Without trying too hard I managed 51.4mph in the Dales yesterday on my road bike. Who's topped 60 or more?
Willy waving in 3.... 2.... 1....
55mph on the tandem.
Down a hill of course, butwasbonkers!!
DrP
Hill training on the road bikes back in 1988, we were clocked at around 75km/h.
60mph
49.9mph on the road bike coming down the south downs at the back of Devils dyke, still not managed to break the magical 50 yet.
!!:¬)
61.2mph on a unicycle going [i]down[/i] a hill. Had to take my feet off the pedals at 53mph...
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Road bike, Button Oak into Bewdley (Cloggs bank?).
This should be a sticky.........
52.5 mph tandem down bath wick hill.
50.9 road bike solo local tt cource big hill
aye done before many times- GPS photo of max speed
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave-lowe/3967306968/
48.9 mph offroad down Drum mountain
Lowey overtook me due to greater mass
Overtook a camper van once somewhere near Keswick. I didnt have speedo, but it was on a main road and since the national speed limit is 60 miles per hour I reckon I was definitely doing over 60.
53mph years ago on my Dawes Galaxy down a hill by the windfarms at the back of Ardrossan, aged about 16. I'd never go that fast now, the thought of coming off doesn't bear thinking about.
53mph on the road down from North Third Reservoir toward Stirling. Back when I had youth, fitness, a Spec Allez Epic and a 53t big ring.
60 point something on the road bike on the way to Hawes from Fleet Moss,(so happy to have past 60 I forgot what the decimal place was) done it more than once but first time was on the Etape du Dales two years ago.
If I had the bottle to pedal it could be faster, just sprinting off the top and tucking in achieved this, bigger ring and massive cajones could well see 70+ but certainly not by me and not without a set of leathers and a full face lid.
and if you need to see what the road looks like...........
So fast that the guys I passed couldn't believe that my bike wasn't red.
(actually descending Dunmail Raise and Kirsktone in a tri suit! Against that felt a bit worried on the stoney descents at Swinley the other day. "leave the brakes, don't skid, don't fall of here etc....")
What gearing are you all running to get these speeds?
bigger ring and massive cajones could well see 70+
Yeah but you wouldn't half walk funny.
What gearing are you all running to get these speeds?
The gears dont matter to much. You need a decent road with a smooth surface and a reasonable gradient. You also need a tail wind!
Ahh!
[quiet, under breath so noone hears voice] 35mph... [/pansy voice]
*runs off to find a bigger, steeper, smoother hill*
Go to The Alps, or Kirkstone Pass
Less of the figures and more 'where?' I know what 50 feels like as it's not hard to do 45-50 locally, yet the upper section of the south side of the Iseran was speed like I've never felt before despite plenty of alpine riding. Had nothing to measure speed with but it had me reaching for the brakes despite no need for it, simply got scary-fast very quickly. Awesomely fast bit of road.
Less of the figures and more 'where?'
Yes, on a wide smooth bit of road high speeds are fine.
Going down birker fell and seeing the cattle grid at the bottom coming up quickly always shits me up.
48.9 mph offroad
Fk. That's about as fast as I can do on 95% of the chilterns roads.
90.6kph in Ethiopia. Not sure of the road...
86.3kmh
on tarmac, but on an mtb. down rushup lane toward rushup hall b&b. I am pleased to admit I was scared enough to let a mate go ahead to give me a 2second warning if he hit anything.
45mph earlier this week on a back road from Queen Elizabeth Country Park.
It felt extremely quick for a bicycle, wouldn't want to go much quicker than that!
That's about as fast as I can do on 95% of the chilterns roads.
It is bowling green smooth [ but it is technically a mountain] and there is nothing there to let you know your actual speed [ trees or the like] We only realised how fast we were going when we started to brake at the end and checked the GPS.
Rarely get above 30 mph and rarely above 50 mph on the road on the road bike
My Cateye Cosmos 2 computer once showed a max of 458mph once. Christ knows what was causing that kind of malfunction...? Any guesses?
