on Ventoux.

 

[cyberknight]

Plenty faster than me , 46 mph on the cannock sportive a couple of years back .

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

37.3mph (or 60kph) downhill in Sweden somewhere, on a fully laden touring bike. Strangely vehicles stopped overtaking us for that stretch (3km long)...
As for depth - try 212m below sea level...

 

[sidevalve]

Not sure - had to back off when space time began to warp.

 

[ianrauk]

The same question/thread has been asked many times. But no harm in a bit of willy waving

49.1mph heading north down Devils Dyke in Sussex.