The 40 mph sprint. (video)
04-16-07 | 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Hocam
How about 40 mph in about 2 seconds?
With a fixed gear.
From 1990.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=BkkTSVVrPYk
Wait til the end, it's worth it.
Oh yeah, after track standing on 30 degree banking for a few minutes too.
With a fixed gear.
From 1990.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=BkkTSVVrPYk
Wait til the end, it's worth it.
Oh yeah, after track standing on 30 degree banking for a few minutes too.
Thanks, compliments to Gene Simmons...
04-16-07 | 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by wfrogge
Dude.........
You were going about 35 there. When the car showed 40 it was GAINING on you. Plus even with a 53x11 you would be spinning much faster than that at 40 MPH.
You were going about 35 there. When the car showed 40 it was GAINING on you. Plus even with a 53x11 you would be spinning much faster than that at 40 MPH.
Count the RPM's check the gearing charts, then tell me I didn't.
Wow, feisty bunch today.
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04-16-07 | 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by wfrogge
Dude.........
You were going about 35 there. When the car showed 40 it was GAINING on you. Plus even with a 53x11 you would be spinning much faster than that at 40 MPH.
You were going about 35 there. When the car showed 40 it was GAINING on you. Plus even with a 53x11 you would be spinning much faster than that at 40 MPH.
I'm pretty sure anyone with any amount of experience would have no issues hitting 35mph or above...and anyone with any sort of experience on a bike is not likely going to question that if they use their noggin.
04-16-07 | 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by timmyquest
"Dude", i'm a top heavy out of shape pretend cyclist who just finished a short hour long ride (in which i think i may have actually been in the first stages of a bad dehydration) and because of this thread, on the final stretch of flat road, from a red light, hit 31.5mph into a headwind...
I'm pretty sure anyone with any amount of experience would have no issues hitting 35mph or above...and anyone with any sort of experience on a bike is not likely going to question that if they use their noggin.
I'm pretty sure anyone with any amount of experience would have no issues hitting 35mph or above...and anyone with any sort of experience on a bike is not likely going to question that if they use their noggin.
Dude.....
I didnt say one cannot hit 35+ in a sprint (I do it at least once a week) but I am saying his video does not show a cyclist going 40+
04-16-07 | 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by wfrogge
Dude.....
I didnt say one cannot hit 35+ in a sprint (I do it at least once a week) but I am saying his video does not show a cyclist going 40+
I didnt say one cannot hit 35+ in a sprint (I do it at least once a week) but I am saying his video does not show a cyclist going 40+
I suppose i can see what your saying, i was hoping he would be right next to the car...but i suspect he tried to keep a distance for safety's sake.
04-16-07 | 05:09 PM
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oh hell yeah!
There's a lot of talk on this board, but that was sofa king bad-ass. I tried to drope the hammer from a standstill like that and the results were not pretty, and that was with 50mph tail-wind. Plus the rest of my ride was shot. Now I have new goal for the season. . .
Thanks bro
There's a lot of talk on this board, but that was sofa king bad-ass. I tried to drope the hammer from a standstill like that and the results were not pretty, and that was with 50mph tail-wind. Plus the rest of my ride was shot. Now I have new goal for the season. . .
Thanks bro
04-16-07 | 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by DXchulo
Here's my favorite climbing video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKDeLQBkWBs
Good music and good riding will pretty much make the video.
Good music and good riding will pretty much make the video.
holy jesus, take me there
04-16-07 | 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by jburnsdo
oh hell yeah!
There's a lot of talk on this board, but that was sofa king bad-ass. I tried to drope the hammer from a standstill like that and the results were not pretty, and that was with 50mph tail-wind. Plus the rest of my ride was shot. Now I have new goal for the season. . .
Thanks bro
There's a lot of talk on this board, but that was sofa king bad-ass. I tried to drope the hammer from a standstill like that and the results were not pretty, and that was with 50mph tail-wind. Plus the rest of my ride was shot. Now I have new goal for the season. . .
Thanks bro
04-16-07 | 06:51 PM
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Here's my favorite climbing video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKDeLQBkWBs
Good music and good riding will pretty much make the video.
Good music and good riding will pretty much make the video.
04-16-07 | 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Cypress
Count the RPM's check the gearing charts, then tell me I didn't.
Wow, feisty bunch today.
Wow, feisty bunch today.
Sprinting in the 37-38mph range, I'm in a 53-13 or 53-14 (depending on my starting speed). At 40mph in a 53-11, the RPMs are not the challenge. I wouldn't even be in my 12. Last week, I was drafting a truck at 45 in my 53-13... and I'm a masher, not a spinner. I wind it up for sprints though.
04-16-07 | 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by DXchulo
Here's my favorite climbing video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKDeLQBkWBs
Good music and good riding will pretty much make the video.
Good music and good riding will pretty much make the video.
FOG hits 35 in a finishing sprint this evening (very slightly downhill)
04-16-07 | 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Cypress
Count the RPM's check the gearing charts, then tell me I didn't.
Wow, feisty bunch today.
Wow, feisty bunch today.
I used to respect you, man.
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04-16-07 | 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by jamiewilson3
I am pretty sure that you went over to Europe to get this clip made, where the speedo's are all KPH. I have a friend with a mexican chevy truck, who could help you out if you want to go for 70 KPH without making the trip across the pond again. 
edit: I just noticed this thread is 7 pages long, sorry if this is a repeat on the Canada thing, don't feel like reading the whole thing.
Last edited by Quijibo187; 04-16-07 at 09:24 PM.
