thefollen
Veteran
- Location
- Balham/Tooting Bec
highest speed?
- Thread starter young Ed
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classic33
Leg End Member
Did the rider attain the same speed though?
Shut Up Legs
Down Under Member
I find it more impressive when I hear about someone reaching a high average speed going uphill. There's a mountain near where I live (Mt Dandenong) with a 6.75km*** climb with average grade about 4.3%, and apparently someone rode up it averaging 30km/h*** once (although he also apparently hurled when he got to the top! 
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*** I believe that would be 4.2 miles and 18.65mph for you Brits.
).*** I believe that would be 4.2 miles and 18.65mph for you Brits.
thefollen
Veteran
- Location
- Balham/Tooting Bec
Thankfully yes! No need for your reaping skills.
Also, I think you should have the Reaper quote from Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey on your posts: 'You might be a king or little street sweeper, but sooner or later you dance with The Reaper!'
wam68
Senior Member
Hit 51mph, boy was it an adrenaline rush.
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Flick of the Elbow
less than
- Location
- Midlothian Edinburgh
56mph down Fleet Moss. IIRC I was in the midst of a 600k audax at the time. I equalled that speed on a subsequent trip to the Alps but never faster.
huwsparky
Über Member
- Location
- Llangrannog
47mph. Would love to hit 50mph for some totally pointless mental reason but will probably need to change from a compact to achieve this as despite how hard I try I can't pass 47mph.
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That's still impressive. Assuming you have a 50 up front and an 11 at the back, then you wil have a cadence of 132 to get over 47mph. 50mph on the same setup means a cadence of 140. On a 12 at the back this changes to 144 and 153 respectively!
huwsparky
Über Member
- Location
- Llangrannog
Yep, got a 11 at the back 50 front. I can pedal to about 45mph and gravity takes me the rest of the way!
Thanks for working that out for me as I don't have the balls to look at the Garmin at that speed! I don't know why but I to enjoy going as fast as I can!
Won't go changing the setup though as one of my climbs has a gradient well over 20% for about 50m and I need the granny gear more than I need another 2 - 3mph!
gazza_d
Über Member
61mph descending the "The String" to Brodick on Arran. Regularly used to hit 50mph & often 55mph when touring in Yorkshire Dales & North Pennines. Dropped a Porsche 911 down Hardside Pass one day.
Mainly utility/transport cycling & not much chance on the trips to work & shops.
Fighting gravity & squeezing the last bit out on descents is epic fun though
Mainly utility/transport cycling & not much chance on the trips to work & shops.
Fighting gravity & squeezing the last bit out on descents is epic fun though
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
Recently got a new best of 56.2mph down Holme Moss towards Holmfirth. I doubt I could go much faster. I suppose a "Sagan" aero-tuck would help but I don't have the bike handling skills for that I think.
To give an idea of the difference between pros and amateurs have a look at the Strava segment for Holm Moss descent the other way
http://www.strava.com/segments/7611010
This requires a bit of pedalling at the top and the bottom but much of it is hanging on for dear life and hoping you don't hit a sheep. The TdF pros have murdered the best times and they didn't even have a following wind which I am sure all the best amateur times did.
To give an idea of the difference between pros and amateurs have a look at the Strava segment for Holm Moss descent the other way
http://www.strava.com/segments/7611010
This requires a bit of pedalling at the top and the bottom but much of it is hanging on for dear life and hoping you don't hit a sheep. The TdF pros have murdered the best times and they didn't even have a following wind which I am sure all the best amateur times did.
No worries. I keep telling myself not to look on fast descents, but I can't stop myself, silly as it is. Nothing like enjoying the descents after putting the effort into the climb.
I have been struggling to do any real big climbs, after my motorbike accident. Keeping the legs turning on mainly flats with undulations instead whilst going through physio.
Mrs M
Guru
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
33mph, confirmed by the "Slow down 33" on the speed camera as I zooooooomed past 
Not bad for an old, fat bird with a metal back!
In training to beat that, eat my dust!!
Not bad for an old, fat bird with a metal back!
In training to beat that, eat my dust!!
