What is the fastest speed you have cycled ??

[SuperHans123]

52 mph on the A470 after the climb out of Blaenau in Snowdonia. Good surface wide straight bit of road with no side roads to worry about. The KOM on Strava hit 74mph on it.

https://www.strava.com/segments/1267710?filter=overall

WHAT A LIAR

 

[al3xsh]

52.1 mph today! Lovely straight hill I can pretty much see the bottom of.

(KOM top speed is over 60 ...)

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[NorthernDave]

A new best for me of 44.3mph, coming down Farnley Park into the Wharfe Valley.

I think I could have gone a bit faster as it didn't feel like the 52/11 was spinning out, but there wasn't enough road left
Hydraulic discs = good

 

[Cronorider]

Well my fastest recorded speed is 61.8 mph, but in my younger pre-computer days I can think of times where I may have topped that

 

[xzenonuk]

according to strava theres a few times where iv'e hit 40 mph on my mtb..... no idea how lol

 

[bpsmith]

Well my fastest recorded speed is 61.8 mph, but in my younger pre-computer days I can think of times where I may have topped that

What sort of hefty descent are we talking about, to top 61.8mph?

Very impressive!

 

[Shut Up Legs]

My fastest recorded speed will be a few years from now, but I'm not sure if I can brag about it yet, because even though I just finished that ride, it hasn't started yet.

 

[lazyfatgit]

Reached 84kph down Waterloo in the days before strava. Hit over 80 several times. It's a nice long decent where I could go faster with a bigger gear.
The descent of Gibraltar range is more exhilarating as there's lots of bends. I've touched 70 kph down there.

 

[Cronorider]

What sort of hefty descent are we talking about, to top 61.8mph?

Very impressive!

Touring in the King mountain range of California, I was riding secondary roads with signage saying, "NO TRUCKS OR TRAILERS ALLOWED", due to the pitch. Grades are labeled up to twenty percent on these hills and they are extremely fast going down.

 

[bpsmith]

Touring in the King mountain range of California, I was riding secondary roads with signage saying, "NO TRUCKS OR TRAILERS ALLOWED", due to the pitch. Grades are labeled up to twenty percent on these hills and they are extremely fast going down.

Nice long steep descents then. Lovely!

 

[macky]

54mph down hill. Had to slow as a car pulled out. Keep meaning to go back and try again but I'd have to cycle up the hill afterwards

 

[Con]

Oh the irony went through all my Strava results and the fastest I went was on a slow ride/pub crawl with the wife I think all the beer must of made me brave. Ps it was down a verrrrry steep bank I just didn't touch the brakes

 

[viniga]

According to Garmin top speed I hit was 122kph with a couple over 80kph. But I think these are def dodgy data spikes. 68.6kph seems a bit more realistic as that's just about the speed where I s*** myself.

 

[andrew_s]

Hit over 80 several times. It's a nice long decent where I could go faster with a bigger gear.

Generally speaking, once the speed goes much over 45 mph/70 kph, you'll go faster crouched down and getting aero than you will pedaling in a normal position

 

[lazyfatgit]

Generally speaking, once the speed goes much over 45 mph/70 kph, you'll go faster crouched down and getting aero than you will pedaling in a normal position

That's my experience too, just that a bigger ring or faster legs might get me up to speed a wee bit sooner.