RTL: fastest speed reached



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I'm curious how fast people got by the end of RTL. Many of us were far
more confident (and speedy) by week's end.

I was riding my geared 29" with 125s...

Max
I hit 35.6kph (22.1mph) down a gravel path while chasing and finally
passing the awesone Signe (of the Hans Islanders).

Maintained
Down the longest and steepest descent (Kelly Mt), I maintained 30.0kph
(18.62mph) for about 7 km (about 4.5 miles). That was a great feeling;
kinda like waterskiing.

I heard that some ppl with geared 36s hit 45kph (28 mph)!


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David_Stone wrote:
> I'm curious how fast people got by the end of RTL. Many of us were far
> more confident (and speedy) by week's end.
>
> I was riding my geared 29" with 125s...
>
> Max
> I hit 35.6kph (22.1mph) down a gravel path while chasing and finally
> passing the awesone Signe (of the Hans Islanders).
>
> Maintained
> Down the longest and steepest descent (Kelly Mt), I maintained 30.0kph
> (18.62mph) for about 7 km (about 4.5 miles). That was a great feeling;
> kinda like waterskiing.
>
> I heard that some ppl with geared 36s hit 45kph (28 mph)!



Someone should have borrowed a radar speed device from the local police
to verify the 28 mph!

Great going, David!!!


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David_Stone wrote:
> I'm curious how fast people got by the end of RTL. Many of us were far
> more confident (and speedy) by week's end.
>
> I was riding my geared 29" with 125s...
>
> Max
> I hit 35.6kph (22.1mph) down a gravel path while chasing and finally
> passing the awesone Signe (of the Hans Islanders).
>
> Maintained
> Down the longest and steepest descent (Kelly Mt), I maintained 30.0kph
> (18.62mph) for about 7 km (about 4.5 miles). That was a great feeling;
> kinda like waterskiing.
>
> I heard that some ppl with geared 36s hit 45kph (28 mph)!



I hit 26.0 mph while going down a hill on the last day. The german
speeders were right with me, and I also heard they hit 45 kph. Some of
them use 125's with the guni, while I was "just" using 150s.

corbin


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I changed my speedo into kms on the first day (usually use miles in
backwardly un-metric UK) so I was doing lots of trying to work out how
I compared to my usual speeds. Most downhills I got 35kph (21.7mph)
max, with one random 38kph (23.6mph) on Thursday. Using fixed/114s
with toeclips.

At least once I think I managed to just pass Corbin on his 36 geared
down a hill... whether he was trying or not it was a great feeling!

Chuck Edwall on my team was clocking 40kph (24.8mph
) on a pretty regular basis I think.

Sam


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redwelly wrote:
> I changed my speedo into kms on the first day (usually use miles in
> backwardly un-metric UK) so I was doing lots of trying to work out how
> I compared to my usual speeds. Most downhills I got 35kph (21.7mph)
> max, with one random 38kph (23.6mph) on Thursday. Using fixed/114s
> with toeclips.
>
> At least once I think I managed to just pass Corbin on his 36 geared
> down a hill... whether he was trying or not it was a great feeling!
>
> Chuck Edwall on my team was clocking 40kph (24.8mph
> ) on a pretty regular basis I think.
>
> Sam



Yeah, Chuck is insanely fast! he could easily push 20 mph on the flats,
where I was having trouble holding that on the last stretch with the
tailwind.

Sam, Ken and I were drafting at around 15-19mph. Ken and Sam would pull
me uphill on their ungeared, and I'd pull them down.

corbin


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I was pushing 32km/h barely on the downhills, and when I was feeling
good my average speed was around 22-23km/h for a 5k run, though seeing
speeds of 26km/h on the flat wasn't unheard of. I took it pretty easy
down kelly's mountain because there was a lot of it though..


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I was sure someone (KL?) was gonna clock 30mph, but on geared 36ers,
(not fixies of course), and downhill. Close though.:D


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I don't think I have a very high max speed, but my avg speed is usually
quite high. I think there was one day where we were averaging over
27km/hr for the first 20-30km, with Team NZUNI in the lead.

I don't use a speedo, but I think I probably got up to around
35km/hr...from what other riders who were using speedos were saying.


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I heard about some people hitting 32km/h on fixed 36's! My average was
only around 18-20km/h and max speed was somewhere upwards of 26km/h (on
downhills!)


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