Fastest Speed you've ever gone?
01-03-05, 01:16 PM
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Fastest Speed you've ever gone?
I was going down a long downhill slant straightaway (its like this for about half a mile). I put my machine into the heaviest gear, tucked into my aero's, and held on for dear life. Max was 38.9 mph that day. I haven't gotten close to that in a while.
01-03-05, 01:26 PM
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I did 39.4 mph this last week on a down hill and have done over 42 mph on one local decent.
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01-03-05, 01:28 PM
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45 mph with a tailwind and trucks passing me. I thought about drafting off a big rig, but pulling into traffic scared me a bit.
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46 coming down palomar mountain. might have even gone faster, but the road is so twisty that it's difficult to make yourself look down at your computer sometimes. and those damned cattle grates. "BZZZZT!!!"
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How many times has this thread been done? This has to be the fifth in the last year.
Anyway, I did 52 once. I also did 350 last month on my way home from L.A.
Anyway, I did 52 once. I also did 350 last month on my way home from L.A.
01-03-05, 02:06 PM
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106mph on I-25.
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Originally Posted by LordOpie
106mph on I-25.
well, if we're talking motorized top speed, then i get to say 153mph down the front straight at willow springs. doing a wheelie, of course
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Originally Posted by dog hair
oh rollerblades, right?
well, if we're talking motorized top speed, then i get to say 153mph down the front straight at willow springs. doing a wheelie, of course
well, if we're talking motorized top speed, then i get to say 153mph down the front straight at willow springs. doing a wheelie, of course
Let me just, ugh, adjust my edick... there we go
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oh yeah?
*WHUMP!*
*WHUMP!*
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01-03-05, 02:59 PM
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Not sure but in the smokey mountains nobody passed me on one hill it felt like a big hand had a hold of me and it took forever to turn. Oh and that bike frame broke when I reached Orlando a 1980 schwinn traveler. Now that I'm older and wiser I keep my speed down to 30 mph.
01-03-05, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by All you Noobs in this Forum.....not necessarily anyone posting above though
Blah Blah Blah..........Blah Blah Blah Blah......
Just train harder....
Last edited by 53-11 alltheway; 01-03-05 at 03:42 PM.
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Originally Posted by Bungles
All the Noobs in the Forum say
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Ride like an Egyptian
Slide your feet up the street bend your back
Shift your arm then you pull it back
Life is hard you know (oh whey oh)
So strike a pose on your roadie
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Ride like an Egyptian
Slide your feet up the street bend your back
Shift your arm then you pull it back
Life is hard you know (oh whey oh)
So strike a pose on your roadie
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I assumed this thread had already been posted, but I figured we needed an ego booster after that whole cycling short ordeal.
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I've hit 56 or 57 mph out near State College, PA. I forget which it was exactly, I just remember that it was over 55 mph... in a 35 zone. Kind of a "Darwin Award" waiting to happen. Such was college life.
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38.7 Yesterday, downhill tucked in a fat little ball
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Originally Posted by dog hair
oh rollerblades, right?
well, if we're talking motorized top speed, then i get to say 153mph down the front straight at willow springs. doing a wheelie, of course
well, if we're talking motorized top speed, then i get to say 153mph down the front straight at willow springs. doing a wheelie, of course
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56 miles per hour at the Hilly Hundred in Indiana this year piloting this bike.
https://groups.msn.com/BicyclingForum...o&PhotoID=7408
yes it was on a downhill.
https://groups.msn.com/BicyclingForum...o&PhotoID=7408
yes it was on a downhill.
01-03-05, 06:23 PM
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56 mph on Oakville grade in the first half of the Terrible Two.
I've heard stories of tandems reaching 65+ at altitude... less air resistance.
I've heard stories of tandems reaching 65+ at altitude... less air resistance.
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42 mph on some unnamed backroad in Lee County, SC going downhill.
