highest speed?
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Piemaster
Guru
- Location
- UK City of Culture
45mph on a back road from Portlethen into Aberdeen. The T-junction at the bottom and cantilever brakes ('Stop.....stop...STOP...STOP YOU BASTARD') discouraged me from trying anything faster.
It's flatter where I ride locally but I have a
on a roadside speed sign.
It's flatter where I ride locally but I have a
on a roadside speed sign.
Mrs M
Guru
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
I live in Porty, if you see a fat bird on a silver bike give us a wave45mph on a back road from Portlethen into Aberdeen. The T-junction at the bottom and cantilever brakes ('Stop.....stop...STOP...STOP YOU BASTARD') discouraged me from trying anything faster.
It's flatter where I ride locally but I have a
andyfraser
Über Member
- Location
- Bristol
Where I live is very flat so the best I've managed is 36 mph on the first proper ride of my Felt. It was a road I wasn't familiar with, so I wasn't pushing it, on a tightish right hand curve. I saw "36" on my Garmin but when I uploaded the ride Garmin Connect said it was something like 34.3 mph and Strava has it slightly lower!
Piemaster
Guru
- Location
- UK City of Culture
Not very likely now. I worked on the industrial estate for 18 months but left nearly 2 years ago. Was a nice ride back behind the golf course at the end of the day. Not so nice climbing the hill in a morning though from the road down the side of the Dee. Was also a pleasant ride on the scenic route down the coast road during the summer. Lots of nice cycling in the area, unfortunately the commute was the best part of the job!I live in Porty, if you see a fat bird on a silver bike give us a wave
Mrs M
Guru
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Lots of houses been built behind golf course now, lots more going up.
Still a great place to cycle though
Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
Fastest on a bicycle was 50 (point something) while on my Tricross loaded with Carradice saddlebag (the weight was an assist) on the Way of the Roses a couple of years ago. It was on a long downhill stretch somewhere near Grassington. Felt perfectly stable and safe, or I would have slowed down.
Most I hit was 158mph on my Yamaha FZ6. Not bad for a 600 without a fairing to tuck behind!
After 80mph it just kept getting smoother and smoother as the downforce increased.
confusedcyclist
Veteran
40.6 mph here, think I could have eeked out another 5-6mph if I had a more aero position and the road surface was smoother
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Brakes go on as I approach 30mph downhill. The best I can recall maintaining for any time on the flat, under power, was 40km/h (about 25). But I suspect that was wind assisted.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Just 47.6mph down the String Road on Arran, I'm told others can go down there at 60mph. This year I've not even topped 40mph yet (39.4mph max so far) but the hills in Northamptonshire aren't long enough to gain any significant speed, I'll have to wait till I go further afield and dry straight roads 
Strava reckons I managed 52mph on Tuesday on the way home, down the hill from Halfway to Eckington for Sheffield/Derbyshire folks. Not sure I believe it; I saw the Garmin flick above 40odd but after that I was concentrating on how far I could push it before starting to brake for the tight right hander at the bottom. I know I went round the bend above 30 as I was still doing 30+ as I approached the junction freewheeling.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
GC and Strava have often reported spurious max speed, a quick scan of the recorded speed graph usually proves it; i.e typically the max speed on the graph will be 30mph after a gradual build up and not the 50+mph reported !
