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Someone I know reckons they hit over 60mph the other day. Any one else reached this mesmerizing speed? Or is he talking Kak.
A mate of mine hit 54mph coming down Ventoux the other day in insane cross winds. 60mph is doable, with some talent and balls.
Very steep hill and a road bike? If so, it's doable if you've got the balls.
Yes very easy... well relatively.
If the wind is in the right direction ie not face on then its quite easy here:
Totally doable on a road bike, however this was in heavy mud on a full sus mtb.
60mph is doable, with some talent and balls.
....and good brakes
I've done it on faired recumbents. In mud on a MTB? No chance 🙂
Is he getting MPH and KPH muddled up? My brother in law used to race DH and talked of going 60-70MPH, I just rolled my eyes. 🙄
yes,106kph coming down from the Glandon towards Bourg D'Oisans,oh it was a road bike though
Totally doable on a road bike, however this was in heavy mud on a full sus mtb.
*strokes beard*
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60mph+ going down Blue Bank in Yorkshire on a road bike with a tailwind, scary
on an MTB, piffle
I've done 60 twice. Both road, both with a tailwind. MTB would be tough.
Whats that I smell?
Oh Yes. Kaka.
60 on a mtb? BS.
Been just under 50, but that was on a miles long dry stony fire road in the alps on a DH bike, and that was sketchy sketchy business.
Fast world cup sections, like windham at the weekend they edge over 60km/h.... tell him as he's half again as fast as Gwin to get doing some WCs 😉
My Garmin said I hit 56mph [url= http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=402425&y=508940&z=120&sv=402425,508940&st=4&ar=y&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf&dn=683&ax=402425&ay=508940&lm=0 ]down here[/url] on Sunday
It was certainly too fast to look down for a realtime confirmation
Had just over 60mph in the Alps - what was scary was that there were French roadies coming past me. All the speedos were in the same ballpark figure; highest I saw reckoned 65mph, mine said 61mph.
On a mountain bike - talking utter rubbish unless you're this bloke
Maxed out at 48 once, that was plenty fast enough on skinny tyres dressed on a tee shirt & shorts ( thin gloves and a lid) down a damp road with overhanging trees and a bend but 60 would defo be doable, just that I wouldn't be doing it.
Never beaten 43 on an MTB with knobblies and that was on the road.
60 does sound a bit optimistic.
I'm sure the speed trap at the last WC DH was clocking the top boys at about 64... Kph on a nice dry day on a steep hill in sunny Yankland.
You're mate is either the Lord of BS or has his Miles and Kilometers mixed up...
Out of interest how did he measure his stunning ground speed?
bike computer? GPS logger? wind through his hair?
Correction: [url= http://direct.coresites.mporatrons.com/dirt/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/DHI_ME_Results_QR.pdf ]63.035 Kph actually[/url]
54.8mph on the road bike down School Lane into Hathersage
46mph on my Heckler donkeys year back (y2k-ish), down Eyam Quarry,- hard pack.
I cleared the steep glacier section of the Mega 2 years back, feet up, off the brakes. No idea how fast it was, but even through the fullface and goggles it felt ridhiculoooooosley fast. That's the only situation I could imagine breaking 60mph off road in.
If my computer was to be trusted, I got 70mph on a mountain bike with Specialized Turbo S's. Down here:
http://goo.gl/maps/2q4i
I see it's a Strava segment, but unfortunately it only shows average speed including a small rise and a long flat section:
http://app.strava.com/segments/1088457
You get to see the profile though.
Unbelievably, just checked it as a Strava climb and people are managing a VAM of 1600 up it!!!
Edit: You can see what people's max was down it. 80kmph it seems, so maybe my computer wasn't set correctly (it was the 90s!).
I've recorded* 63mph off Holme Moss and 61mph on the descent off Mont Ventoux to Malaucene.
Am a parent now, so have slowed down loads.
*No idea how accurate my Polar speed sensor is.
He may have recorded it, he may even believe it, but if he's that good he should be leading the WC series.
As he isn't, I suspect he's just plain wrong or telling porkies. Either way, hitting even 60[b]k[/b]ph in mud would take an exceptional rider; most mere mortals in proper mud on a slope steep enough to even approach that sort of speed would be crashing out well before that.
lol, I love this ever repeating type of thread
What we need is video evidence of these 😯 speeds reached.
