Originally Posted by
leamcorp
As for going down the hill at 50mph - I recently came back from a grueling Vermont trip and I must say - Wow!!! Coming down the mountain at 50+ MPH for few miles was excellent. Bad thing was - took us 3 1/2 hours to get up to the top and most of us chickened out and hit the brake once it began creeping up to 60mph.
I never pulled my brakes at that speed, I had visions of a few white whisps of smoke and no more rubber pad to stop me.