More interesting top speed post...
10-07-06, 12:25 PM
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More interesting top speed post...
Instead of posting your top speed in a descent (boring), how about your top speeds on the flats, with, of course, any/all qualifying remarks about the conditions/situation.
10-07-06, 02:13 PM
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33 MPH, flat out, breathing so I hard I thought I'd pass out. Oh, and it was sunny, if that matters. But I didn't puke. That's the best I can do. I will almost guarantee I will be the slowest speed to post in this thread. 
edit: My "fast" bike weighs 25 lbs. Plus, I had just put on a Brooks B5N, so it was more like 27lbs
edit: My "fast" bike weighs 25 lbs. Plus, I had just put on a Brooks B5N, so it was more like 27lbs
10-07-06, 02:28 PM
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33 mph in slightly windy flats as my friends spedometer read in his minivan as he was driving parallel to me . ( duh, i dont have a cycloputer.)
heavy lugged steel aswell. (25ish lbs.)
heavy lugged steel aswell. (25ish lbs.)
10-07-06, 02:30 PM
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I held 26mph for about a mile or so into a pretty good headwind...I was drafting another rider though.
10-07-06, 04:37 PM
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I've done 35 with a tailwind. I'm not much of a sprinter, so my speed is in the flats, descents and ascents.
10-07-06, 04:38 PM
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40mph behind a cooperative van
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10-07-06, 07:06 PM
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34.6mph but not for very long, maybe a third of a mile.
10-07-06, 07:42 PM
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I hit 27 mph for about 6 seconds today on my mountain bike on a flat road. Im definitely the slowest here. 
I do have slicks on my mtb. Though, I can't be sure about how well calibrated my computer is.
I do have slicks on my mtb. Though, I can't be sure about how well calibrated my computer is.
10-07-06, 08:23 PM
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32 mph in a pacline with a tailwind. A current ProTour rider was in the group that ride.
10-07-06, 08:45 PM
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34.2 mph on the velodrome.
10-07-06, 08:47 PM
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33 on my mountain bike, on a slight rise. sprinting for a signpost against my brother and some friends. no wind
10-07-06, 10:21 PM
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45 mph in a sprint behind 4 tandems
10-07-06, 11:43 PM
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Originally Posted by existence
yeah you did 'OK' keep trying...come back when you crack the 20's/kg...then we will talk 
10-08-06, 02:09 AM
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I win slowest, 25.2 mph flat on a running track for half a mile... I puked my guts out of my nose...
10-08-06, 02:23 AM
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wtf everbody is slow. I've gone 26 leading a group by accident. I don't have a speedometer, though. That was just someone else's reading. Yes, I'm not good at being in front. I'm sure I go over 30 quite often though. Sometimes I feel like keeping up with cars is all.
*Not claiming to be fast. Just faster than those with top speeds in the 20s.
*Not claiming to be fast. Just faster than those with top speeds in the 20s.
10-08-06, 08:07 AM
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50 mph for about 5 km 
, but I cheated as I was drafting behind a road train. The best I've got is 42 mph on the final sprint of my last group ride......and I only got 2nd 
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Regards Dave
, but I cheated as I was drafting behind a road train. The best I've got is 42 mph on the final sprint of my last group ride......and I only got 2nd . Regards Dave
10-08-06, 12:53 PM
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I've gotten up to 42mph a few times on my road bike (flat/calm) on a fresh pair of legs. The max I can usually go in in the high 30's mph after say a solo century. Of course, there's never a prize incentive for me to try to go faster despite the tired legs? Max I've gone while seated under similar conditions is 37mph. Max on MTB is 34mph (non-suspension).
Max I've gone while seated under similar conditions is 37mph. Max on MTB is 34mph (non-suspension).
10-08-06, 01:45 PM
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hmm i hit 37.4 on my fixed gear road bike yesterday. i run a 42x15 ratio, so i was spinning around 155 rpm... which was too much for me to sustain for more than a few seconds. downhill of course.
10-08-06, 03:03 PM
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Just a tick over 35 mph trying to catch onto the draft of a tractor trailer.....I could've gone slightly (not much) faster, but I still had 10 miles left in my ride and didn't want to blow myself up completely. As it was, it took a few minutes to recover from that effort.....mainly since I was going around 23-25 mph behind him (we were all stopped for an accident, and I was behind the truck when we started going again), and then he started accelerating hard when he probably figured out what I was trying to do. It was a truck hauling cars, so he could see me pretty clearly. I started closing in at around 30 mph, then he shifted to another gear and accelerated more, and once I got up to around 35 mph, I threw in the towel and he kept going. I was a good 15 or so feet out of the draft, and I figured I wasn't going to catch it. Would've been fun to do so, though, and would've been cruising along at 40+ mph fairly comfortably if i was able to get in. Ah well.
10-08-06, 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Sea Green Sky
34.6mph but not for very long, maybe a third of a mile.
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