I did not say I do it regularly, only that I would like to try with a speedometer on the bike. The 50 MPH is about the normal for the descent I make normally where gravity does all the work for me. That is on a lightly used road that does have turns but no tight ones. I 'think' I can hit 60 on the highway because it is a lot steeper and straighter. In fact I may have hit it last year when I braved the "bike lane = rock cliff" part of it. It is just too dangerous to ride up there routinely. I may be crazy but I am not stupid. With the 46/11 I can pedal up to about 30 on a straight and 35 drafting a big gravel semi but in both cases the burst of that much energy leaves me,in your words, pfft. As for wind, it seems to die around here once I get over about 200 feet over the valley floor, so maybe different mountain terrain. Bill Baka
You wrote, quote: "I like going downhill at 60 MPH or more". That would be like me posting, "I like making love to Elizabeth Hurley". While it's true that I'd like to (sell your soul like to), it's dishonest saying I like it as if it's ever happened.
Hope that's clear enough... BS
Sorni, It depends on the road and 50 MPH per the speedometer is the usual 'coast' speed on the safe road. The unsafe road is steeper, enough that semis don't have the oomph to pass me going uphill. I know from gut feeling that I was going faster on the main highway than on the lesser traveled road, but haven't tried it with the speedometer on the bike. The main reason is that it is too damned dangerous to get up that high on that road and there are no alternatives, not even dirt roads. As for 60 MPH, while it might be a bit of a rush on a bicycle it is just plain boring under 90 on a motorcycle, but then I sold mine so I am having speed withdrawals. Bill Baka
I did not say I do it regularly, only that I would like to try with a speedometer on the bike. The 50 MPH is about the normal for the descent I make normally where gravity does all the work for me. That is on a lightly used road that does have turns but no tight ones. I 'think' I can hit 60 on the highway because it is a lot steeper and straighter. In fact I may have hit it last year when I braved the "bike lane = rock cliff" part of it. It is just too dangerous to ride up there routinely. I may be crazy but I am not stupid. With the 46/11 I can pedal up to about 30 on a straight and 35 drafting a big gravel semi but in both cases the burst of that much energy leaves me,in your words, pfft. As for wind, it seems to die around here once I get over about 200 feet over the valley floor, so maybe different mountain terrain. Bill Baka
You wrote, quote: "I like going downhill at 60 MPH or more". That would be like me posting, "I like making love to Elizabeth Hurley". While it's true that I'd like to (sell your soul like to), it's dishonest saying I like it as if it's ever happened.
Hope that's clear enough... BS
Sorni, It depends on the road and 50 MPH per the speedometer is the usual 'coast' speed on the safe road. The unsafe road is steeper, enough that semis don't have the oomph to pass me going uphill. I know from gut feeling that I was going faster on the main highway than on the lesser traveled road, but haven't tried it with the speedometer on the bike. The main reason is that it is too damned dangerous to get up that high on that road and there are no alternatives, not even dirt roads. As for 60 MPH, while it might be a bit of a rush on a bicycle it is just plain boring under 90 on a motorcycle, but then I sold mine so I am having speed withdrawals. Bill Baka
I did not say I do it regularly, only that I would like to try with a speedometer on the bike. The 50 MPH is about the normal for the descent I make normally where gravity does all the work for me. That is on a lightly used road that does have turns but no tight ones. I 'think' I can hit 60 on the highway because it is a lot steeper and straighter. In fact I may have hit it last year when I braved the "bike lane = rock cliff" part of it. It is just too dangerous to ride up there routinely. I may be crazy but I am not stupid. With the 46/11 I can pedal up to about 30 on a straight and 35 drafting a big gravel semi but in both cases the burst of that much energy leaves me,in your words, pfft. As for wind, it seems to die around here once I get over about 200 feet over the valley floor, so maybe different mountain terrain. Bill Baka
This Doofus probably got a used computer from some junkpile, never calibrated it and its set in kilometers.
Talking about yourself now, Brick? You are the definition of 'wasted bandwidth'. Bill Baka
Well, Billy "Lance" Baka, mine /is/ set in KM and calibrated, but I don't go around bragging about blazing down hills on a pos beater bike going as fast as anyone in the TDF peloton on their expensive custom made carbon fiber machines.
Well, Billy "Lance" Baka, mine /is/ set in KM and calibrated, but I don't go around bragging about blazing down hills on a pos beater bike going as fast as anyone in the TDF peloton on their expensive custom made carbon fiber machines.
Well, Billy "Lance" Baka, mine /is/ set in KM and calibrated, but I don't go around bragging about blazing down hills on a pos beater bike going as fast as anyone in the TDF peloton on their expensive custom made carbon fiber machines.
Gravity is gravity, doofus.
In your case, veracity equates to the lack thereof.
Well, Billy "Lance" Baka, mine /is/ set in KM and calibrated, but I don't go around bragging about blazing down hills on a pos beater bike going as fast as anyone in the TDF peloton on their expensive custom made carbon fiber machines.
Gravity is gravity, doofus.
In your case, veracity equates to the lack thereof.
Uhhh, dipshit, My so called beater has road slicks pumped up to 55 PSI and is NOT the Huffy, which is my real beater, with over 5,000 miles on it. I doubt if taking my 700c x 25 (28?) serious road bike would get me any faster in a non-pedaling, gravity does the work, speed situation. Speaking of gravity, it seems to have migrated your brain down to the level of your ass. Why would I want to spend $5,000 on a carbon fiber bike that I would just break??? I ride to explore, not just to try to brag about doing centuries at 25 MPH average. Go get laid or something, if you can, since you seem to need it, badly. Bill Baka
