Highest Speed?

[matthat]

46.2mph is my personnel best down Parbold Hill in Lancs!! Had to slow down because cars were for the speed camera!!

 

[Kiwiavenger]

48.6 i did get a bit of a draught from a truck that had just overtaken me though to help me get there!

 

[on the road]

Doc brown's bike made it to 88 but he hasn't been seen since

I've heard you can create a black hole when you go that fast

 

[on the road]

My fastest is 48 mph going past Roby Mill in Lancashire.

 

[Alan Frame]

I admit to being a downhill wuss and never feel very confident when the roads are wet, rough-surfaced, clogged with traffic etc, which is pretty much all the time.

Up till today my "best" was 32 mph and I don't know which was shaking more, me or the bike.

However, the planets came into alignment today... dry, downhill open road, surface which appeared to have been freshly ironed and next to no traffic. Got up to the heady heights of 35.3 mph. Please note the .3 is very important when you're as slow as me.

I'm aiming at 40 mph next !

 

[SquareDaff]

On the flat - a sustained 27mph. Don't count downhills!

 

[Mo1959]

I'm a wuss too with a very vivid imagination unfortunately so I keep thinking of all the what ifs and it stops me risking going too fast. What if my tyre blows out, my forks break, a deer jumps out (has happened), etc!

 

[Nebulous]

49.9 mph. Its been an ambition to break 50 for some time so I was disappointed to get so close, without making it. In the same ride I did a mile in 1 minute 34.4 giving an avewrage speed of 37.9, which I assume is also my best.

 

[paul04]

I got 42mph going downhill, on the flat 31mph (very short sprint)

 

[HLaB]

There might have been other times but from a quick check of the records the fastest Ive been on the flat is 31.4mph but that would have involved drafting another rider.

I was definitely in the front this ride (my mate was practising chasing folk down namely me ); 30.3mph unaided.

I think Ive lost the sprinting ability (unless its uphill and then speeds aren't high) and gained on endurance this year though

 

[kedab]

39mph downhill, on the way home from work one night, a year or so back. 36mph on a not so steep descent a couple of weeks ago - i freakin love it

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I got 28.4mph on a flatish bit near home one day, I dont know if I have been over 30mph otherwise on the flat without wind. Solo.
http://app.strava.com/activities/35370475#577162765

82" gear so probably 48/15 gear

 

[rovers1875]

Had it over 40 on quite a few occaisions, although my arse is usually sucking the saddle so hard by that stage i am to scared to look at the speedo.

 

[MichaelO]

You went through a 30mph sign, but state that once inside this zone you were exceeding the speed limit.

Get on the naughty step right away.

Speed limit doesn't apply to non-engined vehicles....right? I love triggering the speed cameras on hills (or just after)

 

[themosquitoking]

Speed limit doesn't apply to non-engined vehicles....right? I love triggering the speed cameras on hills (or just after)

Does it apply if your engined vehicles engine happens to be off when flashed?