Re: RTL: fastest speed reached

mscalisi

I'm sure I've broken the record for one mile, at probably at least 15
other people at RTL have too.

Chuck's speed in the time-trial was over 17mph. I'm sure he shifted at
least twice for hill-climbs. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see him
maintain 18mph for an hour on flat terrain.


Klaas Bil wrote:
> Just to avoid any confusion: The 17.45 mph was mentioned by Kiwi in
> Vermont as the ONE-MILE record speed. I don't know where he got that
> but I don't dispute it. However, while it might be the official record,
> there are probably a hundred riders in the world who could break that.
> The speed of 27.18 km/h that I mentioned, OTOH, and that equates to
> about 16.89 mph, is the HOUR record. I'm sure there are riders who can
> beat that too now. One should realise however, that for
> setting/breaking an official world record, it is as much riding hard as
> it is arranging the paperwork, organising witnesses, a suitable track or
> course etc.


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chuckaeronut

Hey Mike, gotta correct you on the time trial there, sorry - my
average speed was 16.7mph, and I definitely downshifted more than
twice... maybe three or four times.

I could see doing 18mph for an hour on flat terrain. I'd need to have a
very light headwind at worst, but preferably no wind at all. I think
I've beaten the hour record of 16.89 in the past sometime or another,
but I'm not sure because I never really "did it right" and pedaled for
a straight hour. The mile record, though, is easy to try out... just go
blast for a few minutes and see what your average is. I've done over 20
for a mile on flat ground without wind, but I don't think I could go
any faster.

Also, to whoever said they were averaging 19.1 miles per hour for 3
minutes... I don't think that's right. The fastest I ever hit in the
crit was maybe 19 or 20mph, but slowing for the turns eats the average
alive. I remember my time being somewhere in the 8-high minutes range,
though, and a 4.8k ride in 9 minutes is like a 20mph average, so it
couldn't have possibly been 4.8k total. I'll try to do some figuring
out on that to see what really happened with the numbers. I know nobody
could've averaged anywhere close to 19mph in the crit... the turns were
too slow.


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siafirede

chuckaeronut wrote:
>
>
> Also, to whoever said they were averaging 19.1 miles per hour for 3
> minutes... I don't think that's right. The fastest I ever hit in the
> crit was maybe 19 or 20mph, but slowing for the turns eats the average
> alive. I remember my time being somewhere in the 8-high minutes range,
> though, and a 4.8k ride in 9 minutes is like a 20mph average, so it
> couldn't have possibly been 4.8k total. I'll try to do some figuring
> out on that to see what really happened with the numbers. I know nobody
> could've averaged anywhere close to 19mph in the crit... the turns were
> too slow.



I am sure I did the math wrong then (it really didn't feel like I was
going that fast, so I wouldn't be surprised).

My time was 9:25 I think. I'll recalculate, it has been a long day =]

Edit: I am guessing the course wasn't 4.8km.


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record on a unicycle.


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