Why It's Almost Impossible to Ride a Bike 60 Kilometers in One Hour | WIRED

[ColinJ]

That’s triking. I wonder what the hour trike record is?

It is triking as opposed to biking, but both are cycling!

 

[T4tomo]

That’s triking. I wonder what the hour trike record is?

various records, tail faired recumbents trikes etc

 

[Ming the Merciless]

You mean yourself when you say uneducated. Open your eyes!

 

[Eric Olthwaite]

Not sure what you lot are on about. It is almost impossible to ride a bike 60km in one hour. I mean, have you bloody tried it?

 

[ColinJ]

Not sure what you lot are on about. It is almost impossible to ride a bike 60km in one hour. I mean, have you bloody tried it?

Yes, and it is EASY...






Downhill - I do it all the time!

 

[T4tomo]

Yes, and it is EASY...






Downhill - I do it all the time!

that's quite a long hill?

actually mount Teide is over 60km - you could have a crack there

 

[matticus]

that's quite a long hill?

actually mount Teide is over 60km - you could have a crack there

Yeah, I was thinking that not many UK hills would help you. A few time-trialists can average 30mph for long enough - but it's only the top guys, and of course you need a clear road for 60km.

Can Strava data be mined to find segments of 60km+ done at 60kph+ ?

 

[ColinJ]

that's quite a long hill?

There are lots of quick descents round here. I usually hit 70+ km/hr down this one, and once hit 90... (Not in those conditions though - the road had been gritted but there were a few iffy patches!)

actually mount Teide is over 60km - you could have a crack there

A mate of mine lived on Tenerife for a few years but I never made it out there to visit him. I was waiting until I was fit enough to tackle that climb but it never happened. Very little chance of it now at my age and with a damaged left lung...

 

[Beebo]

This sent me off down many interesting rabbit holes. One thing that caught my eye was this tandem, shown without faring in the picture below. Has two independent drive trains. They managed 83km.

Crazy.

https://www.blick.ch/schweiz/zueric...i-eth-studenten-zum-weltrekord-id2391777.html
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What a way to spend your weekends.

 

[ColinJ]

Oops, I see what you mean - for an hour!


Yes - impossible!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Also descent off Tibetan Plain to Nepal is suitable at 160km downhill

 

[classic33]

Cycling involves a bike or didn’t you realise ?

Or a trike.
Let's not be limited by the number of wheels.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Or a trike.
Let's not be limited by the number of wheels.

That is triking

 

[classic33]

That is triking

T'is still cycling, as ColinJ pointed out earlier.

Penny farthings have two wheels, bicycles, but their own hour record.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-44503724

 

[matticus]

A quick bit of googling suggests Conococha to Paramonga in Peru with a 4,000m drop over 120km could give you time to get up a bit of speed before you start the clock https://www.strava.com/segments/5713388

Also Haleakala on Maui in Hawaii This is only 55km but claims to be the World's longest paved climb (and hence descent) https://www.strava.com/segments/638944

Do you have the descent segment for either?