What's the longest you can maintain...

[SpokeyDokey]

About 0 seconds, which is longer than I can maintain an erection.

@Drago

Maybe you should try getting someone else to maintain it? Generally works a treat.

 

[MisterStan]

@Drago

Maybe you should try getting someone else to maintain it? Generally works a treat.

Are you offering?

 

[Drago]

I've just gone all floppy at the thought...

 

[MikeW-71]

Hmm, on the flat... 28mph maybe a minute or so

To hold it any longer requires a downhill.

 

[psmiffy]

Hmm, on the flat... 28mph maybe a minute or so

To hold it any longer requires a downhill.

or a huge tailwind

 

[slowmotion]

On the flat with no wind I once managed 24 mph for a few seconds. The fastest that I've ever been downhill is 33 mph.
I don't even get to the starting line.

 

[Hacienda71]

I can see what the 'senior' in your profile refers to now so I will spell it out.
Professional road races are held on roads closed to traffic and are marshaled with motorcycles and support cars. This means that they can use the whole width of the road and negotiate cross roads and the like without concerns about straying motorists and so forth. Riding in the same way at similar speeds as the pros (NOT the motorists) on roads, carrying normal traffic loads, would not be sensible or sustainable. Did you check my website?

So should British Cycling ban all the road races in the UK on open roads?

 

[ayceejay]

So should British Cycling ban all the road races in the UK on open roads?[/QUOT

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[Hacienda71]

All I asked was if the type of racing that takes place in the UK most weeks during the racing season should be banned? Why the sarcastic face plant? The races are on roads open to traffic and the averages are often 28 mph. The governing bodies are in the main BC, TLI or LVRC. Unlike the pros most amateur racing unless circuit racing are held on open roads hence my question.

 

[bpsmith]

What's wrong with 28mph?

 

[Dave 123]

In the correct weather conditions and on a good flattish surface I can get up to 30+ mph and maintain it for a couple of minutes as a solo rider, but it certainly burns plenty of energy. My average speed on rides varies between 14-17mph which is a long way off TdF averages.

I'm the Chesney Hawkes of the cycling world.... a one hit wonder!

 

[screenman]

On as many rides as possible I always try and fit in a 30mph sprint, just the kid in me still trying to get out. The older I get the shorter the sprint lasts.

 

[Citius]

What's wrong with 28mph?

Ayceejay doesn't like it...

 

[byegad]

Depends how steep and long the hill is. I can hit 50mph on some of our local hills.

 

[tyred]

I was effortlessly able to main a TdF beating average for about 30 miles. Unfortunately the lorry I was holding on to then turned into an industrial estate.