... I regularly hit 45mph going down this hill which is nether flat not straight. V-Max is usually hit just before the apex of the corner as that's when you have to stop pedalling.42mph. To go faster I'd need the road to have a good surface, be straight, car free and without wind. Don't often get all of those combinations.
Fastest I have got on the bike was 55mph downhill off the back of the Rhigos (south road, the straight bit) earlier this year. Serious brown trouser time as it was a bit windy too .
You think that's fast? I've done 99mph while standing still at traffic lights.
....that was on the flat on the MTB on knobblies!
....sadly it's not true. 3 or 4 times during the 5 years the Cateye has been on the MTB I've had spurious readings and every time I can recollect a (relatively) close pass by a Police car or ambulance on flashing blue lights and siren. So I'm putting it down to radio interference on the wireless transmitter.
A more accurate figure would be 30mph (on the flat on knobblies, with a tail-wind).
One bloke I know was stopped and cautioned by the Police for doing 37mph in a 30 zone.