Highest Ever Speed ?

Quoted post said:

Originally posted by Kona_Blue
What is the Highest speed you have ever done on a bicycle ? What was the gearing (roughly) and your cadence ?
Missing a turn on the mountain and freefalling down a cliff does not count.

i checked my diary from when i lived in utah, and found it. i hit 73.2 mph coming down big mountain. it is an extremely long ascent so naturally a great descent. it was curvy at the top, but the last 3+ miles are straight and are at about 20%+ and you can just fly. i did this ride only a couple of times because it scared the shizite out of me. other than that i've hit 50+ many times living in cali and that ceased to be exciting.

Quoted post said:

Originally posted by amorevelo
i checked my diary from when i lived in utah, and found it. i hit 73.2 mph coming down big mountain. it is an extremely long ascent so naturally a great descent. it was curvy at the top, but the last 3+ miles are straight and are at about 20%+ and you can just fly. i did this ride only a couple of times because it scared the shizite out of me. other than that i've hit 50+ many times living in cali and that ceased to be exciting.

73.2mph??

omfg... as it were

Quoted post said:

Originally posted by amorevelo
i checked my diary from when i lived in utah, and found it. i hit 73.2 mph coming down big mountain. it is an extremely long ascent so naturally a great descent. it was curvy at the top, but the last 3+ miles are straight and are at about 20%+ and you can just fly. i did this ride only a couple of times because it scared the shizite out of me. other than that i've hit 50+ many times living in cali and that ceased to be exciting.

73.2mph??

omfg... as it were

97km/h (~60mph) in the Alps. On a 17% descent, unfortunately too short (only 3 miles or so). with a fully loaded bicycle (25kg load).

I never ever want to ride at this speed again. 🙂

48 km/h?

Heh, my top speed seems so puny compared to the others posted here, but then again, I've never ridden on any big mountains.

+100km/h seems absolutely crazy and unbelievable. 73.2 MILES per hour? that's ridiculous. a tiny pebble or some uneven surfacing could easily send you to your ultimate resting place at those speeds *knock on wood* you are either lying or have empty space where your brain should be :p

Quoted post said:

Originally posted by RagingSpirit
48 km/h?

Heh, my top speed seems so puny compared to the others posted here, but then again, I've never ridden on any big mountains.

+100km/h seems absolutely crazy and unbelievable. 73.2 MILES per hour? that's ridiculous. a tiny pebble or some uneven surfacing could easily send you to your ultimate resting place at those speeds *knock on wood* you are either lying or have empty space where your brain should be :p

i only did that once and it scared the hell out of me, and you'd be surprised at how stable you really are at that high speed, but i usually keep it around 50 now.

53.2 mph on the Nantahala Skyway in North Carolina. Might of built up a bit more speed, but I was overtaking a SUV without enough room to pass.

ive gon 26mp/h jest pettling when i wint down a hill i wint like 54mp/h

87 kmph in a 42x14, down a bloody steep hill on a early morning ride to avoid traffic. Great Fun 🙂

102 k/ph in 53x13 many years ago, down Wynberg hill onto blue route in Cape Town.

55+ mph several times in Hawaii coming down the Pali highway. The only bad part, was the clouds that you have to ride through make the road a little wet.

In Miami only flats. But the only thing that you can come down on is a bridge in Key biscayne that is about 80 to 100 ft high with a good decline for about 1/2 mile or a little less straight. top speed going down 51mph.

70mph on a mile long downhill at 9%. route 322 in wolcott, CT.
i had some help from a friend driving his car in front of me, but when i got up to top speed i was actually about 50 feet behind him.
my gear was a 53x12 and i was pedaling at 200rpms.

it was a lot of fun.

my top speed completely by myself is 60mph in bristol, CT. willis street to be exact. anyone from the area knows what i am talking about. i swear the road looks like a ski lift with the telephone polls. max grade is 18% for a couple hundred feet. its about 12% average for 2km. i passed a car going down, speed limit is 25mph because it is a residential area.

fastest speed in my town is 58mph on ward street ext. wallingford, CT. also a 25mph limit residential road.

39 mph. Much slower than most everyone else here, but hey, I was riding a mountain bike on a road, albeit a somewhat-steep mountain road. Never had the chance to go down super steep hill/mountain and haven't been on a road bike (even though I would like to).

Coasted up to 55 mph going down a mountain in Montanna with a strong tailwind (fully loaded). We were slack pacing, and my one of my buddies who as riding with me didn't pedal for a half hour due to the downhill and following tailwind. About 15 minutes of that was a 20-30mph coast with a slight downhill.

OK, 30.7 on a flat straight pulling about 5 people behind me
Buy, hey, I live in flat old Tesas

Quoted post said:

Originally posted by Kona_Blue
What is the Highest speed you have ever done on a bicycle ? What was the gearing (roughly) and your cadence ?
Missing a turn on the mountain and freefalling down a cliff does not count.

78 KM/hour on the lake placid bobsled run in the summer about 10 years ago scarrry, got kicked off and asked never to return, but as the attandent was escorting me off the growns he said " your the first and hopfully the last to pull that"

56 mph with a 55x11 gear. No cadence on the bike at the time. (Hill aided). 😄

Quoted post said:

Originally posted by Cipher
56 mph with a 55x11 gear. No cadence on the bike at the time. (Hill aided). 😄

That is some freaking hill.
I tucked up on the weekend down a reasonable hill and got to just over 60Kmh (not Mph). Theoretically I should go quite fast as I'm around 95kgs 185cm, greater mass downhill. Tires 110 psi-Check, Getting aero-check, 53x13 - check. I must be doing something wrong.