Originally Posted by
Tomm Willians
Do bike tire manufacturers give a top speed rating for their tires? I recently watched a video where a cyclist claimed (and it looked pretty real) that he was doing 65mph on a steep decline. And concerning wheel manufacturing as well, are there limits beyond self preservation?
I have never heard of a speed rating for tires but if you go 65mph and something bad happens we only pray that the bad thing occurs
before the cyclist can or does reproduce or if doesn't die then suffers permanent damage to otheir genitals such that reproduction becomes impossible so as to keep the human gene pool under best possible quality control.
Honestly anything more than 30 feels pretty fast. More than 40 is unreal can count on the fingers of one hand, usually in tunnels I didn't expect like in Italy on a downhill and was afraid so wanted to keep up with traffic and get out of there ASAP. My personal record is 45mph and was terrifying, I normally go out of my way to stay below 30 even on group rides.