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mudcow007
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PostPosted: 11:04 - 11 May 2015    Post subject: fastest you have been? Reply with quote

for anyone in the north west area, i did Parbold hill yesterday, think its steepest point is 14%

coming down it was fun though was holding 45mph according to GPS

so how fast you been?
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PostPosted: 13:40 - 11 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

44mph It was scarier than 160 on a motorbike. Laughing
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PostPosted: 13:50 - 11 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

Probably 35 for me, don't really go on hilly rides and not got the bike for it really (GT Aggressor with road tyres). I prefer going fast on a motorbike, feels safer Laughing
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PostPosted: 15:23 - 11 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

43 mph on an old Saracen MTB. I would have full kit on if I was doing this on my motorbike, but baggy shorts and fingerless gloves will save me on the MTB.... Neutral
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PostPosted: 16:15 - 11 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

42mph for me. Moderately terrifying.
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PostPosted: 17:56 - 11 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just checked VeloViewer, and it's telling me 57.3mph. I can't remember this specifically, but I do very well remember the hill.

Can't be right though.

Next down the list is 43.4mph, which I absolutely do remember, I was trying to catch breath and yell at a car to get out of the way! Laughing
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PostPosted: 19:03 - 11 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

47mph on the roadie down a long hill with a tailwind and giving it beans.
42mph on the enduro down a very very fast, rocky bridleway. Again giving it beans. Both were on strava using my iphone, so I'd want to retry those runs with a garmin just for increased sensitivity and accuracy
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PostPosted: 19:07 - 11 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm not a cyclist really but back when I was 16 I borrowed my dad's Claud Butler mountain bike. Being young and invincible I peddled as fast as I possibly could down a hill near me, no idea how fast I was going because no speedo however I caught the car in front (in a national speed limit country lane). I also had some serious speed wobble going on.

Don't think I'd do it again!
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PostPosted: 23:57 - 11 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

One of my local routes has a hill that's good for 45+mph np with brave individuals managing 50+ on strava Shocked

The best local descent sadly has a set of traffic lights 3/4 the way down Sad
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PostPosted: 21:53 - 15 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

54mph according to the Cateye computer on my Ribble 7005 Audax bike, 65mph on my old Raleigh Winner when I was about 14 or 15 down a local 1:4 hill, although I suspect the Halfords speedo mat have been optomistic.

Only 37mph on my new Cannondale CAAD10 according to the Runtastic cycling app on my iPhone, but them I am 46 Embarassed
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PostPosted: 22:37 - 15 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

51 mph down into the Wye Valley near Tintern.
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PostPosted: 22:45 - 15 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

About 85km/h coming down the A470 heading south from Dolgellau after Cross Foxes. A brilliant downhill, great sightlines and it tends to be empty as it's about 5am on a Sunday morning when we do it whilst heading back to Chepstow.
It does feel a lot more scary than doing similar speeds on a P2W, probably due to the bare head and thin lycra rather than thick armoured clothing and lid.
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PostPosted: 23:46 - 15 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

A whopping 30mph down a hill in France, double my usual cycling speed. Watch out, Donald Campbell...
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PostPosted: 14:03 - 19 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fastest was on a 15% gradient somewhere around Beauly on LEJOG a couple of years back. 44 mph according to Gordon the Garmin. Road surface was utter rubbish - pitted and covered in loose gravel. Clean undies were definitely required. Great fun though.
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PostPosted: 05:11 - 21 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

39.5 here on a downhill section but wind conditions weren't ideal.

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PostPosted: 05:04 - 23 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

Upped it to 42.4 during yesterday's 40 mile ride.
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PostPosted: 13:06 - 27 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

I managed 31 on my roadie (a shit Carerra Virtuoso) before a bee decided to hit me in the face, get stuck in my helmet and spaz out Laughing

Still, 31mph on the flat is fairly respectable considering I'm unfit as fuck, obese as fuck and very lazy.
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PostPosted: 15:03 - 01 Jun 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: 15:08 - 01 Jun 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

About 570mph but I'm doubtful whether a Boeing 777 should figure in this thread Laughing
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PostPosted: 11:21 - 03 Jun 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

Broke the 50mph* barrier according to Strava. This was on the flat and would have been quicker if the skip lorry I was drafting was a bit keener to get going. I'd upload the footage but all you'd have is 2:12 of a number plate.
Also means I am no. 2 time holder for that stretch of road of all time - so someone found a keener truck. Laughing



*according to Strava. I am aware it is not a precise science.
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PostPosted: 15:13 - 03 Jun 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

Got an indicated 130mph out of a 'fresh' Yam 350YPVS and 110mph on a Laverda 980 3CL, just hoped to God that I wanted to go where it was taking me, far too much motor for the frame !.
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PostPosted: 10:15 - 06 Jun 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

42mph on the flat on a mountain bike with a tail wind once, bike had a 39 tooth front chain ring my legs were at 120 rpm. Never gone flat out down hill, my legs were not strong enough on one bike as I had two gears to go and ran out of hill, hit 44mph in the new forest .

Must head north and play in so proper hills and 50 could be a goal but on 22mm tyre with a contact patch of a nat that's going to be epic.
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PostPosted: 16:28 - 14 Jun 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

42 For me also.

I live in Halifax there are soooooooooo many hills, tbh it's a pain.
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PostPosted: 20:33 - 14 Jun 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

75kph which in non-cycling speak is 46mph. Coming down Portsdown hill into Porchester. Could have got a bit more, but the number of side roads and driveways and the realisation my stopping distance was too long had me getting just a bit nervous! I wimped out and braked / coasted the rest of the way down.
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