Originally Posted by
fooferdoggie
Dont think my wife would be happy with those speeds or me. Dont even know how the bike would handle it since it was designed as a cruiser bike more then anything else. but ya I need to work on how I brake.
It's all about entropy and the heat death of the universe. All energy decays into heat, one way or the other. At the top of a descent you have hard-earned potential energy. As you descend that energy has to turn into heat. When you go fast and sit up, you heat the air rather than your brakes. I ride with a team whose stoker has a special speed brake. She sits up and opens her jacket wide, holding it out with her hands as a speed brake. Works for them, but don't you try it. Really easy to get blown right off that saddle. But that's the idea. Sit up, put your knees out wide and let the bike run.