Bill Baka wrote:
> Bill Sornson wrote:
>> Bill Baka wrote:
>>> Bill Sornson wrote:
>>>> Bill Baka wrote:
>>>>> Bill Sornson wrote:
>>>>>> Bill Baka wrote:
>>>>>>> Bill Sornson wrote:
>>>>>>>> Bill Baka wrote:
>>>>>>>>> ... I like going downhill at 60 MPH or more if I can
>>>>>>>> On what bike do you do this -- with no cyclometer, IIRC?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sorry, Bill, gotta call BS...again.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> BS, BS
>>>>>>> I have a computer on my main mountain bike and have clocked 50.2
>>>>>>> MPH on a hill that was nowhere near as steep as one highway
>>>>>>> descent I took without it so I guess I will have to go back and
>>>>>>> try again. BTW, I give a flying F**k about your posts or
>>>>>>> opinions anymore. Have a crappy day,
>>>>>>> Bill Baka
>>>>>> More BS, BS
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (On a /road/ bike with skinny tires, I've not yet hit 50 mph. Came
>>>>>> close on Montezuma Grade, but it was very windy AND wind-y;
>>>>>> also a very cold day.) I'd like to think I could easily reach
>>>>>> 50+ mph on a nice steep hill
>>>>>> that's fairly straight -- but until I do it...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But good to know you do it /routinely/ on your mountain bike,
>>>>>> Iron Bill! You're an inspiration to us all!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> LOL
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BS, BS
>>>>> It's a steep hill that is a ***** to ride, and I have conceded to
>>>>> gravity more than once and walked the final few hundred feet. Then
>>>>> it goes down a bit and up even more to the top at 985 feet. I
>>>>> haven't measured the incline but it is steep. On that one I can
>>>>> hit 45 sitting up and not pedaling, which I can't anyway since
>>>>> the MTB top gear is 46/11. Bill Baka
>>>> So all you had to say was, "I'd like to go downhill at 60 MPH if I
>>>> could", rather that your claim that you do. HTH
>>>>
>>>>
>>> There are a few hills that are steep enough for 60 MPH but to get to
>>> them I have to crawl my way up hill while sharing a major highway
>>> with semis and SUVs. The semis are not a problem since they are
>>> crawling up about as fast as I am, but the SUVs all have it floored
>>> and are doing about 45 up that grade. It's a serious danger, more
>>> than even I like to play with since the road was literally blasted out
>>> of rock and
>>> there is not even a hint of a bike safety area. The rock cliff
>>> actually meets the white line for about 300 feet on that steep right
>>> hander on the way up. On the way down I am going fast enough to take
>>> the lane just like a car and nobody has honked yet on the few times
>>> I made it up there. 60 MPH or more is definitely a possibility on
>>> that road. California, highway 20 between The Englebright dam
>>> turnoff and the Rough and Ready turnoff. Get a topo map and look it
>>> up, I am not giving you the pointer.
>>> Maybe later in the year when it cools off a bit. BTW, my mountain
>>> bike now has slicks on it at 55 PSI since the knobbies never really
>>> help that much anyway.
>>> Bill Baka
>>
>> The point, Bill, is that you claimed to do it regularly ("I like
>> going 60 MPH or more"). I bet you've never been over 40 (although I
>> know you're convinced otherwise).
>>
>> Saying a hill should provide conditions that would produce certain
>> speeds and actual practice are two drastically different things. (For
>> example, I should be able to hit 50 MPH on Torrey Pines grade,
>> but seldom even approach 40 due to ubiquitous coastal headwinds. I
>> get as aero as I can and pedal in 53-12 and then max out -- look
>> down, pfft, 36.7 or something. Maybe during a Santa Ana... yeah,
>> yeah, THAT's the ticket!)
> I did not say I do it regularly, only that I would like to try with a
> speedometer on the bike. The 50 MPH is about the normal for the
> descent I make normally where gravity does all the work for me. That
> is on a lightly used road that does have turns but no tight ones. I
> 'think' I can hit 60 on the highway because it is a lot steeper and
> straighter. In fact I may have hit it last year when I braved the
> "bike lane = rock cliff" part of it. It is just too dangerous to ride
> up there routinely. I may be crazy but I am not stupid. With the
> 46/11 I can pedal up to about 30 on a straight and 35 drafting a big
> gravel semi but in both cases the burst of that much energy leaves
> me,in your words, pfft. As for wind, it seems to die around here once I
> get over about 200
> feet over the valley floor, so maybe different mountain terrain.
> Bill Baka
You wrote, quote: "I like going downhill at 60 MPH or more". That would be
like me posting, "I like making love to Elizabeth Hurley". While it's true
that I'd like to (sell your soul like to), it's dishonest saying I like it
as if it's ever happened.
Hope that's clear enough... BS
