What is the fastest speed you have cycled ??

[Mr Celine]

I went so fast my brain obviously didn't keep up, which explains why I have no memory of having gone at this speed.

 

[MarquisMatsugae]

42 MPH on Eaglesham Moor,on an MTB with 2.5" /2.3" tyre combo .
A road cyclist went past me though with a noise I can only describe as a whisper,so crikey knows how fast he was doing !!!!

 

[bonsaibilly]

49.5 mph, recently, on the hill outside of Llay.

I *may* have gone faster around Appley Bridge last year, it certainly felt faster, but no speedometer, and a scary wobble, so that will be the upper limit as far as I'm concerned! bb

 

[ufkacbln]

I arrived at RNAS Culdrose on a Peter Ross Trice
Caused much discussion about efficiency, so arranged a session on one of the service roads and have two " speeding tickets" from the MOD Police at 34 and 38 mph

I was much younger, had better hips and knees than now

My fastest is on the Catrike on the Isle of Wight Randonnee

With three wheels and hydraulic brakes you are much safer than two wheels, and on the South ide of the Island there are a couple of long downhills

64 mph, then decided it was time for a slow braking process to modify speed for the curve at the bottom

 

[MarquisMatsugae]

I arrived at RNAS Culdrose on a Peter Ross Trice
Caused much discussion about efficiency, so arranged a session on one of the service roads and have two " speeding tickets" from the MOD Police at 34 and 38 mph

I was much younger, had better hops and knees than now

My fastest is on the Catrike on the Isle of Wight Randonnee

With three wheels and hydraulic brakes you are much safer than two wheels, and on the South ide of the Island there are a couple of long downhills

64 mph, then decided it was time for a slow braking process to modify speed for the curve at the bottom

I'm impressed

 

[Shut Up Legs]

83.5km/h last week, from Mont Ventoux down to Malaucene. That's a FAST route.

One of the others in my cycling tour group reached 91. He's one of those daring Brits.

 

[Salty seadog]

So far on the same little stretch of hill I've hit 44 mph on the mountain bike and Montpellier and 45 on the Roubaix. There are hills here I could get faster on but this is quite a short stretch.

 

[Dirk]

Wow

It was down a long 20% downhill, known locally as the Dippers.
My riding buddy bottled it at 45 mph on his Cannondale Synapse.

 

[nickyboy]

Interesting how a recumbent gets on. You almost never see them in the Peak District but I saw one on Sunday on the Snake Pass. I'm a pretty fast descender (something like 10th out of 3,000 on Strava) but the recumbent easily beat my time down the Snake that day; something like 10% faster than me

I reckon with the right hill a recumbent could easily get over 100kmh

 

[nickyboy]

That's down Slack Hill near Matlock. Geezer had a van at the bottom waiting to take him back up, took him eleven tries to break the ton.

I've just had a look at the KoM on that descent. The fastest topped out at 106kmh. I love a good descent, but that's too fast. Having said that, I guess coming off at that speed or my fastest of about 90kmh won't make much difference to the outcome

 

[snorri]

Unfortunately, I had peaked and entered the downward spiral long before the arrival of affordable and practical speedometers.

 

[Eribiste]

Update from my previous efforts, I clocked a sporting 86.8kph, a gnat's privy member under 54mph a couple of Sundays ago, coming off the Malvern Hills down to Welland.

This required having the gentleman jewels on the top tube and a spot of vigorous pedalling.

https://www.strava.com/activities/708302689

 

[Primal Scream]

36 mph from Hogg hill in Hainault down the long staight hill that is forest road towards Barkingside. I had only been back on a bike for a short while after many years. I was riding a Triban 5 on its "maiden voyage"

 

[CanucksTraveller]

I've only just reached 40mph a couple of times, I probably could attain something a bit more than that if I pushed it, but I value my skin and teeth too much and besides, no-one will give me trophies or money if I reach 50. Oh and gravel and potholes really give me the willies at anything over 25, and the faster you go, the less warning you get.

 

[bondirob]

72.7kmh On Stampers Hill descent near Barnsley.
Plenty fast enough for me