What's the fastest you've ever ridden?
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HANDBONE at 07.6.08 - 3:11 pm
What's the fastest you've ever ridden? Are those speedometers the city post up around town good for bikes too ? Cause i get some bogus numbers..
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50 mph down a not so steep hill, but long and smoothe
richtotheie07.6.08 - 3:36 pm
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I've done 47 on the Stadium drive. I had a cyclocomp and i can assume its accurate. Routinely hit low to mid 40's out in Agoura when I ride with my brother.
DetroitRider07.6.08 - 4:10 pm
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52 mph down laurel canyon into the valley.
indigis07.6.08 - 4:12 pm
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^ Woo ! I live on laurel canyon but still have not braved that thing yet.
HANDBONE07.6.08 - 4:16 pm
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53 mph downhill. On flat land 40 mph with a tailwind 33mph without. I once road my bike 80 miles in three hours and four minutes.
wise07.6.08 - 4:21 pm
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I believe i did 46 down Michaeltorena that was after we rode up it.
B-Rad and i had an urge to ride up it.
if you ever feel the urge for a good hill, ride it.
bicycle-druggie07.6.08 - 4:21 pm
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2008: -->47mph
descending salsberry pass in death valley..
asparagus07.6.08 - 4:29 pm
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48 mph going down HWY 18 from Victimville into CrAphole Valley.
I was nearly clipped by an ArNG humvee that was going into the armory off Kasota!!
bentstrider07.6.08 - 4:30 pm
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58mph on the tandem - down Hwy 154 in SB. We were completely spun out. Stoker nearly killed me for it, but I was unable to resist - "couldn't risk overheating the brakes, honey!"
ideasculptor07.6.08 - 4:34 pm
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now that i have a computer on my bike, i'll know... but there were some downhills on ALC that were somewhere between "oh my god i'm gonna die" and "oh my god i'm gonna die in the MOST AWESOME WAY EVER"
canadienne07.6.08 - 4:55 pm
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blazing down Highway 1 towards Morrow Bay 53 mph. you definitely start wondering whether you put ya bike together right!
Roadblock07.6.08 - 5:30 pm
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49 going down the hill from rose valley in ojai
81 going down the last hill on kanan dume going towards westlake/thousand oaks.
both times without a helmet.
ruinedbyidiots07.6.08 - 5:36 pm
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no, mph. almost 4000ft of descent.
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/kanan-dume
ruinedbyidiots07.6.08 - 5:48 pm
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I did 52mph down the south side of Sepulveda Pass on my old Centurion at night without lights on. I just went for it and checked my speedometer max speed after. I couldn't believe and somehow still don't. I think all of these tells of fast speeds make me believe it now. It was the first time going down that hill, and I went for it 'balls out'. Never again do I go that fast. I ride on the breaks on the down hill. Even when I go past 30mph, I get kinda freaked out.
The scariest I ever did was 37mph going into Westwood westbound on Wilshire with heavy traffic. I've done it more time then I care to remember. I would going in between cars with the speed of traffic, cars in front of me and cars in back of me, riding as fast as them. It always comes to that moment when I think "if I fall and crash, there is no way the cars behind me will stop in time not to run me over". Fear overcomes me, and then I'm riding uphill in the door zone and its all over. Saying I'll never do this again. Then it comes to the next time ....I'm on Santa Monica and Wilshire, after having to wait more then two minutes for the 720 bus, I say, "this is stupid, I can ride there faster, and save the fare" then it happens again. over and over and over............................
sexy07.6.08 - 5:52 pm
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62 mph down an unnamed hill on the city/state line between Plastow, NH, an Haverhill, Ma, on my old Schwinn LeTour. I blew by a cop with a radar gun (which later confirmed my speedometer) at about my highest speed.
I reached the bottom of the hill, where i was waiting for the rest of my group, the cop rolls up and was totally incredulous, saying "I didn't know bikes could go that fast."
He then lectured me about riding safely and drove off. After he left, the rest of my group (which was riding a sane 30 mph down the hill) rolled up not knowing about the cop at all (the road was barely 2 lanes, and twisty as fuck).
