your personal speed record on a bicycle

[Lambo-Fan]

What's your personal max speed on a bicycle? Please write what kind of bike you have. I own a Giant Green Park, a hybrid bike (a mixture between racing and trekking bike).

BTW: Of course I had strong following wind .

O.K, here's my personal best:

[az]

I don't know, something 40ish I guess, on an older Stevens 4.1.2. mountain bike, but I'm not racing, I just used it to get to school (It's dismantled at the moment, and I don't have the energy to repair it. But I SHOULD ride it again, to lose some weight)

AZ

[Brian Ellis]

~110 mph on a Triumph Thunderbird 650 cc c. 1957

[drslump]

My all-times max speed has been 78km/h on a cheap mountain bike (going down a mountain road). On the road 64km/h with a borrowed racing bike, I couldn't get any faster even if the bike had a couple more gears to go
Anyway, if you go very fast with a bicycle I strongly recommend doing it with a good one.

ciao, Ivan

edit:

cute bike brian

but we are talking about bicycles, don't we?

[GNEP]

Some american make of racing bike I bought off an american who'd brought it over with him... was a nice bike though and I got to about 40-45 mph downhill a few times, if pedalling hard and tucked right down (and with the wind behind if stopped).

[Brian Ellis]

Coming to think of it, my son-in-law was stopped by the police on a pushbike. He was caught in a radar trap doing 68 kmh in a 50 zone, on the main road going into Lausanne from the Berne direction. It is quite a steep road (rises from ~400 m at the lake front to ~800 m at Chalet-à-Gobet over about 4 to 5 km, but not uniformly). Three days later, he was caught by a traffic-lights camera, on the same bike!!!

[ZokesPro]

Anywhere between 58 and 62 km/h, was using an analog speedometer.

Was acheived on an old 42 lbs steel bike my dad got me after my better one was stolen.

[Dilitante1]

my brother was clocked doing 53mph in a 35 mph zone on a mountain bike
almost got a ticket
he was sooo cocky then

[Helevitia]

43MPH. Going down a 3 mile hill with, I'm guessing, a 5-6% grade. This was on a Mountain Bike. I'm sure road bikes could go a lot faster.

Dave

[Lambo-Fan]

Wow, we've some real "speed fanatics" in here. The bad thing (at least for me I guess) is the lack of mountains here in the northern part of Germany . So it will be almost impossible for me to break your records .

Maybe I should try some tuning .

[gt40]

Originally posted by Lambo-Fan

Maybe I should try some tuning .

Yes, you need to over-clock your legs.

[Novdid]

I have no idea how fast I have biked. But I have done around 60 with my inlines.

[Lambo-Fan]

Originally posted by gt40
Yes, you need to over-clock your legs.

Professional cyclists take EPO to "over-clock" their legs but I meant bike tuning .

[Wulfman]

somewhere slightly below 60. downhill on a normal trekking bike.

teached me to take more time when repairing a "deformed" front wheel. you never notice the slight asymmetry while driving slowly...

mfg
wulfman

[K6-III]

I've pushed near 40mph on flat terrain on my road bike in the summer on my training rides!

Then again, I don't drive and commute by bicycle, so far having covered about 4600 miles this year. Should hit at least 6000 miles next year!