Originally Posted by JavaMan
With a 53-11 he would need a cadence of just under 160 in order to hit 60 mph. I could never do that.
Don't be so sure. My personal best is 173 RPM (36 MPH on a fixie w/ a 42x16 gear). Though I can't claim to have been exerting any actual power to the pedals at that point. It was all I could do to *keep up* with them.
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On a bike with a freewheel though, you could probably manage short bursts of a super-fast cadence to just *barely* maintain enough speed to stay in the draft...
-Trevor