What’s your fastest recorded speed…

[fritz katzenjammer]

185kph… the bike was a 900 Honda super sport and as it was in an 80 zone the police did their best to verify it.

they failed, but I did catch it from the wife later.

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

Nudged over 60mph coming down Mount Tiede nearly a decade ago.

 

[cyberknight]

58.5 mph 🤔

cajones retraction since my collar bone smash the speed i feel like im pushing to far is less.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Typically about 55kmh.

 

[the_mikey]

pre strava so no screenshot 46 mph i think.

I once achieved that descending on the A38 from Lulsgate Bottom to Barrow Gurney, I remember I had a Garmin 500 at the time, but this was pre-strava so the data has been lost a long time ago.

 

[Rusty Nails]

I feel a bit left out on this thread and am just waiting for a thread about people's slowest speed downhill.

 

[classic33]

I feel a bit left out on this thread and am just waiting for a thread about people's slowest speed downhill.

3mph
And I had to pedal to get up to that speed!

 

[Rusty Nails]

3mph

I always find it sounds faster in kmh. You did 5 kmh...showoff.

 

[classic33]

I always find it sounds faster in kmh. You did 5 kmh...showoff.

If it weren't for that headwind, who knows what'd have been possible.

 

[ExBrit]

If it weren't for that headwind, who knows what'd have been possible.

The trouble is the headwind is stronger in km/h too.

 

[Sharky]

My computer showed 64 mph once on my commute to work.

But I have to confess, my computer had failed a few days earlier and did not record any miles. So once I fixed the computer, rode with two wheel magnets for a couple of days to catch up the miles missed!

 

[wafter]

42mph was my long-term highest; pedalling like a mentalist on the old Giant down Headington hill. More recently I think I've exceeded this by a few mph.

My appetite for speed has waned in recent years through a combination of the fear of the repercussions if I came off (especially given how crap road surfaces typically are now) plus the lack of botheration to pedal furiously to gain just a few mph.

Had something north of 30 on the Brompton a while ago, which was.... "interesting".

 

[I like Skol]

Fastest speed I have ever recorded is 56mph dropping off the Snake Pass towards Glossop with a tailwind. Got to 56mph then just coasted at the same speed for a long, long way

Have matched and got very close a few times since but struggling to beat that despite some spirited attempts in favourable conditions.

No fear of going 60+, but safety conscious so conditions have to be right, definitely not max speed at any cost!

I think my 56mph is recorded on Strava but can't find it right now.....

 

[Big T]

I regularly get into the mid to high 40’s mph when coming down off the Belvoir escarpment, and that’s without pedalling.

 

[Jameshow]

62mph in 2012 dropping into Otley.

These days, post a few downhill crashes, I rarely exceed 35mph.

Doing 40 mph + I put the brakes on to brake for the dynley arms pub jnc nothing I hadn't put both straddle cables back on the cross bike. Thankfully had touring shoes so had to do a schoolboy brake, managed to stop just in time.
Rode like MVP today for rest of season!!

When you have built the wheels your riding on it concentrates the mind!🤣