what's the fastest speed you reached ?

fryup

What's the fastest speed you reached on your bike?

Yesterday i clocked my fasted ever, downhill with the wind behind me - > 55kph.

Might not seem like much to seasoned cyclists, but was a tad unnerving for me:o

and you...

boombang

Did 60 kmph on a descent on a loaded tourer in the Pyrenees once. It felt very fast.

Did previously get in trouble on a descent on steep hill in California while on a racer. I wasn't going that fast, but was unable to slow. I hit a patch gravel and skidded into ditch.

Point of the story is that lack of control rather than speed can be the most unnerving factor.

Dermot Illogical

78kph on a descent near Ardcath. It felt great.

Deagol

75.6km/h heading down into Letterkenny. Would've gone faster if I wasn't using a compact

Unknown Soldier

73.1 kph According to Veloviewer (You can filter by speed)

Down a hill called the Dowery. Nearly sure that was the day I couldn't stop for the junction at the end and could have been killed.

I did learn my lesson though.

[edit-yeah, it was that day I couldn't stop]
A 1080p video of my idiocy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOMa2FYh6u4

Plastik

89kph. Still annoys me that I didn't touch 90 that evening. Old Long Hill, Wicklow

triggermortis

71.9Kmh

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/201137300

ThisRegard

rollingscone

Still the baby of this thread.

I shattered my previous 57kph with an unnoticed at the time 70kph descent from Snowtown on the Singlespeed doing the Great Dublin Bike Ride

robyntmorton

I've tipped 70 once, but quickly remembered the excessively tight turn at the bottom, and slowed down again.

lissard

71kmph on one of the hills on the Rebel Tour. Dead straight wide descent so no chance of trouble. Came off at 50k a few years ago and it's not much fun so I'm fairly careful these days.

Chuchote

61km/h, in Brittany many years ago, on a long, steep descent, pedalling full speed in the highest gear on my elephantine Dawes; my 15-year-old was racing downhill, and had a steel boule we'd found on the road swinging left and right in one of the panniers, and the pannier was gradually fraying… My terrified shrieks of warning were carried away by the wind. When we got to the bottom I pointed shakily to the pannier; "Ooops!" said the teenager and gifted me the job of carrying the boule.

sullivlo

78 going into the Naul.

12 going back up

Laundry_Hamper

88.9 on the Portmagee side of Coomanaspic - https://www.strava.com/segments/7061410

Duckjob

64kph on the descent from Howth Summit towards Sutton Cross.

arybvtcw0eolkf

76kph going up the harbor side of Howth :D ~ just kidding of course, it was coming down the grave yard side.

Harbor side was the only time I've cycled backwards :P

P_1

Managed 68km/h on the Ferndale Road once. Been over 60 a few times, yet to break into the 70's

godtabh

93.2km/h from to veloview going from Dublin to Moate. Second time was 86.4 in Santa Cruz in California. I think thats probably more realistic as I have a note saying I got in a car and forgot to turn the garmin off .

alexinkildare

An un-nerving 77kph down the Hill of Tara.

Chips Lovell

91kph on a descent in Spain. Fastest in Ireland was 89, coming off the Sally Gap towards Kilbride.

C3PO

The Garmin recorded 83km/hr one night on the Thursday Grinder on the descent towards Rathmicael ... scary s**t!!

cajonlardo

It seems mad that speeds most of us would only see descending the likes of the Long Hill or Howth etc are recorded by the Pros on the flat! I have actually seen my own highest speed descending the Long Hill as an average speed in a flat T.T by Cancellera. Puts things in perspective for me anyway.

zl1whqvjs75cdy

76 kph on a back road hill. Utter insanity when I think back on it.

robyntmorton

donkeyoaty0099 wrote: »

76 kph on a back road hill. Utter insanity when I think back on it.

It's those back roads are most fun and most insane, as the lack of cars make it feel like a closed road, until you remember that it isn't, and that a car can unexpectedly appear out of nowhere.

rollingscone

Jep Gambardella wrote: »

91kph on a descent in Spain. Fastest in Ireland was 89, coming off the Sally Gap towards Kilbride.

The Gap Kilbride descent always feels faster than you're actually going too!

Mycroft H

71km/h. Nearly washed out on a bend coming off the featherbeds, clipped the line paint, felt a bit loose for a second. A near brown pants moment.

rollingscone

Mycroft H wrote: »

71km/h. Nearly washed out on a bend coming off the featherbeds, clipped the line paint, felt a bit loose for a second. A near brown pants moment.

AG2Rs kit designers knew what they were doing

irishrover99

65 kph on the flat on nutgrove avenue and 72 descending the Wicklow gap towards laragh. I think that says enough about my descending courage.

pelevin

16.7 kph downhill with a tailwind. Never again.

