How fast have you been...

Mark Thompson said:

...on the flat (No drafting!)

I'll open the bidding at 32mph, and could sustain this speed for whole tens
of metres before spontaneously combusting. Never made it to 33mph.

82 km/h, 80-ish on two wheels
(ok, it was a recumbent streamliner trike)

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Mark Thompson said the following on 03/11/2006 11:06:

Quoted message said:

...on the flat (No drafting!)

I'll open the bidding at 32mph, and could sustain this speed for whole tens
of metres before spontaneously combusting. Never made it to 33mph.

I used to be able to do around that speed for about a mile. Now if I
get over 20mph I think I'm doing well!

I did 35mph the other week on an MTB with fat low pressure knobbly tyres
on, on tarmac, but that wasn't under quite the same conditions :-)

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Quoted message said:

...on the flat (No drafting!)

I'll open the bidding at 32mph, and could sustain this speed for whole
tens
of metres before spontaneously combusting. Never made it to 33mph.

I can hit 27mph (43.5Km/h) on the flat under no-wind conditions, but I
can't hold it very long. 30mph is out of my league.

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...on the flat (No drafting!)

Regularly hit 35-36 in the t'ween traffic light dashes but can't
sustain that too long.
Robert

Mark Thompson said:

....on the flat (No drafting!)

I'll open the bidding at 32mph, and could sustain this speed for whole tens
of metres before spontaneously combusting. Never made it to 33mph.

I did a ten in 20.19 in 1958 ... now I'm lucky to maintain 18mph.
:-(( Dan Gregory

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Quoted message said:

...on the flat (No drafting!)

I'll open the bidding at 32mph, and could sustain this speed for whole

tens

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of metres before spontaneously combusting. Never made it to 33mph.

Surely a difficult question to answer in an objective way as speed is one
thing but how you achieve it is another.

On the flat with a giant chain ring and tiny rear will get a faster speed
(if you can turn it fast enough) than different gearing.

What is probably a better indicator is how you perform on the same bike on
the same stretch of road - see if you can get faster if it is safe to do so
rather than asking whether you are faster than someone else on a different
bike on a different bit of road.

To answer the question though as new newish cyclist on a hybrid bike on a
piece of road near my I manage 20ish for a distance but a little over that
for a short burst. That is with a 14 on the rear and 38 on the front (not
yet had it onto large ring).

DaveB

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Quoted message said:

...on the flat (No drafting!)

I'll open the bidding at 32mph, and could sustain this speed for whole

tens

Quoted message said:

of metres before spontaneously combusting. Never made it to 33mph.

Surely a difficult question to answer in an objective way as speed is one
thing but how you achieve it is another.

On the flat with a giant chain ring and tiny rear will get a faster speed
(if you can turn it fast enough) than different gearing.

What is probably a better indicator is how you perform on the same bike on
the same stretch of road - see if you can get faster if it is safe to do so
rather than asking whether you are faster than someone else on a different
bike on a different bit of road.

To answer the question though as new newish cyclist on a hybrid bike on a
piece of road near my I manage 20ish for a distance but a little over that
for a short burst. That is with a 14 on the rear and 38 on the front (not
yet had it onto large ring).

DaveB

Mark Thompson said:

...on the flat (No drafting!)

I'll open the bidding at 32mph, and could sustain this speed for
whole tens of metres before spontaneously combusting. Never made it
to 33mph.

Funnily enough, I've never actually tried to simply go as fast as I can
along the flat and take note of the speed.

I have a feeling I could beat 32mph - but also that I'd suffer a heart
attack afterwards!

To make it fair, I'd have to go out of my way to find a dead flat road and
on a day with virtually no wind. There's nearly always /some/ gradient and
/some/ wind where I cycle.

~PB

On 03/11/2006 15:14, Dan Gregory said,

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I did a ten in 20.19 in 1958 ...

For us leisure and commuting cyclists, what does that actually mean?

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On 03/11/2006 15:14, Dan Gregory said,

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I did a ten in 20.19 in 1958 ...