84kph/52mph down the Crimea pass, would of gone faster had I had a bigger chainring!
Topped 52mph somewhere on the HONC route about 8 years or so ago...
40mph on the flat on my mountain bike when i was 17
50mph going down a hill on my road bike - left my balls at the top so was using the breaks at that point.
jamj1974 - Member
My Cateye Cosmos 2 computer once showed a max of 458mph once. Christ knows what was causing that kind of malfunction...? Any guesses?
Something bridging the sensors. Rub them on some mental to see big numbers.
I went so fast down Cragg Vale once I thought I'd gone back in time.
Then I realised that Mytholmroyd is always like that.
Over 60 mph, down the road from Teide in Tenerife. 😀
Anyone else get a kink in their neck from watching yoda's video?
I broke the sound barrier comming off Mt Ventoux once
On tarmac, on the mtb, Wrynose pass towards Ambleside. Scrolled through the VDO computer at the bottom to see a max speed of 56mph.
That speed can only have been for a brief moment tho...
48 mph on Dartmoor somewhere (road). Would love to crack 50 but not sure I'd have the cojones for much more than that!
As above, I reckon it's more about the right road and conditions than the right gears or whatever.
I got a terrible speed wobble at 46-47mph going down Fleet Moss on the Etape Du Dales a few years ago. I thought I was coming off. It has slowed me down somewhat!
I prefer to remember 112miles E/1 road race 10yrs ago in 3hrs52mins. Damn I was fitter then 🙂
About this fast:
[b]NSFW[/b]
{Mucho swearing inside, so don't play loud at work. Well worth a watch though - Mod}
Having ridden up this hill more times than I care to remember, I can only imagine that fear kept any of his fingers from lifting themselves off the grips and onto a brake lever.
According to strava, 30 ish off road, 50 on road.
Who'd have thought that video would turn out like that, eh? 🙂
45 ish on my road bike down a hill, around 30 on flat once thanks to a tail wind!
About 45mph on road, no idea off road really. I would guess 25-30.
some right bullshit on here
39 ish going down from sharnyford to todmorden, scary as you like as well
What I don't get, is on Cox Tor I can it 50mph pretty regularly but my mate will pull another 5-10 mph on me every time. I'm off the brakes and tucked as tight as I can.
Can the bike make that much odds?
Think I got to 78kmh on a loaded tourer before I had to slow down (carefully) out of sheer terror. Off road? About 15mph I reckon 🙂
That video is amazing by the way 🙂
is he a fat knacker?
On the roaad bike 102.8 km/h down col de braus in Provence, France.
52mph down butser hill near QE park in hampshire....basically a long grassy ski slope...great fun, i reckon could have gone evenfaster if i didnt slow down too much going through the gate third of the way down...a good un for strava?
is he a fat knacker?
not really. skinny shoulders so probably more aerodynamic than me.
its this segment here:
http://app.strava.com/segments/997534
I'm 23rd and well off the pace...
Apologies for not noting the swearing on the vid I posted above. Hope no one accidentally played it loudly in earshot of others.
It is funnier with the sound though!
53.something down Kirkstone pass on this years' Fred Whitton. No idea about off-road, but I wouldn't imagine I've been much over 40...
occasionally get above 50mph on the road bike. I remember doing 48 on a mtb in the early 90's but I do wonder i that was more speedo set up than actual speed.
Going fast on or offroad isn't a problem, stopping safely is. 😯
About 53mph off road in Scotland, about 43 on road (not too many hills in East Anglia).
nasher - MemberOn the roaad bike 102.8 km/h down col de braus in Provence, France.
52mph down butser hill near QE park in hampshire....basically a long grassy ski slope...great fun, i reckon could have gone evenfaster if i didnt slow down too much going through the gate third of the way down...a good un for strava?
Good effort sir! Have managed 50.9mph down there with a tailwind before now. Got 46.7mph on sunday just gone.
