Originally Posted by
grolby
You're going to see a lot of numbers thrown around, but those numbers are either complete ass-pulls or lacking in context. A 28-30 mph average for a Cat 5 crit is extremely hard to believe, although who knows, really? I'm a Cat 3, and the fastest crit I did all year was about 27 mph average. That was a HARD race, at a major event that everyone is peaking for. But I've done slower races that were harder still.
Agree. Fastest Cat 4 crit I did was 26 mph. Ironically it was not an especially hard race because everyone just piled round in the bunch with few attacks and less big accelerations than usual.