Fastest you've reached on a bike?
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vz-r_dave said:
Punture alley coming back from swiss into france, must have been 50 I think. Full knuckle balls out.
It is one of the best trails Ive road and its a fire road lol.
Often have fun overtaking cars on the roads over there as well on my big rig.
thats just a death trap.It is one of the best trails Ive road and its a fire road lol.
Often have fun overtaking cars on the roads over there as well on my big rig.
the top section sees pretty much everyone one get 50+ drifted at that pace too! Seen way way too many big accidents on puncture alley to bother going flat out there now.
clocked 70mph on the road in france, probably 55mph on puncture alley(over took someone who was clocking 50)
hit some huge jumps in switzerland at 45-50mph too
threesixty said:
vz-r_dave said:
Punture alley coming back from swiss into france, must have been 50 I think. Full knuckle balls out.
It is one of the best trails Ive road and its a fire road lol.
Often have fun overtaking cars on the roads over there as well on my big rig.
thats just a death trap.It is one of the best trails Ive road and its a fire road lol.
Often have fun overtaking cars on the roads over there as well on my big rig.
the top section sees pretty much everyone one get 50+ drifted at that pace too! Seen way way too many big accidents on puncture alley to bother going flat out there now.
clocked 70mph on the road in france, probably 55mph on puncture alley(over took someone who was clocking 50)
hit some huge jumps in switzerland at 45-50mph too
You dont realise how fast your going untill you hit small drops and you end up flying off them, not to mention people running out of the way lol (I am not a bad person honest but at that speed you cant stop)
arryb said:
48mph regularly down hills around Bath, however, by PB is 52mph down a hill in France 
Road bike btw.
Ah another Mech Eng student Road bike btw.
I hit my vmax (49.2) on a road bike as well, Most I have ever got off road is 39mph on the Karrimor at Coed Y Brenin (although it doesn't exist any more
)51.2mph coming down the hill from the Giant's Head to Middlemarsh, near Sherborne. Repeatedly.
Had to ride 35 miles to earn each trip down the hill, mind you.
Getting over 50 meant committing to flat out early, and passing a t-junction at 35+, which was absolutely suicidal, on reflection. I cannot imagine reaching those speeds off road.
Had to ride 35 miles to earn each trip down the hill, mind you.
Getting over 50 meant committing to flat out early, and passing a t-junction at 35+, which was absolutely suicidal, on reflection. I cannot imagine reaching those speeds off road.
Nick_F said:
51.2mph coming down the hill from the Giant's Head to Middlemarsh, near Sherborne. Repeatedly.
Had to ride 35 miles to earn each trip down the hill, mind you.
Getting over 50 meant committing to flat out early, and passing a t-junction at 35+, which was absolutely suicidal, on reflection. I cannot imagine reaching those speeds off road.
It is mad and you certainly wouldnt want to fall off, its called puncture alley for a reason Had to ride 35 miles to earn each trip down the hill, mind you.
Getting over 50 meant committing to flat out early, and passing a t-junction at 35+, which was absolutely suicidal, on reflection. I cannot imagine reaching those speeds off road.
lots of stitches.I have more fun riding that fast then I do driving on an auto bahn over here at 140. It just seems like it shouldnt be possible, thats why i enjoy it so much.
I "think" it was 47, might have been 37 as per cheap computer coming for Caerphilly Mountain a couple of years back on a narrow tyred GT.
Sure I've been quicker though. There's a very steep, very straight section on Mount Chery in Les Gets that gets Millennium Falcon fast and we were slicing though cars and Vans between Morzine and Les Gets,
Puncture Alley? Is that the fireroad into road route from Avoriaz down to Morzine? Came down that this summer and big sections were covered in hay!
Sure I've been quicker though. There's a very steep, very straight section on Mount Chery in Les Gets that gets Millennium Falcon fast and we were slicing though cars and Vans between Morzine and Les Gets,
Puncture Alley? Is that the fireroad into road route from Avoriaz down to Morzine? Came down that this summer and big sections were covered in hay!
P-Jay said:
I "think" it was 47, might have been 37 as per cheap computer coming for Caerphilly Mountain a couple of years back on a narrow tyred GT.
Sure I've been quicker though. There's a very steep, very straight section on Mount Chery in Les Gets that gets Millennium Falcon fast and we were slicing though cars and Vans between Morzine and Les Gets,
Puncture Alley? Is that the fireroad into road route from Avoriaz down to Morzine? Came down that this summer and big sections were covered in hay!
Thats coming back from Swiss side into chatel/bottom of the National DH track. Sure I've been quicker though. There's a very steep, very straight section on Mount Chery in Les Gets that gets Millennium Falcon fast and we were slicing though cars and Vans between Morzine and Les Gets,
Puncture Alley? Is that the fireroad into road route from Avoriaz down to Morzine? Came down that this summer and big sections were covered in hay!
At the end of that you jump on a road with a load of switch backs down to lake montriond.
Take a quick bath and then back down to Morzine slip streaming cars
we used to take our 700c/20 wheeled racers to the top of sulham hill near reading when young and foolish
according to the same cateye computers that had been accurately set up and recorded 18mph on the flat, we did about 68mph downhill
you could go as fast as it was possible to pedal in 12th and after that you just had to tuck in and hold on
bennno
according to the same cateye computers that had been accurately set up and recorded 18mph on the flat, we did about 68mph downhill
you could go as fast as it was possible to pedal in 12th and after that you just had to tuck in and hold on
bennno
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