Which road? Senic Drive?MuzzaB said:80 kph (say 50 mph) down a long steep hill in the countryside near home (Auckland New Zealand). I pedal like hell down the hill in 52/13 (hey - I'm an old fella OK?) I've hit this speed several times on the same hill, then hit my nervous threshold and apply some brake! You guys scare me with your top speeds!
Back in the late 70's, I was riding back from Owera down a hill and a car pulled up beside wound down the window and yelled "you're doing 80kmh".
In more recent times, ie earlier this year, those in Sydney would know the dash back from Waterfall to Sutherland, the last hill where they put that **** seal on the bike lane so everyone uses the car lane, we hit 72kmh going up the hill. There's something strange about the piece of road, that kind of speed shouldn't be obtainable. 72kmh was done on 52*12 and I hit my spinning limit. Now I have 53*11 and have improved my cadience too.
Today there was an excellent tail wind, but the boys wern't hammering it, so we only hit 65kmh going up that hill.