Originally Posted by stea1thviper
my sprint watts/kg is upper cat3/lower cat2 and i max out at around 36mph on what i think is a fairly flat and windless stretch, starting from a dead stop. so, im going to say that an actual 40mph sprint is not as easy as some would think.
I don't race and I'm a fairly middling rider. I have hit sprints in the 32mph - 35mph range at the end of a long ride on a fairly flat road near home (but then again I was a sprinter in high school). So maybe a 40 mph is easier for certain people? Sprinting is easy for me, endurance? I have very little to speak of and I cannot sustain speed over long distances. And I'm positive I'm not even a CAT 5 racer.
Now, of course over the next few weeks I am going to try and see how fast I can go after a good warmup :-)