Originally Posted by
tajar66
I know a no meaning stat but what is your fastest top speed.
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165, but that was in a car. On a bike, probably about 50 mph. Was on a looooong, steep downgrade, back when I was younger and less risk-concerned. I was riding my brakes at first, but though that it was better to not overheat them, and since I could see the end of the hill, I just rode it out. got a bit of shimmy, too, so I rode it by standing slightly on the pedals, and NOT gripping the frame with my knees. For about 5 seconds, I was afraid I was going to lose it, but the vibration dissipated. At the bottom of the hill, my face probably still white as a corpse, a guy who had been behind me (but slowly passed me) who had a speedometer of unknown accuracy said that he'd hit 55, and I can only assume that I was doing closer to 50-52.
FWIW, I never did that again.