FuzzBeast07.6.08 - 6:13 pm
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DAM YOU GUYZ ARE FAST,
I HAVE NO IDEA HOW FASTEST I'VE GONE,
HMMMM.....I GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT ONE.
eddieboyinla07.6.08 - 7:00 pm
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I ride a fixed gear and the other day I hit a nice steep hill on the way to work and when I got to work, this is what my cyclocomputer said:
Whack!!! MY computer was strait trippin'! It was more like 33.... I want a refund!
Leetard07.6.08 - 7:27 pm
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take your wireless computer and go by one of those security alarms that are at clothes stores. You know the ones that set of the plastic tags on the clothes. That or where you have the sensor that opens the automatic doors at retail stores, and see what it does to your computer.
No you didn't go 97mph
sexy07.6.08 - 9:04 pm
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Day 1 ALC - I was on Zuko's specialized and his computer said 49mph which he later states his computer displays 5mph slower than the actual speed.
you tell me. The shit was fkn fast and fun!
TMR FTW!
jchungerford07.6.08 - 9:12 pm
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sexy, when do you pass a security scanner on the street while on your bike with a wireless cyclometer?
ruinedbyidiots07.6.08 - 9:21 pm
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87 mph when I left my Garmin on when I loaded it on back of the truck. That was the same day I averaged 62 mph.
sc_nomad07.6.08 - 9:40 pm
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All the wireless computers I had have been a joke. Sometimes it showed that I was going 30 something miles an hour, and this was on my folder on flat land. I finally decided just to scrape them all and enjoy the day regardless of how fast or slow I was going.
Two Sexy Four This Tread07.6.08 - 10:01 pm
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you didnt calibrate it properly.
properly hooking one up to your bike is not hard at all.
ruinedbyidiots07.6.08 - 10:03 pm
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No I did calibrate it correctly. I even used the most accurate way of doing so. which is to measure out the length the wheel traveled to make one complete revolution. The computer some times worked great, other times I wondered wtf????
Two Sexy Four This Tread07.6.08 - 10:17 pm
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thats not how you calibrate any ive ever owned. you choose the wheelsize (700x23 for you im assuming?) when you set the date and time.
then you make sure the magnet is in the correct place on your wheel, making sure it lines up against the correct place on the part that attaches to your fork.
then you make sure that last part doesnt wobble around when you hit bumps.
ruinedbyidiots07.6.08 - 10:26 pm
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That's one way to set it up. The more accurate way is the way I stated above. I can find a reference if you want.
Two Sexy Four This Tread07.6.08 - 10:30 pm
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I love that you guise are about to have a lengthy flamewar about calibrating bike computers.
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PC07.6.08 - 10:33 pm
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<3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PC07.6.08 - 10:34 pm
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Page 7 of this manual, http://www.cateye.com/sites/cateye/upload/manuals/en/TR300TW-1_ENG%20v3.pdf
Right under "Tire Circumference." It starts out, "For the most accurate measurement, do a wheel roll out."
Two Sexy Four This Tread07.6.08 - 10:40 pm
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LOL so you're going to dispute, "For the most accurate measurement"? Then take it up with Cateye.
Two Sexy Four This Tread07.6.08 - 10:48 pm
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I am stone cold motherfuckingass sober, unless you count coffee. That's the point. Everybody else waits until they're drunk to profess their love for the people they associate with. Not me!
PC07.6.08 - 11:00 pm
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sexy, when do you pass a security scanner on the street while on your bike with a wireless cyclometer?
ruinedbyidiots
07.7.08 - 12:21 am
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When I take it off my bike to prevent it from theft.
sexy
07.6.08 - 11:10 pm
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oopps I did it again
sexy07.6.08 - 11:11 pm
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Everybody else waits until they're drunk to profess their love for the people they associate with. Not me!
Now, now... that's simply untrue. I've creeped out the entire ALC team many a times with my endless professions of love. And some of those times have been sober.
canadienne07.6.08 - 11:17 pm
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I guess another good way to tell your speed is when you're plowing alongside cars at their cruising speed, then they open throttle to frantically evade you.
bentstrider07.6.08 - 11:32 pm
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I rode 200 MPH one time.
Mook07.7.08 - 1:38 am
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Was this solely muscle power?
Or does your ass have a built-in afterburner?
bentstrider07.7.08 - 1:42 am
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muscle power, up hill in the snow.
Mook07.7.08 - 1:52 am
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AHAHAHA
I just read Bentstrider's comment. imagine an ass with an afterburner!
