Because of the "Max Speed" thread, I decided to prove a point. This was done on cold legs (before my real ride), on the flattest road I could find. Note to you all: Don't do this on cold legs. It took about 45 minutes before my lower half felt normal again.

Click here for the video.

"not bad for wussy."


awesome. great job, man!

Pffftt!! I bet you "train".

Highly unscientific. Nice video.

Incorrect. It was over 400 watts.

a max speed shot of a speedo would be a better proof... as cars are off like 5% and he wasn't riding with you.. he was chasing.. which means he could be accelerating towards you making you only have a 35-39 mph sprint which would make you a wussy. I won't talk though... Last time I checked I sprint at 34

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.

Awesome clip, loved the music. Fasssst!
where's Ryanf?

Looked like only 38 to me...

Ryanf has wet the bed and cried to mama...

Uh, ok. A 40 mph sprint is not that hard. Well, hard, but repeatable.

I'm pretty sure that was his point.

for whom?

my sprint watts/kg is upper cat3/lower cat2 and i max out at around 36mph on what i think is a fairly flat and windless stretch, starting from a dead stop. so, im going to say that an actual 40mph sprint is not as easy as some would think.

Really funny - I loved the 'for wussy' part. Thanks.

I'm not as impressed by the sprint but the fact that he made a video of himself and didn't show his legs.

30 seconds to mars is one of my favorites, it goes so well with that clip!

F-ing great clip.

The earbud to the camera was a nice touch.

Nice going.

I've been riding regularly for 3-4 years now and consider myself a pretty strong rider. I still don't think I can sprint far above 30mph in calm air. With a tailwind....maybe.

Good one!

i'm at least moderately impressed. i was barely able to get and hold 25 yesterday...

thin mountain air = less drag.