Originally Posted by carpediemracing

I don't have my post up (it's been in draft for a year or something). I rode in the Key Biscayne area just as Hurricane George hit. When we went out it was steady 50 mph winds, gusts to 80 mph. Since we went down there to do the Coconut Grove race, I had just TriSpoke/HED3 tubulars. I coaxed my teammate and his then gf to go out and ride with me. We struggled in our bottom gears going south but coming back... sitting up and coasting we'd go almost 20 mph. 54x14 up the Key Biscayne causeway bridge thing, going easy.

I told my friend I had to do a sprint with the tailwind. So I took off as hard as I could, spun my 54x11 as fast as I could. Did 60 mph for about a minute, limited by my ability to spin really fast for a long time. Passed a car on the road next to me.

Tons of fun.

cdr