How fast can you accelerate from standing?

[Riverman]

More important than your fastest speed as being able to accelerate quickly can get you out of some awkward places and situations.

 

[trustysteed]

depends on whether i'm in traffic or going to the fridge

 

[Hacienda71]

Really fast relatively speaking, oh and subject to clipping in ok from a standing start

 

[hackbike 666]

Going to the fridge 0-floor in 0.1 seconds.

 

[TVC]

Roughly 9.8m/s/s is the best acceleration I think I could manage, it's the rapid deceleration that inevitably follows that troubles me.

 

[tyred]

0-60 in 13.4 seconds iirc.

 

[fossyant]

Slowly - I even had a push start in the flying 250 on the track last night, and was a whole second down on what I normally do.

 

[summerdays]

How can you tell .... I know that from stationary at the lights I'm likely to be one of the first at about 50m but by 200 m others will be overtaking me.... so I know I can accelerate quite fast even though I can't maintain it.

I always have private races with cars at traffic lights - where I try to guess how far I will have got from the lights before they overtake me... (as in the most common one I do .. is will I make it to the bus stop or if really good start to the junction just beyond). Not that the car knows anything about it of course.

 

[NormanD]

0.0000000001 of a nanosecond at 0.0000000002 of a nanosecond her husband might catch me B)

 

[nosherduke996]

Me, i am faster than a speeding bullet.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Me, i am faster than a speeding bullet.

Oh yeah?? well I can go at the speed of light you know!!

 

[guitarpete247]

Roughly 9.8m/s/s is the best acceleration I think I could manage, it's the rapid deceleration that inevitably follows that troubles me.

Up to a maximum of 55m/s I spose.

 

[nosherduke996]

Oh yeah?? well I can go at the speed of light you know!!

Blimey that IS fast

 

[Riverman]

I must admit I love this side of cycling. In traffic it's awesome if you can speed up quickly, you can leave cars behind lol. I think it can freak them out if you catch them up then overtake them.

 

[Muddyfox]

0 to 100mph in 5.9 seconds ....... (on the R1)