Originally Posted by
jamesdak
It amazes me how many people seemed freaked by the speed. It's really a product of climbing in our mountains out here and no big deal. Plenty of bikers run these mountains at speed.
Me too. It's odd.
It's quite routine for racers to go this fast. There were some fast long straight descents near wear I grew up that allowed higher speeds than this. We would routinely play peg the speedo on them (65). It was just doable by sprinting into them and using full tuck.
That said I suppose if you are not confident at that sort of speed, it would be unwise to go that fast.