Originally Posted by genejockey

At the time I hit my then-max of 193 (in my 40s), I could hold 185 for some period and had hit 188 for several seconds. When I hit my max, I'd been accelerating as part of a club ride closing in on the finishing sprint, and went off too early. I accelerated uphill, then got out of the saddle and sprinted for all I was worth and suddenly my body said that was it, that's all I had. Done. And when I say "suddenly", I mean suddenly, as in *BANG* "That's all!"

You know that 'shattered' feeling you get from a really exhausting workout? That was me the rest of the day. So I figured that was probably my maximum.