Just curious about other cyclists speeds!

[classic33]

Got 792mph in 2003, headed downhill. Windows on a nearby house were being replaced later that afternoon. Noticed the windows being replaced going in for the evening shift.

 

[Sharky]

I did record something close to 68mph on my commute to work once.

But that's not the full story.

A few days earlier, my wired computer failed to register at all. That evening, I cleaned the connectors and got it working again. But was a bit peeved that I had failed to record my commute mileage, so I attached a second wheel magnet for my next commute to make up the lost miles!

 

[slowmotion]

I average less than 11mph on a fast commute, I've never been above 34mph on a steep hill...…..

……..and I happen to own a tiny penis.

Close the thread.

 

[Edwardoka]

I've posted this before but... this is not my Garmin.

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Metric ton achieved on the eleventh attempt going down Slack Hill. I make that 63mph so only slightly slower than the op.

At that speed I bet it wasn't only the hill that was slack...

 

[CXRAndy]

top speed is dubious- reason I had a hub speed sensor which would occasionally tell me I was doing 72 mph on fast descents, caused by vibration. When I went back to the magnetic pickup version my top speed has been 53 mph cycling down an 8.5% hill at 147 rpm cadence tucked down. You would need an extremely steep hill -10% or more and pretty long to achieve 60+mph. The ave is questionable if it includes that hill will also be very skewed

 

[CXRAndy]

I've posted this before but... this is not my Garmin.

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Metric ton achieved on the eleventh attempt going down Slack Hill. I make that 63mph so only slightly slower than the op.

Is that Slack Hill Derbyshire with an ave gradient of over 11% dead straight road? So it confirms my previous post. Very steep hill balls of steel pedalling like BillyO
https://veloviewer.com/segment/2228147/Slack+Hill+Climb

 

[winjim]

Is that Slack Hill Derbyshire with an ave gradient of over 11% dead straight road? So it confirms my previous post. Very steep hill balls of steel pedalling like BillyO
https://veloviewer.com/segment/2228147/Slack+Hill+Climb

Yes, that's the one. A van at the bottom to take him back up and just kept trying until he broke 100kph.

 

[Sbudge]

Like many posters here I've never passed 51mph. These days I never go 'full gas' down steep hills anyway after a pretty dramatic speed wobble going down one of my regular hills scared the **** out of me.

 

[Jody]

Yes, that's the one. A van at the bottom to take him back up and just kept trying until he broke 100kph.

Did he draft the van or was that a straight run with no traffic?

 

[winjim]

Did he draft the van or was that a straight run with no traffic?

Straight run with no drafting. The van was only there to get him back to the top.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Reminds me of a cheap wireless computer I got for my wife's bike. She was doing 73 mph with her feet on the ground whilst eating a sandwich. Never can keep up with her, even when she is stationary. She is in a quantum state of being stationary and going very fast at the same time.

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

I once rode at Mach 2.5, upside down, a foot away from a communist-of-indeterminate-state MiG-28 and flipped the pilot the bird
It fair took my breath away it did

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I once rode at Mach 2.5, upside down, a foot away from a communist-of-indeterminate-state MiG-28 and flipped the pilot the bird
It fair took my breath away it did

Maverick is that you?

 

[Markymark]

I once rode at Mach 2.5, upside down, a foot away from a communist-of-indeterminate-state MiG-28 and flipped the pilot the bird
It fair took my breath away it did

 

[I like Skol]

Maverick is that you?

He could answer that,.... but then he would have to kill you!