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Old 10-11-19, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by jamawani
Nevada has airport runway downhill stretches in lots of places with very little traffic.
With my Trek 8000 Aluminum frame - I probably topped 45 mph loaded down.
It was rock solid, 26", used 1.95 tires - - so I was confident.
Yea, that's cruizin' for sure.


Originally Posted by jamawani
PS - At that speed you don't want anything flapping - - like laundry on the back.
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