How fast can you go on the flat?
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okgo said:
So what is your best Cavendish moment?
I got to around 32 mph this morning seated, but I think on the way home I'm going to let rip and see what happens (probably hit by a bus)!
Interested to hear how others find a bit of sprinting, whether its to overtake, make some lights, whatever.
How long did you keep that pace for? I got to around 32 mph this morning seated, but I think on the way home I'm going to let rip and see what happens (probably hit by a bus)!
Interested to hear how others find a bit of sprinting, whether its to overtake, make some lights, whatever.
I had a black cab very pissed at me for doing 31mph in a 30 zone as he was itching to try and get past me. He ended up overtaking me on wrong side of road into oncoming traffic with inches to spare.
Didn't take long for me to catch up with him and have a few choice words. His passengers weren't too happy with him either...lol.
Not long probably 20 seconds or so at 30 ~, was going along Castlenau bus lane and the two guys in front of me thought they would try and pull away, so I trounced them both for good measure
I got to 40 at the end of a club run but the road is ever so slightly downhill, that was all out sprinting and I was gasping for breath afterwards (I did get to the sign first though!)
I got to 40 at the end of a club run but the road is ever so slightly downhill, that was all out sprinting and I was gasping for breath afterwards (I did get to the sign first though!)
Amazing the difference wind can make.
Half of it I think is the fact that if there is a headwind I won't even try, but if I know there is a little tailwind helping me then my effort goes up ten fold! Sadly my journey is north to south and often in this country its coming directly one of those ways, so I get a bit of both each day.
Half of it I think is the fact that if there is a headwind I won't even try, but if I know there is a little tailwind helping me then my effort goes up ten fold! Sadly my journey is north to south and often in this country its coming directly one of those ways, so I get a bit of both each day.
Talking of road surfaces - on my commute I go through a new estate, which has those herringbone bricks as big sections of road (t-junctions that are raised like speed bumps, for example).
Anyway, the second you hit that surface the bike just dies - it really is amazing how much difference it makes!
Anyway, the second you hit that surface the bike just dies - it really is amazing how much difference it makes!
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