Roadblock07.7.08 - 2:30 am
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LOL, WELL AFTER RECONSIDERING OF THE MAIN QUESTION, I'D HAVE TO SAY 'AROUND 35 - 45 MPH'.
eddieboyinla07.7.08 - 2:31 am
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I hit 50 MPH on the ALC this year on a borrowed Cannondale Supersix,
JChungerford hit 54 on my bike,
dannyzuko07.7.08 - 8:56 am
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I always thought it would be cool to make one of these for some of the rides we go on. Puts an end to these absurd claims, ya know?
DIY radar detector
User107.7.08 - 11:22 pm
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Somewhere in the 150+ range.
OBSURD 81mph on a bike.
I DON'T THINK SO.
I have been racing for years and the fastest my BICYCLE computer has ever said was 74MPH, 2 years ago at a race called www.everestchallenge.com. There are stretches of downhill you can haul on for minutes without coming out of a full tuck.
74 mph was a full over the wheel tuck and speed building from about 45 out of a corner.
I REALLY WANT TO HEAR HOW YOU GOT TO 81mph.
BIKE? TIRES? WHEEL? AIR PRESSURE? AVERAGE DOWNHILL GRADIENT FOR WHAT DISTANCE COVERED?
I DON'T BELEIVE IT AT ALL!!!!!
I have the experiance to back this up, pro racer for about 4 years.
LETS NOT LIE ON HERE!!!!! KEEP IT REAL.
parlorbikes07.8.08 - 10:00 am
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the bike was a trek 1200 with bontrager racexxxlite wheels and some blue rubino pro tires. you can check out the elevation profile on the bikely link i posted further up in the thread. i would not do it again.
ruinedbyidiots07.8.08 - 10:06 am
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74MPH
BIKE: Independant Fabrication Steel Full Custom Geometry, Full Campagnolo Record Drivetrain, Mavic SSC brakes
TIRES: Vittoria Evo Corsa CX TT Tubular
FRONT @135PSI
REAR @ 140PSI
WHEELS: ZIPP 404 dimpled rims, AMERICAN CLASSIC hubs with GRADE 3 ceramic ball bearings with ABEC 5 stainless steel races
AVERAGE DH GRADIENT 12-15% for about 2.4 miles coming down from Glacier Lodge in Lone Pine, Eastern Seirra MTNS.
Please do induldge me where on KANAN DUME you can get to 81MPH.........
parlorbikes07.8.08 - 10:07 am
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starting in malibu and riding towards agoura hills. the last hill that you go down before you get to the 101 is where i went the fastest. i dont have a garmin so i cant tell you what the grade of the incline is, but its steep and long.
ruinedbyidiots07.8.08 - 10:12 am
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Been there about 1 million times. I don't recall a stretch anywhere on KANAN valley or beach side you can get average gradient that will create that speed.
Did you have a 55 or 56 front chainring.
You wheels are not even aero. You are not getting speed like that without a full tuck and somewhat aero wheels.
PURE PHYSICS.
THIS THREAD IS OFFICIALLY
RUINED BY IDIOTS!
parlorbikes07.8.08 - 10:19 am
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So, let me get this straight, parlorbikes...you said you rode 74 miles an hour, but you're calling bullshit on rbi's claim? Wow....the fabulist AND the skeptic.
tern07.8.08 - 10:46 am
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Hey parlorbikes...I bet I could beat you on a pure physics test.
And, my big chain ring is a 63. And I run 178 psi. in my tires.
lols
tern07.8.08 - 10:49 am
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Lets do this!!!!
Lets ride out to Kanan Dume this weekend.
We can do a real time test.
If he can break 70MPH not 81MPH on described bike and wheels I will ride in whity tightys on the next MR downtown.
VISE VERSA. If he cannot pass 60MPH on his bike he must ride whity tightys on the next MR dowtown.
LETS SEE IF HE CAN BACK THAT UP!!!!!
YOU IN TERN???
parlorbikes07.8.08 - 1:25 pm
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i would not do it again.
ruinedbyidiots
07.8.08 - 1:06 pm
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dear parlorbikes, stop trying to kill my gentleman friend. besides, he's been known to ride nearly naked by his own free will...
canadienne07.8.08 - 1:35 pm
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No, ride a lowrider mini-bike wearing whitey-tighteys, pulling a Western Flyer wagon with a Liberace statue, with Sugarhill Gang's "Apache" blaring outta the bike-trailer.
