In Coventry we had a lovely parking ramp that went in a spiral to take traffic up to the parking level.
I used to love going round that in the car but would never dare on a bike because the traffic seemed to go as fast as they dared to speed and had no grip to brake quickly if they came across a slower vehicle!
<The surface was polished and became like ice when wet>
Yes, when I was younger I was one of those idiots and have only recently lost that mad impulse!
I bet you could get more “aero” – that may well help you go faster. I’ve been amazed watching the tucks some racers get into, sitting on the top tube of the bike and hiding behind the bars!
70 in real units (that is 70 km/h) is real fun on a bike.
I did it on a regular base when i lived 300 m above the city, and riding down almost every day I passed cars while ringing a wheel-driven-bell (VERY VERRY LOUD!!). Now, living on the flat base of the valley and riding a ‘bent, I get 70 km/h just when riding down deposits of old mudflows, nowadays covered by roads.
It’s fun, I won’t crap my pants because of that
I was determined to get up to 50 mph once on an old racing frame I had – bottled it well before as the frame started shaking like mad. Got up to 70 kph on a tandem once – then someone else on another tandem shot past me.
I came down this long, steep vineyard hill in Bernkastel, Germany, about 2 years ago (see avatar) and thought I was going to melt the brake pads off my borrowed road bike. Worst part was a hairpin with cobblestones about half way down where the bike hopped on across the road. I was too concerned with getting down alive to even think about looking at the computer to check speed.
There’s a hill in the UK that I’ve hit 74.8mph, this was in a 30 mph zone! I’ve also been down a hill in france that i’ve hit over 90mph. A bit cold at that speed!
Are those his eyeballs being rattled out in frame 3? I’ve had descents like that!
Yehuda has no eyes. He is guided by The Force.
In Coventry we had a lovely parking ramp that went in a spiral to take traffic up to the parking level.
I used to love going round that in the car but would never dare on a bike because the traffic seemed to go as fast as they dared to speed and had no grip to brake quickly if they came across a slower vehicle!
<The surface was polished and became like ice when wet>
Yes, when I was younger I was one of those idiots and have only recently lost that mad impulse!
Funny! I have a hill on the way to work that I have tried for 5 years to hit 50 mph on descent, but I can never break 49.8. I need a bigger chainwheel! To see some wacky amazing wind-created distorted faces like Yehuda’s, check this link I found last night on Flipboard: http://www.photographyblogger.net/fun-facial-expression-photos-created-by-blowing-air-from-tadao-cern/
change your computer to kph and you’ll break 50…. (:>)
Check out 00:35 into this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4EKoE-xufs
I’m riding the brakes at 46mph. My daily commute. I get to climb that every day.
You got me beat… I can only get up to 44mph on my decent into downtown on the shoulder of Hw 26 (Hellway to you ZooBombers)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nBWYqTslnI
I bet you could get more “aero” – that may well help you go faster. I’ve been amazed watching the tucks some racers get into, sitting on the top tube of the bike and hiding behind the bars!
I hit 43mph once and I was ready to crap my pants.
AdamDZ
70 in real units (that is 70 km/h) is real fun on a bike.
I did it on a regular base when i lived 300 m above the city, and riding down almost every day I passed cars while ringing a wheel-driven-bell (VERY VERRY LOUD!!). Now, living on the flat base of the valley and riding a ‘bent, I get 70 km/h just when riding down deposits of old mudflows, nowadays covered by roads.
It’s fun, I won’t crap my pants because of that
I was determined to get up to 50 mph once on an old racing frame I had – bottled it well before as the frame started shaking like mad. Got up to 70 kph on a tandem once – then someone else on another tandem shot past me.
At first, I thought he was getting to close to the sun!!!!
On the tops!? No brakes, less control. I’m always in the drops when the anxiety goes up for big hills, fast corners, heavy traffic …
I came down this long, steep vineyard hill in Bernkastel, Germany, about 2 years ago (see avatar) and thought I was going to melt the brake pads off my borrowed road bike. Worst part was a hairpin with cobblestones about half way down where the bike hopped on across the road. I was too concerned with getting down alive to even think about looking at the computer to check speed.
There’s a hill in the UK that I’ve hit 74.8mph, this was in a 30 mph zone! I’ve also been down a hill in france that i’ve hit over 90mph. A bit cold at that speed!