What is the fastest speed you have cycled ??

[winjim]

It must've been over 40mph going down that hill in Snowdonia, before being launched into the air by the bike of the downed rider in front of me, followed by a sharp deceleration courtesy of a dry stone wall.

 

[classic33]

Fast enough, on four wheels, to set the speed cameras off coming down from J24(M62). 50mph limit.

 

[fossyant]

35.53mph. On 67" fixed gear.

Fire in the hold !

 

[Katherine]

38.7 mph a few weeks ago, on a stunning ride with the Salford cycling group. It was in the hills north of Belmont on a segment called The Big Dipper. All the tough climbs are worth it for decents like that.

 

[ScotiaLass]

I hit 28.5mph going downhill on the MTB.
I will not be doing that again!

 

[NorthernDave]

Way back in the 1980's, I had one of those speedo's that ran off a little wheel positioned against the bike front wheel. At speeds of over 30 mph the little wheel used to skip and wouldn't give a stable reading. The solution was to take one hand off the handlebars and reach down to hold it in place whilst pedaling like a demon on fast downhills...there was a stop for the needle just after the 40 mph mark and I regularly hit that. Stupid doesn't really start to cover it.

Nowadays (using GPS), 35.1 mph on the hybrid, which felt like it was on the verge of running out of gearing almost as quickly as I was running out of road. Disk brakes = good.

And 39.1 mph on the road bike through the dip at Wothersome, near Bramham Park. Focused my concentration a bit there as the road was a little bit damp in the bottom of the dip and the gentle curve onto the uphill section seemed quite a bit tighter at that speed...

I'll have to have another go next spring when it's dryer. It's a 60 mph limit so I've got a bit left to play with.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

43mph coming out of Saddington for those that know Leicestershire.

 

[Norry1]

57.2mph this year in the Alps, coming back down from Oz Village near Alp D'Huez.

 

[steve50]

32.5mph on a sprint downhill on one of the roads local to me,

 

[andyfraser]

I hit just over 43mph on my road bike on one of the hills down to J16 of the M4 last summer. Had I known the road I could've gone faster. I didn't know how tight a right hander was and slowed down for it. I didn't need to as it turns out but better safe than sorry. I keep meaning to go back and try for 50mph.

I've probably gone faster when I was younger but I didn't have a way to measure speed then.

 

[thunderlips76]

51 mph down into foxholes near Scarborough

 

[I like Skol]

55mph Down the Snake Pass earlier this year. It was one of those perfect storm days where everything came together nicely. No fear and would do it again and faster given the chance

 

[totallyfixed]

54mph, whilst be overtaken by Geoff Platts, that was in Lincolnshire which is not all flat.

Ha! We know Geoff very well, no shame at all in being overtaken by him.

 

[mjr]

33mph, on the flat, along the river bank into King's Lynn.

I've recorded similar descending from the Mendips, but not quite that because most of them have hairpins or junctions at inopportune points.

What flat speeds have you all recorded?

 

[screenman]

38 without too much tailwind, 40++ with a Gale that I could only do 4mph riding into.

Even now at my advanced years I want to see at least 30mph if only for a short while on every ride.