How did that get so high?

[Matthew_T]

I had a very puzzling moment today.
I had just got home from doing my normal 15 miles and I was inputting my data into the computer. I was scrolling through my speedo to get the exact distance and realised that my max. speed had gone up! The last time I checked it was 41.5. Now it is 42.2.
I havent done it today so I must have done it on Tuesday when I went along the coast for 25 miles. There are steep bits on it, but I am sure I didnt get up to that speed going down those hills.

I just cannot work out how or where I got up to that speed. I struggled to reach 41.5, but 42.2?!

 

[apollo179]

I had a very puzzling moment today.
I had just got home from doing my normal 15 miles and I was inputting my data into the computer. I was scrolling through my speedo to get the exact distance and realised that my max. speed had gone up! The last time I checked it was 41.5. Now it is 42.2.
I havent done it today so I must have done it on Tuesday when I went along the coast for 25 miles. There are steep bits on it, but I am sure I didnt get up to that speed going down those hills.

I just cannot work out how or where I got up to that speed. I struggled to reach 41.5, but 42.2?!

Some of these computer things are pretty unreliable judging from some recent topics on cc. Sounds like it threw in a new pb top speed just to make you feel better. What specific hardware are you using.

 

[Globalti]

WTF are you on? That's only 0.7 mph faster! That is an insignificant difference. Just a change of wind direction could make a 5-10 mph difference to your top speed.

 

[Matthew_T]

Some of these computer things are pretty unreliable judging from some recent topics on cc. Sounds like it threw in a new pb top speed just to make you feel better. What specific hardware are you using.

I am simply using a Halfords basic cycle computer. I am just about to go out and do the same route so I will see if I can beat it.

 

[Matthew_T]

WTF are you on? That's only 0.7 mph faster! That is an insignificant difference. Just a change of wind direction could make a 5-10 mph difference to your top speed.

0.7 mph is a significant distance when I am spinning at 40!

 

[Angelfishsolo]

WTF are you on? That's only 0.7 mph faster! That is an insignificant difference. Just a change of wind direction could make a 5-10 mph difference to your top speed.

At speeds of 40mph + wind direction makes less impact than body aerodynamics I can assure you.

 

[Matthew_T]

At speeds of 40mph + wind direction makes less impact than body aerodynamics I can assure you.

Well I was certainly hunkered down in the saddle on Tuesday. As there is less wind today, I cannot see myself beating 40 but will probably do 30.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Well I was certainly hunkered down in the saddle on Tuesday. As there is less wind today, I cannot see myself beating 40 but will probably do 30.

On a good hill where you don't need to break much 40mph+ is pretty easy to achieve. Remind me what bike you ride again.

 

[Matthew_T]

On a good hill where you don't need to break much 40mph+ is pretty easy to achieve. Remind me what bike you ride again.

A Milano Carva SE (weights a tonne compared to other race bikes). I managed to do 37 but the wind was constant and I was slightly wet.

 

[ColinJ]

I made a similar discovery today when I thought about changing some of the fields displayed on my Garmin GPS. I discovered that I have done 55 mph (88 kph) somewhere since I last checked! I remember doing 50 mph (80 kph) on the descent from Blackstone Edge to Littleborough a couple of months ago but I didn't think I'd gone faster than that since.

Actually, thinking about it ... I did reach some pretty high speeds on a couple of forum rides where I didn't check my GPS afterwards - It must have been on one of them.

If I'd realised, I would have made the effort to go a couple of mph faster and beat my previous record of 56 mph (90 kph). The trouble is, I'm a bit nervous on descents above 50 mph these days - I keep thinking what would happen if I fall off at that kind of speed!

 

[mr_hippo]

When I was living and riding in Bangkok, I sometimes got wild readings, I once recorded 762 bpm on my Polar heart monitor and my Garmon Edge 705 once had this display

Riding time 2 hours 49 mins

Distance 986.4 kms

Average 348 kph

One thing that might possibly be the cause was rogue signals from either tv/radio stations or mobile phone masts.