What we need is video evidence
Like this thriller?
60 mph on an mtb is doable down Fleet moss towards Hawes with a tail wind
http://app.strava.com/segments/997534
50 mph is easy down this, 60 mph with a tailwind and some slipstreaming should be doable. The KOM has average over the section of 52 so I reckon must have peaked at 60+
Don't they hit 90mph on the glacier races? I thought I read that somewhere...
...I could be talking rubbish mind.
Ive hit 50+ on a rigid mtb in the pyrennes with panniers on
I hit 35-40mph fairly regularly on my commute home (road bike, downhill) and shit my pants every time. Dread to think what would happen if I ever got anywhere close to 60!
50ish mph is easy enough on the road given a decent hill, 60+ is a lot more of a struggle though as you either need a very big gear and a lot of power or you need a hill that's at least 10% gradient but has long straights (or at least gentle enough bends you don't need to brake) - they're pretty rare in the UK.
hit 55mph in the Black Forest. that was on an mtb with slick, a BOB trailer and my lucky red hat (no helmet). i knew it was fast because i over took two cars. got to the bottom, just slowing down enough in time before the old town and the cobbles.
i hit 50mph last year going to Jaufenpass in South Tyrol. again mtb.
i know one guy whose idea of fun is riding up the valleys in austria and then careering down them. he has some vids on youtube where he is overtaking cars at 105kph.
i'm sure it is doable off road, but you need to know where. but then going fast in a straight line isn't all that difficult.
On the road on the other side of Ditchling Beacon going towards Brighton my bike computer was showing 52mph a few years ago - hardtail with spesh armadillo tyres on. It was quite terrifying actually if I'm honest as I was only in shorts and t shirt with no helmet.
With the hill, wind, and road in our favour, we hit 54mph on our tandem.....
Scary, and the rim brakes smoked on the slowing down!!
DrP
I usually top out just over 40mph on my road bike. I MIGHT have the balls to go faster if the roads were straight but frankly that's just about my comfort level right now and I've no need to test the limits of adhesion of my tyres.
My old computer claimed I did 85mph uphill on my mtb. but that was in County Durham and I'm sure the iron ore screws the magnet up.
I did hit 47.5mph on saturday on the road bike (had to slow down for traffic), and I've done it before on a panniered up mtb going down the Lindis Pass in NZ.
Well, back in the day, the pros would hit 60mph+ down the Kamikaze.
So unless your mate is called "Son of Tomac" I'm dubious of his claim.
My bike computer once recorded a top speed of 98mph, but I never really believed it you know.
i've done 52mph on a lapierre 514 on SouthOwram bank in Halifax, wore out the pads stopping at bottom, was ****in scary....
Also... that Haldon video. Elbry makes an STW return!
^ I thought it was about time 
that Haldon video. Elbry makes an STW return!
when it appeared on facebook some time back, i got some flak for suggesting it wasnt as rad as they thought and a road bike would have gently freewheeled past them somewhere near the start...
Sixty? On an MTB?
Chinny-reckon.
The fastest I've ever been on an mtb was 42mph - registered on my two riding mates' speedos coming down the hill back into Betws Y Coed. I was on a Rockhopper at the time and I recall it being 'kin scary. You're ten miles per hour beyond the upper reaches of gearing on a triple MTB chainset and every single twitch through the bars is brown shorts time.
I've no desire to repeat this feat.
Maxed out at 48 once, that was plenty fast enough on skinny tyres dressed on a tee shirt & shorts ( thin gloves and a lid) down a damp road with overhanging trees and a bend but 60 would defo be doable, just that I wouldn't be doing it.
I've seen just shy of 50mph on the mountain bike in the brecons, but that was on road and a bit stupid too, if there had been a tractor or car round some of those bends I would have been turned into a stain.
Had the road bike 3 weeks and top I've recorded so far is 47mph around Farley Mount. I imagine with bigger hills it would be easy to get 60mph
Anything over 30mph has my eyes streaming that much I cannot see a thing!
How you all manage to stay on at those sort of speeds is beyond me 😉