Record speed!

Shaun Rimmer wrote:

I went over the boot,

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still toe-strapped to the pedals.

Wouldn't have happened if you'd been using clipless...

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Had to be a BMW driver of course...

Young Asian woman - driving hubbies 'new' pride and joy (she muttered as much). I was all set to
unleash Krakatoa on the driver until I saw the fear on her face (at what hubby would say/do, not
what I would say/do). She fussed about at me, I just told her to get back in the [censored] car and
just go (I was absolutely , incredibly _FURIOUS_), and to keep her eyes the hell open in future. She
apologised and did just that.

Shaun aRe

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last night on a pleasant little loop near Otley I managed 47.6 mph on the last road back into
the town. This is a personal best & I'm well chuffed. One day I'll buy a road bike & try the
same stretch :-)

I could probably have gone a little faster, but I couldn't see round

the

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last bend and wasn't sure if there were any side roads so I started breaking about 1/4 of a
mile too early for the 'best' speed.

Phil

Huh - and I thought I'd done well at 38.9mph! That wasn't scary though - straight road, no
junctions, bike felt extremely stable. Surprised I

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it with 2.6 tyres though. Mebbe that the bike weighs about 36lb helped.

I might have done faster on my skinny tyred (with 65 psi) steel rigid

since,

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but it ain't got a 'pooter on it yet.

Shaun aRe - good going Phil.

Geez Shaun, at 36 pounds you'd get more speed by dropping it off a balcony or something!

Hey, I still do pretty well on the climbs though - that bike handles brilliantly (and it don't break
too easy for sure!)

Shaun aRe

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Shaun Rimmer wrote:

I went over the boot,

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still toe-strapped to the pedals.

Wouldn't have happened if you'd been using clipless...

You don't _know_ that.

Shaun aRe - That was the very last time I used straps.

In uk.rec.cycling Ian Bates <[email hidden]> wrote:

: How do you all get to these speeds? I have a mid-range MTB, highest gear 44/11, 26x1.5
: (Specialized Nimbus) semi-slicks pumped to 80PSI, and I have never, according to my (Sigma BC700)
: cycle computer, gone above 70 KPH (approx. 43 MPH), wind and hill assisted and spinning out.

Ok,

a) for really fast speeds, your top gear doesn't matter at all - you won't be spinning anyway

b) slick tyres will make a good difference

c) what really matters is finding a nice straight, steep hill, giving it a good bit of welly at the
top and then getting into as areo a position as you can. Knees in, elbows in, nose on the stem,
bum in the air.

Arthur

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Fortunately, he's still able to walk and his helmet saved him from becoming a vegetable.

WAAAAAA WAAAAAAA!! RED ALERT!! ALL CIVILIANS MUST CLEAR THE AREA IMMEDIATELY!! HELMET THREAD
APPROACHING!! 😄

LN

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Fortunately, he's still able to walk and his helmet saved him from becoming a vegetable.

[censored]! That crappy piece of eggshell covered eggbox made no difference! If he was going to become
a vegetable, it would have happened regardless.

Shaun aRe - (Setting the record straight in the absence of Just Klewless Plonker) ',;~}~

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c) what really matters is finding a nice straight, steep hill, giving it a good bit of welly at
the top and then getting into as areo a position as you can. Knees in, elbows in, nose on the
stem, bum in the air.

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Phil.Winterbourne said:

last night on a pleasant little loop near Otley I managed 47.6 mph on the last road back into the
town. This is a personal best & I'm well chuffed. One day I'll buy a road bike & try the same
stretch :-)

I could probably have gone a little faster, but I couldn't see round the last bend and wasn't
sure if there were any side roads so I started breaking about 1/4 of a mile too early for the
'best' speed.

Phil

I managed 79.9 KM/h (49.65 mph) While cycling in New Zealand. This was on a MTB, fully loaded with
front and read panniers. I was a bit gutted not to hit 50MPH!

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In uk.rec.cycling Ian Bates <[email hidden]> wrote:

: How do you all get to these speeds? I have a mid-range MTB, highest gear 44/11, 26x1.5
: (Specialized Nimbus) semi-slicks pumped to 80PSI, and I have never, according to my (Sigma
: BC700) cycle computer, gone above 70 KPH (approx. 43 MPH), wind and hill assisted and
: spinning out.

Ok,

a) for really fast speeds, your top gear doesn't matter at all - you won't be spinning anyway

It can help to get you at a good speed at the top of the slope.

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b) slick tyres will make a good difference

c) what really matters is finding a nice straight, steep hill, giving it a good bit of welly at
the top and then getting into as areo a position as you can. Knees in, elbows in, nose on the
stem, bum in the air.

Yep - a road bike lets you pedal with such positioning, a MTB you can hold it for a while not
pedalling.

A big difference is the slope. 8% is big, and can get you up to 40. What you really need is one with
an arrow- ie >15%, and straight, and safe to slow down in.

Even round sheffield, there will only be one or two candidates for a 50mph run. BTW - theres no way
I'd go that fast without very good visibility and a good slowing down area.

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yet .... Still coming off at 20 is as dangerous as any faster speed IMO.

Well this is just plain wrong as enni ful nose

I know a bloke who puts large weights on his head (like a car) and staggers about for the crowd.I
suppose one day he will find the weight that is more than his neck can take, and then he'll stop.

TerryJ

Phil.Winterbourne said:

As for speedo gremlins - the best way is to do roll-out test & then verify with a GPS.

