Highest Ever Speed ?

62 mph coming down Munson Road in East Longmeadow, MA on a cool dry day.

I haven't been able to break 56 since that day, it seems that humid air provides too much resistance.

And it's scary every time, especially the first time when the redneck in a pickup truck blew past us on the other side of the yellow line.

85 kph in a tuck position while racing in the rain going down a 16% incline.. pretty sure I would not try this again .. although it was fun

Between 52mph and 56mph, on a mountain bike on a straight, vertical, and somewhat rutted fire-road called "Velocity" in Marin County, CA. That was in the pre-suspension, pre-indexed-shifting era. But we did have those little Avocet cycle computers.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by yak
[B]62 mph coming down Munson Road in East Longmeadow, MA on a cool dry day.


i drove my car up that road when i was going to the monson road race in april. my 4 cylinder corrolla dropped from 60 all the way down to 35mph.

35mph on my old Ribble, unassisted.

30ish flat ground no wind, and today my cyclometer recorded 50.4 mph while riding in a triathlon..im not sure if it glitched or if it's accurate, but that's what it says..

I did 44 mph on my mountain bike just one week ago, free-wheeling down-hill on the Hummingbird Highway.

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today my cyclometer recorded 50.4 mph while riding in a triathlon..im not sure if it glitched or if it's accurate, but that's what it says..

I'd doubt that you reached such a speed if you weren't going down any steep/long hills or a strong tailwind. It's possible that on a (wind-assisted) sprint or downhill you would reach such a speed. Otherwise, it's doubtful.

By the way, David, how long is the ride across Belize?

there were some pretty steep hills .. it was in an area that i dont usually ride, and since it was a tri, i had a reason to be working at it.. still though, im not sure its accurate

Well, it's not as impressive as some of you guys, but I got up to about 42MPH during a long descent this weekend during the Tour de Cure! I was pretty excited and actually yelled out "YAY GRAVITY!" while passing some other cyclists. LOL. Okay, so I'm a geek...

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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.

Nothing special yet as Ive only just moved off restricted gearing (83 inch 6.5m rollout). Hit 88kph (55mph) a couple of months ago on a fairly long downhill in a race. That was in the 52x13 (173rpm). Previous best was 85kph (53.125mph) on a training ride in the 39x13 (223 rpm). On the flat my greatest cadence at the moment is 209 (45kph in the 39x23 with a bit of a tailwind)

56mph going uphill!

Just kidding, I was going downhill. 😉

48 mph kennesaw mountain

45 MPH on 52x12. It's so low for three reasons

1) There are no straight descents where I live
2) I dont wear a brain bucket (helmet)
3) Restricted gearing (you seniors dont know how good you've got it!)

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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.

Where at in Utah was this. I live in Utah and would like to try this monster out!

While suffering from severe hyponatremia during the 2001 Ironman Japan, I equalled my highest ever speed on a descent.

The next day, after spending the night in the hospital (and getting 6 IV bags of fluids), I picked up my bike... the computer noted a top speed of 55mph (89km/hr)... which I consider quite frightening as I have almost no recollection of the later half of the 180km bike leg; which included this fast descent. I never want to be that mentally messed up on a bike again.

BTW: my bike split was about 6h15m

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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.

one hill in cape town, it goes into hout bay, very long down hill, if you go down and u pedal your best on your hardest gear, i'm telling you, u hit 70/80km/h easily!!!!

but, once u get to the bottom, if u look up, u dont the hell wanna cycle back up that hill!!! haha!

mine is abotu 58mph and my bike was shaking like crazyyyyyyyyyyyy!
it was at a race at university of new hampshire

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mine is abotu 58mph and my bike was shaking like crazyyyyyyyyyyyy!

The bike can be a major factor on decents. Back when I had my old Cannondale crit frame, I would pull around 50 on a decent up in central PA, and it was always a white-knuckled experience. When I finally built up my OCLV frame, the decent was so calm, I felt like I could eat lunch on the way down. Never figured out why the Cannondale was so hairy on the decents.

43/70 down a short 200 meter hill.
The bike started shaking so it freaked me out to try any faster.

Here's Freddy Markham going 78/124 at Battle Mountain, Nevada.

Amazing ride.