I am DONE with going fast down hills!

[asterix]

You get the practice where you live!

After moving oop north to Manchester from Suffolk and N. Essex I couldn't believe the speed people cycled down the hills. Crazy! Even when I reached 39mph (my best ever for ages) they were bombing past! I got the hang of it eventually.

 

[stephec]

After moving oop north to Manchester from Suffolk and N. Essex I couldn't believe the speed people cycled down the hills. Crazy! Even when I reached 39mph (my best ever for ages) they were bombing past! I got the hang of it eventually.

Southern jessie.

 

[asterix]

Southern jessie.

'fraid so. I had to travel a long way north just to reach the equator before I got here!

 

[Moon bunny]

I must be slow-witted today, because I don't quite get that!

I am 58 and would do 58 mph on a descent, but that is close to my mental limit. I would certainly be reluctant to exceed 70 mph. It would seem odd to pack up cycling at 73 because I was only willing to do, say, 69 mph!

Go outside and give yourself a good thrashing with the "Do not take everything on the internet too seriously" stick.
By the way if you have a mental block stopping you exceeding 60 mph, try closing your eyes just for half a second, when you open them again and find nothing has happened you will have a lot more self-confidence.

 

[dan_bo]

younguns game!

Good title for another short story....

 

[dan_bo]

I have a cycling buddy who swears he once hit 60mph going down Mont Ventoux - but only because someone told him you can explode your tubes by braking too much and creating too much friction. Can that happen?

Personally, I become unstable at anything over 35mph. Having once experienced brake failure, (I'm only alive today because a traffic light was green when I hit it), I've more or less gone off the idea of speed thrills. 30mph speed limits are still a bit of a temptation, though.

Are you all talking about local roads that you know like the back of your hand? Otherwise, what the hell do you do when you unexpectedly come across a bunch of potholes while you have traffic all around you? Count me out!

I've blown a tube trying to stop before the junction at the bottom of wessenden head....65 mph. Very long very steep and very straight.
Dont like it.

 

[stephec]

I've blown a tube trying to stop before the junction at the bottom of wessenden head....65 mph. Very long very steep and very straight.
Dont like it.

Bet that caused more than one skid mark.

 

[young Ed]

i clocked 34.6 i think, today on a borrowed carbon bike had i have known the hill more and had it been my bike and if it were heavier and had higher gearing it would have been 40 mph or so i reckon
Cheers Ed

 

[oldfatfool]

i clocked 34.6 i think it was today on a borrowed carbon bike had i have known the hill more and had it been my bike and if it were heavier and had higher gearing it would have been 40 mph or so i reckon
Cheers Ed

I reckon with an engine as well you could have got 50

 

[young Ed]

I reckon with an engine as well you could have got 50

yep probably!
Cheers Ed

 

[mrcunning]

Pfffffft! That's not fast.

It is on her penny farthing....

 

[Cuchilo]

They do tend to pass very wide in RP without looking at the cyclist they are heading for . I gave it a miss today as I thought it would be too busy .
Are you just down this way for a visit or are you local ?

 

[Big Nick]

Its great going fast downhill but it is a bit hairy on my hybrid bike

Most I've clocked is 37mph so I can't imagine what 50mph would be like!

 

[Crackle]

Do more mtn biking then the roadie will feel as solid as a rock, provided you stay on the road next time.

 

[buggi]

stopped watching the Garmin at 45mph. Nearly planted myself in the back of a moving car. Was young and foolish then. I now know what a broken collar bone feels like so I'm all the more careful now.