For us leisure and commuting cyclists, what does that actually mean?

It means he was a few minutes behind Alan Holmes :-)

(a 'ten' is a 10 mile time trial)

cheers,
clive

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Quoted message said:

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...on the flat (No drafting!)

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On the flat with a giant chain ring and tiny rear will get a faster speed
(if you can turn it fast enough) than different gearing.

The "if you can turn it fast enough" is the critical bit - it's not normally
the gearing which is the limitation here, it's strength.

cheers,
clive

Paul Boyd said:

On 03/11/2006 15:14, Dan Gregory said,

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I did a ten in 20.19 in 1958 ...

For us leisure and commuting cyclists, what does that actually mean?

10 mile time trial in 20 minutes 19 seconds.

(does sums)

Stuff me, not far off 30mph.

And time trials are solo not drafting affairs.

Tim

On 03/11/2006 16:05, Tim Hall said,

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10 mile time trial in 20 minutes 19 seconds.

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Stuff me, not far off 30mph.

Pretty good then? :-)

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Mark Thompson said:

....on the flat (No drafting!)

I'll open the bidding at 32mph, and could sustain this speed for whole
tens of metres before spontaneously combusting. Never made it to 33mph.

I did a ten in 20.19 in 1958 ... now I'm lucky to maintain 18mph.
:-(( Dan Gregory

That would have been a competition record in '58 surely??

Graham

Paul Boyd said:

On 03/11/2006 16:05, Tim Hall said,

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10 mile time trial in 20 minutes 19 seconds.

Quoted message said:

Stuff me, not far off 30mph.

Pretty good then? :-)

Well it might have been on the Tonbridge by-pass which is notorious
for starting rather a lot higher than it finishes and like all drag
strips you get a tow along the dual carriageway from passing traffic.

Still a bit faster than me though, it's rather a long time ago but I
recall something like a shortish 23. My best 25 was a 59.10 out on the
billiard table flatlands of the A12 in Essex.
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Paul Boyd said:

On 03/11/2006 16:05, Tim Hall said,

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10 mile time trial in 20 minutes 19 seconds.

Quoted message said:

Stuff me, not far off 30mph.

Pretty good then? :-)

Well it might have been on the Tonbridge by-pass which is notorious
for starting rather a lot higher than it finishes and like all drag
strips you get a tow along the dual carriageway from passing traffic.

That would require time travel as well then. As Tonbridge by-pass
wasn't built until 12 years later.

Which would make the actual time, give or take the odd month or two,
minus 11 years 11 months 30 days 23 hrs 39 minutes and 41 seconds.
I think.

michael adams

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Still a bit faster than me though, it's rather a long time ago but I
recall something like a shortish 23. My best 25 was a 59.10 out on the
billiard table flatlands of the A12 in Essex.
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Mark Thompson said:

....on the flat (No drafting!)

I'll open the bidding at 32mph, and could sustain this speed for whole
tens
of metres before spontaneously combusting. Never made it to 33mph.

I did a ten in 20.19 in 1958 ... now I'm lucky to maintain 18mph.
:-(( Dan Gregory

Jesus that's fast! Was this one of the dual carriageway tens, with draft
assist from passing trucks? Whether it was or wasn't I'm well impressed -
my lifetime personal best for a ten is still 30.06 (and I was three when
you achieved yours).

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On 03/11/2006 15:14, Dan Gregory said,

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I did a ten in 20.19 in 1958 ...

For us leisure and commuting cyclists, what does that actually mean?

Better than 29mph average for ten miles, from a standing start. Usually on
an out-and-back course, so no net wind assist (but best times are usually
done on warm, still evenings). On your own, so no drafting.

For comparison the top professionals (Basso, Ullrich, people like that) are
currently doing around 31mph for (somewhat longer) individual time trials.

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...on the flat (No drafting!)

Regularly hit 35-36 in the t'ween traffic light dashes but can't
sustain that too long.

I hear Discovery Channel are looking for a new team leader.

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