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Originally Posted by thebarerider
(Post 8247851)
I hit 32 for a few seconds alone with no appreciable tailwind one night on a flat stretch. I think when people answer they may mean "I hit that speed for a very, very short time, and then died." At least that's what happened to me (I don't race).
I don't know what my max is, I'd have to look back through a bunch of data. From the time I hit my highest peak power (1010W, yay ;)), I hit 33mph. Flat ground, no leadout. I know I hit about 37 in a flat sprint in an early season race last year but I had horrible position and only got 14th :p About 38mph in a mildly downhill (<1%) sprint in a "race simulation" on saturday and mid 30s in my tuesday lunchride sprint (34 last tuesday). I hit over 30 in pretty much any solo sprint workout I do, but I'm a crappy sprinter. Some guys can certainly wind it up to nearly 40 if they want to. I was going 39 on a teammate's wheel on a ride a few week's ago... but things are rarely absolutely dead flat, there was about a half percent downgrade. |
Originally Posted by s4one
(Post 8247950)
When I ride in group rides, I often hover around 30-35mph for a good distance (flats) but many know that riding a group is significantly different because of the "group work/pack" that helps with the wind. When I do solo rides I usually push 25-27 mph on flats.
Originally Posted by mikeclash
(Post 8247996)
About 55kph is my record. I guess that's about 33 or 34mph. I can only sustain that for 40-50 seconds.
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all I was trying to figure out was how I can be so damn slow.... I ride thousands of miles a year and can't approx 40 mph... what gives...
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Originally Posted by kyakdiver
(Post 8248281)
all I was trying to figure out was how I can be so damn slow.... I ride thousands of miles a year and can't approx 40 mph... what gives...
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Originally Posted by merlinextraligh
(Post 8247837)
just to put a dose of reality in here. I'm a decent, not terrible, not great Cat 4 sprinter.
Yesterday I won a prime sprint. I was actually leading out our designated sprinter, but my lead out was fast enough he couldn't come around me. Last week the one prime I went for I got second by a wheel length. Final sprint, I was 3rd, and 8th, in the 2 races, both, with pretty large fields and both ending in field sprints. I did not go over 33.5 mph for any of those sprints. When people who do not race, tell you they do high 30's solo, without a leadout, take it with a grain of salt. |
On solo rides I hover in the low 30s or high 20s. I've hit 50 once or twice and thought I was going to collapse. The most intense however was with a tailwind on a slight downhill on my fixed gear I got up 46.5 doing about 140rpm. Of course these figures aren't bs - they are in kmh.:o:rolleyes:
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Originally Posted by s4one
(Post 8247950)
When I ride in group rides, I often hover around 30-35mph for a good distance (flats) but many know that riding a group is significantly different because of the "group work/pack" that helps with the wind. When I do solo rides I usually push 25-27 mph on flats.
I'm gunning for Cat2 this season and in a 10mi TT without aero equipment I'm a smidgen under 26mph. Going all out. Are your flats all downhill? Are you riding a vespa? |
What Merlin said.
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33.7 on a street with lots of trees to block the crosswind. I suck at sprinting though. I'm like a train getting up to that speed, no explosive power whatsoever:(
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Originally Posted by merlinextraligh
(Post 8247837)
just to put a dose of reality in here. I'm a decent, not terrible, not great Cat 4 sprinter.
Yesterday I won a prime sprint. I was actually leading out our designated sprinter, but my lead out was fast enough he couldn't come around me. Last week the one prime I went for I got second by a wheel length. Final sprint, I was 3rd, and 8th, in the 2 races, both, with pretty large fields and both ending in field sprints. I did not go over 33.5 mph for any of those sprints. When people who do not race, tell you they do high 30's solo, without a leadout, take it with a grain of salt. http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...sprint+cypress http://s102.photobucket.com/albums/m...ent=Sprint.flv (0-40 into headwind) |
Originally Posted by matkinstall
(Post 8248126)
i hit 37mph on this http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/3180/img00037va3.jpg
with the mirrors folded in. It must be the efficient wheels |
I don't have a speedometer, so I really couldn't say...
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Like Merlin, I'm a cat 4 with a decent but not great sprint for that category (though it's a killer sprint for a 123 lb pipsqueak). I can hit 30 mph still in the saddle (when in form, that is) and sprint to 32, maybe 34 mph solo. We're talking peak speed here, no more than a second or two. There are guys who can wind it up a lot higher than the low 30's by themselves, even in cat 4, but not many.
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Originally Posted by TheKillerPenguin
(Post 8248613)
Whatchu talkin bout willis?
I'm gunning for Cat2 this season and in a 10mi TT without aero equipment I'm a smidgen under 26mph. Going all out. Are your flats all downhill? Are you riding a vespa? |
Originally Posted by TheKillerPenguin
(Post 8248613)
Whatchu talkin bout willis?
I'm gunning for Cat2 this season and in a 10mi TT without aero equipment I'm a smidgen under 26mph. Going all out. Are your flats all downhill? Are you riding a vespa? |
Originally Posted by youcoming
(Post 8249386)
And god forbid if someone who dosen't race is faster than a Cat guy.
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I don't know my max speed, but I know I can hit 35 from a stop or a roll. Last year one of the sprint drills I did with my coach was multiple 0-35mph sprints in my 53-15 for cadence work. That being said, sprinting is all I am good at. I hate all you Cancellara types.
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Originally Posted by youcoming
(Post 8249386)
And god forbid if someone who dosen't race is faster than a Cat guy.
Originally Posted by grolby
(Post 8249429)
That's just the point; he's not faster.
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Looks like around 32mph from analysis of my power files from training rides.
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Originally Posted by fuhrermatt
(Post 8249443)
/facepalm
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Originally Posted by s4one
(Post 8247950)
When I ride in group rides, I often hover around 30-35mph for a good distance (flats) but many know that riding a group is significantly different because of the "group work/pack" that helps with the wind. When I do solo rides I usually push 25-27 mph on flats.
If you are not a pro I think you need to calibrate your computer. |
My best sprints in the last couple years have been about 37mph on flat ground with no wind sprinting in both directions. In Colorado, in my younger days, I hit 40 a couple times, but the air is much thinner than here in Austin...
I won a really big crit, solo for the last 30 seconds at 31mph, with a max speed of 32.6mph. If the pack takes enough of a beat down during the race, it doesn't take 40mph to win :) |
Originally Posted by guidofistpump
(Post 8249535)
I don't know what my max is, I'd have to look back through a bunch of data. From the time I hit my highest peak power , I hit 36mph. Flat ground, no leadout. I know I hit about 39 in a flat sprint in an early season race last year but I had horrible position and only got 14th About 38mph in a mildly downhill (<1%) sprint in a "race simulation" on saturday and mid 30s in my Wednesday lunchride sprint (39 last tuesday). I hit over 30 in pretty much any solo sprint workout I do, but I'm a crappy sprinter. Some guys can certainly wind it up to nearly 40 if they want to. I was going 42 on a teammate's wheel.
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Not a creative writer maybe?
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