well i average about 25 on my wiz wheelz on the flat.
when i put my corn cob on I average about 38 in the 25 mile test.
during a tour i average about 20 mph ( last tour was from oregon to chicago ) i am not talking about a ultra race but a several day tour. Raam bents average arount 16 to 17 MPH but those are two wheeled.

trikes are slower in some ways faster in others; imo if i can ride for four days with no sleep without falling off my bike; i beat any two wheeler around.

for a century race, fastest has been 4:13:26 on a tailfaired baron.........optima box

next was a 62 mile race in which I solo averaged 24.8 mph with the razz fazz box on the vk-2

in the michigan state time trial I did 58:12 in the 40k with the tailfaired razz fazz on the vk-2

In a 12 mile time trial in Grand Rapids, out and back, I averaged 27.8mph.

looking at a faster bike for this season. .............at least it had better be faster or I'm gonna take a hammer to it and go back to mountain biking.

I have a Sherer TLT tadpole Trike that a strong rider may be able to do 40-45mph flat
maybe about 22mph up a 6% grade



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What are you looking to get Chris, a nocom?

I saw that trike(brand) at the Bent Rally last summer. I didn't ride it cause it didn't seem well, practical(this coming from a very confirmed tadpole rider). Is that how fast you ride it?

40-45mph maybe on a downhill maybe

I don't believe the speed claims, either. Going 40 mph requires a certain power level, regardless of the drive system being used; and it's more than anyone short of an elite cyclist can put out. Fiddling with levers affects the effective development, but not the power requirements. Besides, with that much knee bend, it looks very unergonomic. I'd be happy to put one to the test, but until that time I'll remain unconvinced.

I entered into a 64km/39.7mile time trial 3 weeks ago in a fully faired recumbent tadpole trike.

I traveled the distance in 70minutes, with a top speed of 96kmh/59.6mph and an average of 54.85kmh/34.1mph. Generally, my speed on the flats was 70kmh/43.5mph whilst I was pulling 35kmh/21.7mph up some steep hills. I wouldn't climb up them as fast on a DF anyway!

My team mate did it even faster, taking 5 minutes from my time. His average was 59.1kmh/36.7mph over the 64km course

Here's a pic;
If you're not convinced of the speed in this pic, just check out the side windows

And a pretty cruddy, and potentially inaccessible mobile phone vid comprising of myself and my teammate;
https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...oid=1833954176

Interested to know what youse all think, considering how much more youse yanks love lowracers over trikes

I have no difficulty believing that a fully faired bike - or trike - can do those speeds. For myself, I have chosen to ride HPRA stock class, for simplicity and lightness, and because it's the way my friends on uprights ride. I've got enough advantage over them as it is, and with a fairing I might as well have a motorcycle for all the riding with them I'd be doing.

The key words here are "fully faired recumbent tadpole trike." Most of us are well aware what a fully faired trike can do, just as we are aware what a fully faired lowracer can do.

I get 17 to 19 MPH on my two wheeled bents, and 13 to 15 MPH on my Tadpole, and I weigh 265 pounds.

So it doesn't count? What's your point? Should I grow a beard?

No, it counts! I thought you were trying to justify the 'other' non-faired trike's speed by giving yours, which is definitely believable. Your machine has the credentials for the speed you cited, it's the 40-45 mph on the flat of the 'other' one that was being questioned. I apologize for any misunderstanding.

As far as the beard, I wouldn't know. My wife won't let me grow one and I do everything she says.

Oh, I get it now! I've ridden trikes long enough to understand the huge gap in speed between faired and non-faired. And I've been here long enough to know that youse all arn't stupid enough to not believe it .
TBH, I don't see the non-faired trike above doing such speeds either. The seating position is far too steep to be aero for starters, not to mention it looks like a Greenspeed X3 . I'll believe it when I see it

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At 62 years old it is hard to get that kind speed but is fun to ride!

My close friend has a recumbent (Challenge Fujin) and I ride a racing bike. He rules the flats. I raced USCF for 8 years, and my drafting skills are the only thing lets me stay with him; once I lose his wheel, he's gone. Climbing and twisty descents are another matter. Also he seems more exposed to the sun and is closer to the burning hot asphalt in the summer.

Yup...it's one of the only negatives with my lowracer - I feel the texas heat pretty clearly, but I've built a good tolerance for it. Bents will always be slower climbers. If I'm in a paceline going 24mph at the bottom of a grade, I will likely drop to 15-17 depending on the grade, maybe even less. But I will almost lways catch them at the bottom and then the next flat section I'm gone!

What size crank and cassete you have in your bike. I buy today one steel road bike is weight 27 pounds. Have crank 52/42 and 6 speeds freewheel 14-16-18-21-24-28. I should i left like that? see how is ride first. I have too other road bike have crank 53/39 and 9 speeds cassete 12-13-14-15-17-19-21-23-25. wheels crank and cassete fit in the bianchi i wonder if i put all that on the bianchi even is 27 pounds bike if i can do century and if i can keep up with the newer lightweight bikes

geez, talk about bringing a post back from the dead. Well, 7 years later and I now have a 3:36 century and 3:45 century under my belt but in a quest velomobile. Faster than the nocom for sure on many courses. It used to be a goal to break a 4 hour century. Now the new goal is to beat a 3:30

Did you ride your fastest centuries on an organized ride or a pre-planned route? I assume you can carry enough water/calories for 4hr without stopping.

I have an F40 and have wondered how quick I could do a century (thinking sub-4:30). I can easily craft a 50mi out, 50mi back route from home that would have practically no climbing, but that seems too staged. OTOH I don't want to waste money on an organized ride I'm just going to blow through and not be the least bit social on (and which route likely has at least some hills).

I did the 2014 Hotter than Hell yesterday.

I rolled through 100 miles in 5:00:36. The last bit into the wind killed my time. I picked up the last mile and a half though and finished right at a 20 mph average for the ride.

Check my blog link in the signature file for a full write up on the ride.

Semper Fi

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what size crank and cassete you have for the century and what bike you ride

Have only ridden metric centuries - 30 pound recumbent bikes with 30/40/52 x 11-32 (559 rear wheels).

Hello how are you. I have one steel road bike is around 27 pounds. Is worth i ride that bike or is better i ride my aluminum road bike is around 23pounds. The steel bike is 56cm my size the aluminum bike is 58cm in both bikes i can use the same wheels and crank