Both were with a mate holding the gate open halfway down.
BTW im running 46 / 12 for the gearing, but don't pedal that as there's no point!
Dibbs - Member
Going fast on or offroad isn't a problem, stopping safely is.
Very true, as my experience on Kirkstone during Hell Tri demonstrates. Road bike brakes are not that effective when you encounter a stationary car near the bottom!!!!
I haven't tried for a while, but I had a go down into Crowcombe today, bit of a headwind and there was a car coming up the hill towards me. (road descent on a MTB).
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No speedo, but I was cycling flat out down a pretty steep hill on 110" gear, on a Lo Pro. Then I hit a bump, sold the bike 2 days later and stuck to SS / fixed since.......
cycling flat out down a pretty steep hill on 110" gear
Spinning out a 90'' gear whilst in the extensions and a gust of wind hitting my trispoke caused a brown bib shorts moment this weekend...
50mph down Mastiles towards Kilnsey ..... On an Orange hardtail with 80mm Pace forks and canti brakes by Nigel Morris is the craziest I have ever seen.
My fastest was Ingleby Incline, not sure of the speed but full belt pedal from the gate and then a tuck.
Wrynose towards Ambleside is scary especially with sheep around.
Just over 60mph on an old Gazelle road bike holding onto the open window of a mates Ford Escort in the late 90's [u][i]up[/i][/u] a hill on Dartmoor near Bickleigh. It felt ridiculously fast - couldn't decide whether I was safer holding on, or letting go. I let go and managed to grab both bars again without crashing before vowing never to do anything like that again!
What sort of speeds to the World MTB Downhill top out at?
56.1 mph down into Hawes in the Dales...... years ago!
Broke the 50 barrier today 🙂
56mph down the clitheroe side of pendle last year. Didnt think I was anywhere near that speed until i looked at the odo after. Won't be doing that again.
About 105 mph.
But to be fair, I was attempting to ride (a bit drunk) down the carriage on the Edinburgh to London train about 20 years ago 🙂
My max speed on both a MTB and road bike is around 50MPH, I regularly see over 40MPH however I'm now the wrong side of 30 and find myself often thinking "what if"... someone pulls out, an animal jumps out, my tubeless fails etc etc.
I feel a lot safer descending fast on my MTB rather than road bike - maybe its the bigger tyres and brakes but on both bikes my bottle for top speed has gone.
45mph last night on a road bike
37 MPH on my old Radford Commence MTB with plastic pedals trying to get quick enough to set a Gatso off 8)
52.9mph (according to the Garmin) on a road bike.
From tonight's commute. (Road bike this time).
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According to my GPS, 86.5 mph, on my hardtail in the Peaks I may have left it switched on in the car though me thinks.
I did manage 48mph on my road bike down Billinge Hill last year though.
52.8 on the road bike (GPS) was stuck on 49.9 max for ages then broke 50 twice on the same day in Arran.
Saw 40 on the mtb in the alps heading into les lindarets (I think) but was so uneventful and easy I'm guessing I've been faster on an mtb, nothing to back that up though.
Not sure whether to set faster targets or not as I'm sure it got to my head a few times.
62mph, rigid mtb, semi loaded, A689 heading east towrds the lead mining centre at killhope in weardale.
i had a massive tailwind, dunno how fast it was, maybe 25mph.
14% gradient, long, straight, smoothish bit of road.
i made no attempt to be aero at all, as i didnt think i was going anywhere near that fast, i thought i was doing about 40.
its the steepest sustained gradient i have ridden down.
on the road bike i havent broken 50, best is 49.9mph.
off road, about 31/32mph, although naturally it felt much faster because the track was only about 6 feet wide.
59.5 for me on an old Claud Butler road bike, 20 years ago barrelling down Longridge Fell near Preston. No glasses, helmet or lycra either. Just a very stupid invincible 17 year old who has since grown up and appreciates being alive too much to repeat such pointless antics.
Still gutted after 20 years to not have made 60 🙂