I am such a weenie, I hate going faster than 25 mph down Azusa or GMR (or THE GMR as my husband says)

I am just curious to know what other riders top out at going down the hills? At what speed do you realize, "Hey, I am going too fast...perhaps I need to slow down...." Or does that though never cross a guy's mind?

If this thread has already been created, I am sorry, I tried searching for a similar post. I saw the Posting and You video that someone posted on here and it made me self conscious.

I'm a weenie too. I saw Levi Leipheimer during the Tour of Utah doing 57mph down a hill I usually only do about 45mph down. Levi's teh man!

I find it amusing when recreational riders talk smack about Andy Schlek's descending, and seeming reluctance to let it all go. I wonder if taller riders are at a disadvantage with winding high speed descents because of their higher center of gravity? Anyway, they're all pretty amazing. ...But I have some fun of my own with it--on open roads.

RIP Wouter.

89kmh / 55mph for me... (And yeah, I had that : "I think I'm going to fast!" moment )

45 mph for me.

Fastest I've ever gone (on the road) was 47. I've hit 50 a few times on the MTB, though.

50 mph for me.

45 mph. I think I could go faster, but I ask myself whether it is worth the risk.

77 fps

wow 45 is not a weenie. hahaha

On a long straight descent, I'll do up to about 50 km/h. On a curvy descent, however, anything over about 25 km/h is too fast.

Rowan and I were talking about this very thing on our ride today. We've signed up for a climbing challenge (7 Peaks), and I will find the climbing part challenging, but the idea of getting down the mountains is frightening. So while we train for the climbing part, we're also going to train for the descending too.

My fastest speed yet was coasting down Charles Road above 9 Mile Dam north of Spokane. I was still accelerating at 45mph when I saw a curve coming that I didn't want to take at that speed. Tapping the brakes made the bike shimmy and shake. Scared me to death. Once I was back down in the 30s things were much smoother.

50mph on a steep, straight downhill.

I hit 53 coming down from Crystal Lake(HW39 in Azusa)

54.5 mph. Really wanted the speed limit, but couldn't get low enough.

I regularly hit the high 30s to mid 40s on descents. My fastest top speed to date is 50 mph down a 3/4 mile long hill with a 16% max grade.

https://connect.garmin.com/activity/69379436

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNQ6Jk6aNic

GMR is a twisty descent with a handful of decreasing radius curves. The top speeds down it are not impressive by themselves. I don't think I ever spin out my 50/11 going down that, and am often shifting down to pedal out of turns.

As for my all time top speed, I've gotten to about 50mph a few times, and each time was on a long and straight road.

My top speeds on GMR will be in the low 40's, as well as on the lower part of Asuza. (I haven't ridden to Crystal Lake since before they reopened it - and I don't remember my top speed.)

All time top speed is in the mid 50's.

Did GMR for the first time today and I think descending may actually have been harder for me than the climbing. It was definitely more stressful. Most turns I was between 20mph and 25mph. I hit a few turns at 30, 31 on the top portion, but only because they were shallow turns and I could see the exit clearly. I went into one turn way too hot, missed the apex, and almost went into the dirt. My max speed for the day was 37.5.

My hills aren't very long I got to 39 for a few seconds once.

47mph ... didn't think I was too fast at all ... on the contrary: wanted to go a lot faster but couldn't because the hill wasn't steep enough and I was out of gears.

The fastest I've gone is 41 mph.

77km/h.

I hit 75.5 kmph (47 mph) this week. My previous best down the same hill was 73 kmph. I attribute the extra speed to my heavier than usual bike bag that day (it weighed around 10kg). At 60kg, I'm at a weight disadvantage on the descents. I can fly uphill, though.

53 mph coming off of Mt Hood, OR last year.

I hit 51 once back in the day. Fastest this year has been 43.