What's the fastest you've been on a fix?

[Vikeonabike]

I've not broke the 30mph barrier yet, Garmin TC has me at 29.7mph (138rpm); I need to find a bigger hill and have the courage to push harder . How fast have you been on fixed ?

Adrian, King Street towards Helpston 33mph.. The last steep drop before it levels off!

 

[adds21]

I have trouble going over 25mph on a 67" gear, which is only about 125rpm. I think I need to work on my cadence!

 

[Boris Bajic]

I have trouble going over 25mph on a 67" gear, which is only about 125rpm. I think I need to work on my cadence!

That is a fine place to start.

A fixed-gear bicycle does wonders for your ability to sustain higher cadences and lets you experiment with much higher ones on big descents.

As long as you're comfortable on the bike and have faith in it, then you can just start letting your leg speed creep up on descents.

It won't seem like work. It's a hoot.

 

[gavroche]

37 mph last week end and that is fast enough for me on two flimsy wheels.

 

[4F]

Improved my top speed last weekend to 37.2 , I have no intention of trying to beat that

 

[HLaB]

I think I'll have to find a very long flat with a tail wind to beat 30mph; my fix has now been to circa 29.9mph a few times but I wouldn't trust it to go much faster

 

[MrGrumpy]

Had mine upto 37mph on 48x 17 spinning like a loon . Not checked to see what cadence that is.

 

[just jim]

Had mine upto 37mph on 48x 17 spinning like a loon . Not checked to see what cadence that is.

Your legs must have looked all blurry.

 

[andrew_s]

37 on 46x19, which works out at about 195rpm
That was sprinting into a dip where the subsequent upwards gradient would take off the speed if things got out of hand.

 

[Fixedwheelnut]

about four years ago in the dip of a steep hill I briefly hit 41mph on a 67.5" gear that equated to 205rpm
I have had a few dodgy moments since then and usually hit the brakes once things get skippy at 180+