When were you fastest?
 

Assuming it's the past, but maybe it's now. For me, I'd guess summer 1990, age 17, before I was corrupted, but I'd love a chance to give 17-year-old-me a run for his money now that I have few years under my belt. Same bike, same course, no holds barred. Who's your doppelganger nemesis?

In 2011 at age 67! :)

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Chas.

September 12, 2015

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1978-1982 for sure.

I was putting on 6,500 miles a year.

After that the siren song of dirt bikes like my Elsinores became too strong.....

summer 1972

2007-2010, my triathlon days. I had to make up time for my horrible swimming.

Running, 1985 - 1988. More mileage/week than I do on the bike, averaged 70-100 miles/week based on the next race.
Cycling was not my big thing, but I regularly went on 21mph rides with a couple of friends, rarely more than 30 miles, though.
Trek 510 was my only bike, and I thought it was quite expensive. Toe clips, running shoes, Bell white helmet with the red stripe.

Last summer, a bike leg in a tri - 40K at 24.5, on a road bike, at 55 years old, felt like Lance, not for the same reason.
I'll never match that, I'm quite sure. I think it was just a good day. Even the tri-boys were impressed.
This summer, same general route, same bike, same triathlon, struggled to 21.5

There is a certain satisfaction and enjoyment to those snapshot memories our minds gather from epic rides. I had one about 2 months ago on a wild 3/4mi sprint segment on a Strava 13.5mi ride. The segment is on a large boardwalk that absorbs energy and rattles your body and stamina. I placed 5th on the year and 10th overall among some fast riders. That is what will keep me going when spring seems a long way off.

Ok, it wasnt a long time ago but then who knows how much longer a 58yr old can do this.

Heavier objects roll faster down hill.

When was I fastest? Never! I have always been slow...and steady...so...I REALLY like Aesop's fable...Tortoise and Hare!

My fitness level and power to weight was ridiculous in 1979. I weighed 120 pounds, considered myself a runner, and was oblivious to cycling competition or strategies, and never went on a group ride. I rode everywhere in 52-14 except for hills, where I would drop to 52-16. I thought that Super Course was the best bike ever made. Oh to be 20 again, and to be able to hop on the bike without a 2nd thought (or spare tube, or tools) and ride 200 miles.

There was a stiff wind behind me and it was downhill all the way.

Coincidentally, it was when I was riding alone. It seems whenever I ride with someone, I have a lot of reasons to be slow. whodathunkit.

1983

Toured, commuted and raced. Did over 20,000 miles that year.

Just got a dialed in Cannondale Crit bike. White. Campy cranks. Suntour Superb rear derailleur. Campy front derailleur. Mavic GP4 rear with Clement Setas and GL330 front with same. I skimped on brakes (dia compe). Campy dedals. Duegi 101 wooden soled shoes. I used to hit 38.5 MPH on my Avocet cycle meter. Was it a Avocet 20? I might still have it in the attic.

I got a job and that magic ride got stolen in Germany.

Now, I am fat, old, and slow.

Last weekend. Set my PR FTP during a hard group ride and strained my low back in the process. Not sure I'll ever get to be as good as I could be.

1995-2002. Rode 3000+ miles each year. Did 65 mile race pace training rides both days of the weekend.

Cyclying was the singular focus. Ended up burned-out, sick, and wasted.

Nowadays, I average around 1000 -1500 miles a year. Don't have the top end I used to, but can still do solo centuries in 5:30.

When I was 115 lbs and the road turned up. Loved my 40's.

Not there yet. :)

That's a great time.

I would be thrilled with that time.

Congrats.

I did a 200k back in October. There was a multiple mile downhill section. That was my fastest time, over that type of distance.....gravity is my friend.

It was 35 lbs ago.

Running about 1994 before I got seriously into road riding.

Riding in 2007. I dabbled a little in racing, was in good form that summer. I remember doing one of the local fast bike shop rides. The local "A" racing team had a couple of guys in the ride and they took a flyer. I jumped with them and I distinctly remember the double take the Cat 2 or 3 guy made when he looked back and saw me on the wheel. I pulled through and stayed with those guys for 8-10 miles before falling back.

I had targeted a race a couple of weeks later for one of my prime ones at the end of the season. I got bronchitis just before the race, got dropped on the first climb and rode solo for 20+ miles. Life took over shortly after that and haven't ridden that fast since although I still feel pretty quick for my 47 years.

My fastest years were around 1983 to 90, then work and weight gain got in the way..... A short bout of chondromalacia on my right knee caused by too low a saddle, did really slow me down for a few months during those years too....

If I did some specific training, probably next year.

July 28, 1996. Lake Lanier GA.
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I'd love to be as fast on a lightweight go-faster today..... as I was on my Schwinn Varsity at age 14.