I did exactly that. Over a 3 mile ride my GPS and computer differed by less than 0.01 miles. Then I
went over a speed bump and the GPS battery momentarily lost contact so the distance data was
corrupted.
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Even round sheffield, there will only be one or two candidates for a 50mph run. BTW - theres no way
I'd go that fast without very good visibility and a good slowing down area.

Here's a good place.

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My personal best is 54MPH down Stevington hill in Bedfordshire, UK. It was on Trek VRX hybrid. That
took some slowing for the 90 degree bend at the bottom! Racelines didnt what had hit em!

Col.

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last night on a pleasant little loop near Otley I managed 47.6 mph on the last road back into the
town. This is a personal best & I'm well chuffed. One day I'll buy a road bike & try the same
stretch :-)

I could probably have gone a little faster, but I couldn't see round the last bend and wasn't
sure if there were any side roads so I started breaking about 1/4 of a mile too early for the
'best' speed.

Phil

Phil.Winterbourne said:

last night on a pleasant little loop near Otley I managed 47.6 mph on the last road back into the
town. This is a personal best & I'm well chuffed. One day I'll buy a road bike & try the same
stretch :-)

I could probably have gone a little faster, but I couldn't see round the last bend and wasn't
sure if there were any side roads so I started breaking about 1/4 of a mile too early for the
'best' speed.

Phil

Gotta love the need for speed! I hit 50 mph (about 80 kph if I converted correctly) down a fire
road on Green Mtn. near Denver, Colorado. It reminded me of doing 120 mph on my CBR 600F. The
world constricts down to just what's in front of me. No neurons left to worry about anything else.
When it gets like that, after I slow down I think "That was fun. Still breathing. Lets just cruise
tthe rest of the way." 'Course my worst crash ever came during the "cruise" after the raging
descent. Go figger.

Cheers, Shawn

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Dont u guys get scared - i do and im prolly only doin 20!

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Maybe I am just getting old, but I am inclined to start thinking things like "What if my forks
broke and I went head first into the road at 40mph"

I used to think that while screaming down a particularly long and steep hill in Port Glasgow as a
teenager. To this day I can still see the road surface whizzing past at 40+ (yes, I most definitely
was speeding!) and wondering just how fast my flesh and bones would wear down if I was to fall off,
or hit anything, or the front forks were to give way when I started to brake for the roundabout at
the bottom...

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Just after the Tourmalet I got on the back of a chaingang back to Lourdes and we were tanking along
at 33mph, I couldn't pedal my 53x14 fast enough !

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In uk.rec.cycling Paul <[email hidden]> wrote:
: Are these speeds downhill or on the flat? I tend to get really nervous

going

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: at speed downhill, I have managed 30mph on the flat on a mountain bike.

What

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: is a respectable non-wind/hill assisted speed?

That's downhill.

30 mph on the flat is really moving, esp if you can sustain it 🙂

Arthur

Or a long tape measure !

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Ian Bates said:

Phil.Winterbourne said:

last night on a pleasant little loop near Otley I managed 47.6 mph on the last road back into
the town. This is a personal best & I'm well chuffed. One day I'll buy a road bike & try the
same stretch :-)

I could probably have gone a little faster, but I couldn't see round

the

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last bend and wasn't sure if there were any side roads so I started breaking about 1/4 of a
mile too early for the 'best' speed.

How do you all get to these speeds? I have a mid-range MTB, highest gear 44/11, 26x1.5
(Specialized Nimbus) semi-slicks pumped to 80PSI, and I have never, according to my (Sigma
BC700) cycle computer, gone above 70 KPH (approx. 43 MPH), wind and hill assisted and
spinning out.

I guess Road bikes and their setup make all the difference.

Or, what I suspect to be the true case, is there is a little gremlin inside my cycle computer
that plays with all the numbers before displaying them, always to make them appear worse than
they truly are.

Disappointedly in the sub-50 MPH club,

Ian.

Well I was on a top-of-the-range MTB so you can't blame your tyres :-) I would have thought that
Sheffield would give some fantastic opportunities for speed!

The hill in question is a corker, at least a mile long and with one of those little chevron things
on it. It's best feature though is that it is straight and smooth.

I gave up pedalling fairly soon, then just went low over the bars, [censored] way out back and let
gravity do it's work (maybe my 16 stone helped there!)

As for speedo gremlins - the best way is to do roll-out test & then verify with a GPS.

Phil

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Dont u guys get scared - i do and im prolly only doin 20!

Maybe I am just getting old, but I am inclined to start thinking things like "What if my forks
broke and I went head first into the road at 40mph"

Mind you, I am a woosy female!!! No doubt all you guys on here are fearless (:

Maureen

I had a front wheel fold on my road bike once when I was doing a bit over 20mph. The thing I was
most upset about was tearing my favourite tee shirt.

That was 21 years ago, I still have the bike but I must admit I've never felt like going fast on
it. I do on my mountain bike and can't wait to see how fast I can go on my windcheetah when it
arrives. :-)
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last night on a pleasant little loop near Otley I managed 47.6 mph on the last road back into
the town.

Which road was that?

I can't see a road number on the map - It's the yellow road down the Chevin running NW crossing
over the bypass at the bottom. Straight on and Chevin Cycles is on the right.

~Oh yeah, I know the one - it hasn't got a number - East Chevin Road I think.

ISTR that it is pretty steep, esp. about half way down.

I live on the edge of Leeds near the ring road off Old Otley Road, the pleasure I get from
swooping down these hills is always somewhat tempered by the knowledge that I'm gonna to have to
get back up .........

Bondgate Bakery always has some thing suitable to refuel with though..... :-)
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