What is the fastest speed you have cycled ??

[smutchin]

This happened last week on a 17% descent in Devon. Then I bottled it as I was running out of road very quickly.

I've hit a fraction shy of 50mph on River Hill near Sevenoaks a few times but never cracked it before.

Generally my problem is finding a road long enough to get up to real speed. Might have gone faster down Glencoe the other day but there was a stinking headwind to deal with.

Think I was quicker in the Alps years ago too but didn't have a computer at the time.

 

[Specialeyes]

52mph, downhill (of course) on Eroica Britannia this year, on my 1974 Bianchi which I'd fitted with suicide levers just for the event!

 

[3narf]

You lot frighten me!

 

[bianchi1]

I did 35.8 following a derny yesterday. I forgot to stick my cadence sensor on but I reckon it must have been in the 130s. Interesting experience !!

 

[3narf]

Isn't a Derny a folding stretcher in an ambulance?

 

[Salty seadog]

Isn't a Derny a folding stretcher in an ambulance?

I think thats a gurney.

 

[classic33]

I think thats a gurney.

 

[3narf]

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QED!

 

[classic33]

QED!

For petrol shortages!

 

[steveindenmark]

Just looking at a response from my post re' the Lake District (someone reached over 40 mph down Wrynose Pass)......it reminded me of when I cycled the Horseshoe Pass (North Wales) when I was 16 years old (52 years ago........NO FEAR at that age). My mate had a 'gizmo' for speed & distance that showed up to 40 mph and the needle was way over the top !!
Nowadays......as soon as I reach 25 mph the brakes go on as I see danger now (potholes etc.) that somehow never existed back then .
Got me wondering.............what crazy speeds have others reached and lived to tell the tale

Nothing to do with fear. Just experience and common sense. :0)

 

[gasinayr]

This thread comes up from time to time and is always fun. My fastest is still 47.6mph down the String Road on Arran; and if I could do that, I bet good descenders could easily do 60mph+ there :-)

You must have had your brakes on I've clocked 53 on same road on my touring bike, scary stuff!

 

[al3xsh]

Just over 51 mph coming down Loads Road into Chesterfield! It's 1 1/2 miles and lovely and straight. And best of all you can pretty much see anything else coming from the top.

I always run out of gears with a 50/11 but am grateful for the compact going back up!

The kom *averaged* 50mph!

 

[*Dusty*]

43.5mph on the return leg of the long Castelreagh road descent into Belfast at the Giro D'Italia event.

Going up the same hill at the start was NOT a fun time in my life.

 

[al3xsh]

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.

That's definitely cheating! ;-)

 

[GetAGrip]

Last time I glanced at the speed reading on a decent downhill stretch it read 34.5 mph. When I stopped at the next junction while cruising the N Devon hills, this figure was staring back at me.


It has to be correct as it's there in black & white If someone could explain it to me I'd be all ears