Your best speed on descent ?

[HLaB]

47.6mph down the String Road on Arran, the fastest Ive been this year is only 40mph its a bit flatter down here and I had to pedal for that.

Update beat the 40mph three times yesterday; its just a pity I was on an alien cyclocross bike (well alien to me); if I had had a higher geared road bike with which I was familiar I may have broke my max

Edit: Since then I've broke 40mph another 5 times.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I hit 39.3mph the other week, if I knew I was that close to 40 I would have tried harder

 

[nickyboy]

Re my previous 52mph on the N descent off Holme Moss......managed 56mph a few weeks ago. Felt bloody fast.
If you want to go really fast you need to pay attention to your aero position I think. I had always descended the Snake to Glossop with my hands on the drops. This week I changed to the "pro" style of hands close together on the bars close to the head tube. Significantly faster. But no quick braking so only on a road I know very well with excellent sight lines

 

[the_mikey]

44mph this week on a short hill in Westerleigh in South Gloucestershire. Fastest ever was 48mph going down Tog Hill in South Gloucestershire.

 

[Accy cyclist]

50mph coming down here.

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv1_0wZ8Smo
I reached 49.9 though i like to think my computer was just a bit out.

 

[Deleted member 23692]

43 dropping down the wee lane from the top of Caldbeck Common down to Rosley

 

[steve52]

55mph and had to jam my knee on the crossbar to stop a speed wobble,this was on the ryedale rumble

 

[Mickthemove]

52.8 down into Disley from Whalley Bridge!

 

[surfdude]

38 mph on my mountain bike but had hideous wobble so had to slow down .

 

[oiljam]

54mph coming over woodhead pass quite a while ago now. Everything felt ok until a bus coming the other way caused severe turbulence. My handlebars started shaking really badly and I thought I were a goner. Managed to regain control eventually but I didn't like it one bit. Needless to say I'll not be doing that again....toooo scary!

 

[nickyboy]

52.8 down into Disley from Whalley Bridge!

Blimey, those speed bumps as you drop into Disley must have been exciting

 

[Mickthemove]

Blimey, those speed bumps as you drop into Disley must have been exciting

I just checked strava and it was on the next section past Disley down to the left for poynton ! ( the something dash) Details maketh the man! I had a quicker heart rate than when I climbed the brickyard!

 

[biggs682]

dont tell the wife 38 mph downhill freewheeling on the tandem

 

[Linford]

170...Ah, sorry wrong bike
Seriously though, an indicated 43mph when coming down off Leckhampton Hill into Cheltenham a few years ago, the only thing which slowed me down was the junction half way down it and the blind bend a bit further up which only a nutter would take at more than 35 in either a car or bike. Bumpy as hell in places now though

Best place IMO to try this around here is a descent above the town on the A435 known locally as Lillybrook Hill. It's been years since I rode it, but it is a monster.

http://goo.gl/maps/zgiZg

 

[oldfatfool]

50 ish