I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
Just curious about other cyclists speeds!
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It's astonishing how fast one can move when one's feet are no longer touching ground or bike....
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Once went so fast going up Ditchling Beacon that I took off and landed in the sea.
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
You're the pro
Once on the A82 climb up from Glen Orchy to Rannoch Moor (before I was too afraid/smart to ride that road), a fighter jet on presumably a low-level training exercise flew overhead and based purely on the noise I thought that was it for me. It predates Strava but I'm pretty sure that I must have averaged 40mph for a few seconds while going uphill.
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DCBassman
Guru
- Location
- The lumpy far South West
Had a similar experience, but not on a bike.
Lived in Crantock near Newquay. Eclipse Year, and St Mawgan Air Day. Stood on our flat roof watching the distant Red Arrows , when the westerly outlier, using our isolated white house as a marker, came overhead low enough that he had to jink up sharpish over Pentire Head. Probably quite a surprise for folk in the car park, looking, just as we were, the other way.
stalagmike
Enormous member
- Location
- Milton Keynes
We used to live in a rolled up newspaper in the middle of the road...
Slow But Determined
Guest
I once dated Princess Michael of Kent but was constantly bemused why she had a man's name.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
I once dated Clark Kent.
Well you obviously got no further than 'upstairs outside'.
Threevok
Growing old disgracefully
- Location
- South Wales
Not sure if I've mentioned this before...
I once put and extra magnet on a work colleagues front wheel, to fool his cycle computer
He thought he was doing twice the speed he actually was, for over a week (before I told him)
I once put and extra magnet on a work colleagues front wheel, to fool his cycle computer
He thought he was doing twice the speed he actually was, for over a week (before I told him)
Threevok
Growing old disgracefully
- Location
- South Wales
Do that on a Valleys Line train and you'd end up with a slower time than the bike
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Was it wearing your Y fronts on the outside that attracted him in the first place?
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Not sure if I've mentioned this before...
I once put and extra magnet on a work colleagues front wheel, to fool his cycle computer
He thought he was doing twice the speed he actually was, for over a week (before I told him)
I once had a colleague who was mad for tuning g and modifying his car for economy. Every now and again the whole shift would club together for a jerrican of petrol and we'd sneakily top his car up. He was writing to New Scientist and the like to tell them about this wonder economy modification he'd invented.
