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Top Speed Thread
Post the fastest you've ever gone on flat ground and your gearing
48/17 -- 30.8 MPH
48/17 -- 30.8 MPH
07-13-09, 08:08 PM
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52x14 on a road bike yolo causeway appx. 34mph for about 4 minutes before I was burned
48x16 track bike 30 ish
48x16 track bike 30 ish
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52x19 (so about 74 GI)-28.7 mph
gotta work on my spin more, but i would imagine with a 17 i could do 30 alright.
gotta work on my spin more, but i would imagine with a 17 i could do 30 alright.
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32ish
44x17
(Sustained for a rural block.)
30 is very easy (hit it each day i ride... making lights, or merging in traffic, etc)... 31 takes being "fresh"... 32 is when I've been riding a lot lately and feeling good. Pretty spun out at that point.
EDIT: Gear calculator shows about 150-160 rpm
Downhill I've spun at least 180.
44x17
(Sustained for a rural block.)
30 is very easy (hit it each day i ride... making lights, or merging in traffic, etc)... 31 takes being "fresh"... 32 is when I've been riding a lot lately and feeling good. Pretty spun out at that point.
EDIT: Gear calculator shows about 150-160 rpm
Downhill I've spun at least 180.
Last edited by chevy42083; 07-14-09 at 09:08 PM.
07-14-09, 08:46 AM
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49x16 @37.1mph. That was a few years ago. I can't do that anymore.
I've gone faster than that on flat, but only with a strong tailwind, so that doesn't count.
The longest sustained speed I've ever held on a flat road with a fixed gear was 27-32 mph for about 11 miles, but that was in flat-as-a-pancake central IL, through a big stretch of open fields with no stops, with a massive tailwind. Loads of fun. Going back the other way sucked.
I've gone faster than that on flat, but only with a strong tailwind, so that doesn't count.
The longest sustained speed I've ever held on a flat road with a fixed gear was 27-32 mph for about 11 miles, but that was in flat-as-a-pancake central IL, through a big stretch of open fields with no stops, with a massive tailwind. Loads of fun. Going back the other way sucked.
Last edited by mihlbach; 07-14-09 at 08:53 AM.
