Rocket Speed.
- Thread starter Lovacott
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Rocky
Hello decadence
Sadly I've never been that fast.......my average speed is usually slower than @Pat "5mph" 's username 
Eric Olthwaite
Guest
Sadly I've never been that fast.......my average speed is usually slower than @Pat "5mph" 's username
Rocky Speed rather than Rocket Speed, then.
Rocky
Hello decadence
I like that - and will use it in future, thanks
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
They crap themselves when you tell them how fast. Had 60 mph out of my best bike. I won't do that now, although the bike can.
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Depends what you mean by.'rocket speed'.
Done 63mph downhill into Otley, no chance I'd do it now.
Done 63mph downhill into Otley, no chance I'd do it now.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
I was the first cyclist to almost break the sound barrier. Only my heroic handling of the record breaking Raleigh chopper saved me from certain death.
Eric Olthwaite
Guest
You have to admire a man who knows how to handle his chopper.
Rocky
Hello decadence
Did you wear a skinsuit or just your Y-fronts?
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Y fronts and Gary Glitter bandana. A more innocent time...
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
With a “Jimmy fiddled it for me” badge on the y fronts.
numbnuts
Legendary Member
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
I've only done 48 mph on my trike, but with your arse only 6 inches off the ground it felt a lot faster
Ajax Bay
Guru
- Location
- East Devon
To what purpose? What factually troubled image are you trying to conjure up?
It feels like flying, or rather how you imagined flying would feel like when, as a child on a windy day, you'd flip your jacket up to form a makeshift wingsuit and run around trying to take off. Or was that just me?
On a fast, responsive frame, with good tarmac and clear sight lines, it feels like you're one with the universe.
On a fast, responsive frame, with good tarmac and clear sight lines, it feels like you're one with the universe.
I maxed out at just over 80 kph going down the hill to Wilsons Prom in Victoria, Aus. Police car passed me just after the top and I thought I would try to keep up. I think I caught their draught and had to brake slightly to keep behind them. Had an interesting chat at the campground. They had been going right on the 80 kph limit and said thay would have pulled anyone (including me) who looked like trying an overtake. They said I was nuts!
