Speed

[ayceejay]

We often have riders wondering how to get faster with a variety of answers. Having read that Froome was clocked at 110 kph on a downhill stretch during yesterdays TT how many have the balls for that - not me. 110 is the legal speed limit on highways here - on a bike downhill - not for me.

 

[Roadrider48]

I thought the title was drug related.
I started to get my wallet out.

 

[h1udd]

Pffft .... The thread just reminds me I bought the wrong bike .... Should have gone for a dropped bar so I could get more speeds

 

[steve50]

My fastest recorded speed was 57.3mph , the speed didn't bother me, it was trying to slow down as the bottom of the hill and a T-junction rapidly approached that got me a little concerned.

 

[gavroche]

If I go over 30mph, very rarely though, I start to think of the consequences of a fall and reach for the brakes. 110 kms??? That will never happen to me on a bike but then , I'm not a professional.

 

[Kominic]

Good grief. I don't feel quite so impressed with my 53mph pb anymore.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

I've no problem with descending at speed, I just apply common sense to when I do it. damp//greasy/leafy/windy/potentially icy roads I treat very differently.

Confidence in equipment and in yourself helps an awful lot too.

 

[graham bowers]

For me, that is motorcycle speed, and I wear leathers on the motorcycle.

 

[jonny jeez]

Good grief. I don't feel quite so impressed with my 53mph pb anymore.

110kph is only about 10mph more than you rode.

 

[jonny jeez]

We often have riders wondering how to get faster with a variety of answers. Having read that Froome was clocked at 110 kph on a downhill stretch during yesterdays TT how many have the balls for that - not me. 110 is the legal speed limit on highways here - on a bike downhill - not for me.

Whilst perched on the top tube too.

I can do that...hold my pint