Mint Sauce

Mid 70s. On the London to Brighton Cycle. Coming down the other side of Ditching on The South Downs, hunched over the bike, knees clamped to the cross bar, unfortunately the speed wobbles put the fear into me. Anyone braking ahead or a bump would have sent me flying.

Deagol wrote: »

75.6km/h heading down into Letterkenny. Would've gone faster if I wasn't using a compact

Lurkybrack Hill? Have hit the low 70s coming down there as well.Think the weather slowed me that day.

Arthurdaly

Avg Max
Speed 24.8km/h 84.2km/h
Elapsed Time 5:26:41

84.2kmph on a descent in Spain, short enough descent and if I had more road think I would have 100.

Deagol

Mint Sauce wrote: »

Lurkybrack Hill? Have hit the low 70s coming down there as well.Think the weather slowed me that day.

No idea, was doing Mizen to Malin cycle and coming into Letterkenny on the N13 main road I started going very fast and passed out everyone else on the cycle

Lusk_Doyle

132kph in Austria.

Edit: 136.8kph in Austria or so Strava tells me anyway!

magicbastarder

i haven't hit that speed in the car in many years.

Cee-Jay-Cee

79.8kmph down Lurgybrack heading into Letterkenny about 2 years ago. Totally scared the crap out of me and haven't allowed the bike over 60kmph down it ever since.

G1032

67.3 km/hr somewhere in Mayo on a "Windy, wet, horrible morning"

So that sounds like it was a really smart thing to do

https://www.strava.com/activities/527970131

1jcdub

I hit 81kph coming down Bellowstown hill. It's no the best road to do it but it adds to the burst of adrenaline ðŸ˜

magicbastarder

fastest i can find on strava is 69.5, howth summit down to sutton.

Yourmama

89.3kph last year in France. 99kph couple of years ago in Czech Republic but that one was on non GPS computer so I don't know how accurate that was. Mid 70s quite often on Sunday spins. Averaged 65kmh over a 1 km stretch of flat road, behind bus.

dogsears

86 kph coming down Col d'Izoard 2 years ago. There's a couple of decent long straight bits between the hairpins, 90+ definitely achievable if no traffic.

81.4 kph, Wicklow Gap. Cracking day out. Buddy with me got 81.9 kph.

Doc07

78km on the 'mini Sliabh Mann' before real Sliabh Mann on WW200.
Usually much closer to 60 as I'm a nervy descender.

ednwireland

today 66 kmh on a short descent on our club championship, ever about 55mph on holme moss (also pre gps days) bottle goes these days in the high 70's

fat bloke

Unknown Soldier wrote: »

73.1 kph According to Veloviewer (You can filter by speed)

Down a hill called the Dowery. Nearly sure that was the day I couldn't stop for the junction at the end and could have been killed.

I did learn my lesson though.

[edit-yeah, it was that day I couldn't stop]
A 1080p video of my idiocy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOMa2FYh6u4

Impressive resolution on that camera. What is it?

A mate of mine blew through that junction once unable to stop. Grace of God there wasn't anything coming across him!

smacl

72kph coming off Wicklow gap towards Valleymount. Regularly in the mid 60s bur very rarely touch 70. Scarey moment once with a car pulling out on the old long hill has removed that as one of my faster descents.

jober

Mine was 72 on wicklow gap.might of been going a bit faster but was afraid to look down again at the cat-eye speedo I had at the time.

magicbastarder

Unknown Soldier wrote: »

I did learn my lesson though.

[edit-yeah, it was that day I couldn't stop]
A 1080p video of my idiocy

you were impressively silent during emergency braking.

alanjgalbraith

90.7kph on Zwift dropping off the mountain on Watopia .. Super scary!! :eek:

Max Rockatansky

94kph descending Col du Glandon. In Ireland 90kph descending Sliabh Bui.

donegaldude

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

79.8kmph down Lurgybrack heading into Letterkenny about 2 years ago. Totally scared the crap out of me and haven't allowed the bike over 60kmph down it ever since.

I hit near 60mph on it a few years back. Great tailwind coming so I went for it at mc daids. Got the draft off a lorry and passed him on the descent. Thought I was going to run out of road at the bottom but got away it!

Hit 80ish kph on the descent of o connor pass on a closed road a couple years ago.

Happy to hit 60kph these days!

Unknown Soldier

fat bloke wrote: »

Impressive resolution on that camera. What is it?

A mate of mine blew through that junction once unable to stop. Grace of God there wasn't anything coming across him!

Garmin Virb (The original one, non-elite)

I was blessed too. I shot onto the "main" road and I was lucky there wasn't a car/lorry/tour bus using the road.

Suffice is to say I learnt a lesson that day. I wouldn't mind but I'm generally a pussy descending. As much as my face is what it is, I still like all the skin attached to it.

magicbastarder wrote: »

you were impressively silent during emergency braking.

I pray a lot in my head Plus the mic on the garmin Virb isn't very good, thankfully.