Originally Posted by
AdelaaR
Welcome back Richard.
"downhill" is a very broad term ... once you reach a certain grade of "downhill", your top speed has nothing to do with gears and everything with how aero you are. May be you simply aren't very aero
To compare: on my TT bike, I go 29 MPH on flats quite easily and when going down steep hills it goes to 45 MPH without even pedalling.
Thanks for the welcome back, missed posting with you. I might not have worded my question correctly, it seems that going down hill I can only keep up with the peddling to around 29 MPH, before just coasting I start going faster. That's with : 42 x 11 gearing, 26" wheels, and 175 crank arm. You might remember the only speedometer I ever had was the Bell Wireless on the TRAILWAYS, with 700c wheels, and have no clue what the gearing was. The new CATEYE is accurate though, checked it against a very good GPS at varied speeds. But maybe I could have keep peddling faster, but started preparing for those Railroad tracks at the bottom, first time I was going to hit it over 30 MPH with no front suspension. Going to give it another try on a hill where I do not have to worry about that. Was not testing myself on the flats, using the down hill to try and find max speed peddling availably. LOL Richard