Whilst tackling the same hill going in the other direction!!!
Once again, the speedsters go head-to-head in a dick-waving contest!!!
At least this isn't, "Which fart-cannon exhaust is louder!!"
bentstrider07.8.08 - 1:41 pm
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No thanks....no racing for me.
I don't think I've recorded my top speed on a bike. The little plastic clip that connects my bike computer to the handle bar is broken....has been for a long time. I used to try to think I was a fast rider, but not so much anymore. I jettisoned the concept because it is a matter of perspective, and once attained, easy to lose. Maybe, you could go as fast as rbi if you had a skin suit and one of those pointy helmets....I don't know. Hey...remember to bring a tie dyed shirt, or at least some brightly colored clothes to the ride. I guess you would also be in keeping with the theme if you wore natural hemp clothing...or caharrt pants.
I like to do these things:
grow tomatoes.
ride my bike to places I've never been before.
hang out on social rides.
read books in the air conditioning at Barnes and Noble.
Go on bike trips to places like Portland, San Diego, Deep Creek Hotsprings.
My bike needs a new cable and cable housing for the rear brake.
:P
tern07.8.08 - 1:58 pm
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eye also beleefs dat RBI iz fulls of crapps
81 is not paws able
74 is asro hard toe beleef
RBI, gradients is most relefvant, not lenghts
as air resistanzs is functrion of speed cubed
eye srsly doubts teh pedaleng maykse mucd differences
energy is comeng primarilry frum potentail energys
Knittens07.8.08 - 2:01 pm
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At least I put my dick out there.
I am serious!!!!
WHITY TIGHTY's
I am not trying to show someone up. I want to see 81MPH on a Trek 1200 with non-aero wheels. Let alone 50MPH+
How was this "81MPH" measured? Self installed cyclometer? Do you know that one magnet is for speed the other is for cadence? Only one goes on the wheel.
I won't look as sexy as the pink undies, but you be the judge of that?
parlorbikes07.8.08 - 2:02 pm
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THANK YOU KNITTENS
+1
"as air resistanzs is functrion of speed cubed "
parlorbikes07.8.08 - 2:05 pm
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Huff a Cheetah, knittens, and you'll go plenty faster!!
bentstrider07.8.08 - 2:08 pm
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cheetah goes up to 75 mphs
on teh flats!
kitteh has teh cheater fwend naymed jeff
he so lazy
but he can haz fast
Knittens07.8.08 - 2:09 pm
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Have you ever been on a nowheeler? Riding nowheeled, you don't have two awkward spinning things at both ends of your bike---wheels just inhibit a true feeling of connection with the bike...like it is an extension of your body. So, try riding nowheeled...it's unlike anything else in the world.
tern07.8.08 - 2:11 pm
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Fastest speed I've attained:
15mph, on a bike with no front wheel.
kyber07.8.08 - 2:14 pm
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I did 30 from the CVS to Brassknuckle's...
It was like 2 blocks.
I wasn't moving 30 mph.
I was more like carrying 30 beers.
This is about speed, isn't it?
Not quantity?
Nevermind then. I think I went about 32 on my free spirit, from Mr.T's to the original Bike Oven. I was clocked by a car.
the reverend dak07.8.08 - 4:32 pm
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I've seen Brassknuckles do a 20mph trackstand... you know... with the magnet going back and forth on the computer endy thingamajiggy.
neverclever07.8.08 - 4:45 pm
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Just to give everyone some perspective, I remember picking up a Velo News at Bud's bike shop several years ago. The cover displayed a cat 1 elite racer all crunched up under his seat and on the drops, flying down a steep decent. The cover line read, in ginormous font, "63 MPH!!!"
tern07.8.08 - 7:30 pm
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I mean, I"m not talking Bonneville here. I'm talking reagular road racing bike on a regular course. But, I don't have a perfect memory, so I could be wrong. I am not naysaying anyone's top speed, either. It's just that some of them are really fast. I've more than wound out my bike at 52 X 12, and I wasn't even close to those speeds. Maybe it's just the Masi slowing me down. hehehe
tern07.8.08 - 7:39 pm
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