what is Your Fastest Sprint ??
06-17-15, 10:59 PM
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what is Your Fastest Sprint ??
what bike did you do it on and what wheelset do you have?
On flat ground.
On flat ground.
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Solo sprints are low-mid 30s, but it can be much higher when with a group of fast riders.
There's a radar speed limit sign in my area, and when the strong group of riders pass through, we often see 37-39mph. This is a fast group of riders(mostly Cat2 or 3/Masters racers)
There's a radar speed limit sign in my area, and when the strong group of riders pass through, we often see 37-39mph. This is a fast group of riders(mostly Cat2 or 3/Masters racers)
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I'm new and don't really know exactly what I'm doing—just over 35mph on a flat, no head- or tail-winds, solo, on Cosmic Elites (30mm). I'm much heavier than most of you, so I am totally gonna grab some 88mm chinese clinchers and have a fun time.
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Oh boy, this will be fun, another schmenzer measuring contest m'slow, slightly faster with the slow people I ride with.
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Like most, on a flat out "kill myself effort", I can hit mid/high 30's honestly (AKA, no/little wind). I run some ROL Race SL wheels...not really sure that matters figuring I could hit the same on the much less nice Fulcrum 7's I had before that.
06-18-15, 06:22 AM
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The fastest speed I have ever recorded on flat ground was 69kmh, this was half a lifetime ago and when I trained for sprints.
Now I am blissful if I can hit 45kmh... a bad hip / leg slows me down.
Now I am blissful if I can hit 45kmh... a bad hip / leg slows me down.
06-18-15, 06:44 AM
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This is like asking what's the biggest fish you ever caught. 30mph turns into 37 on the internet.
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This. OP you really think you'll get meaningful aswers, that aren't exaggerated?
Solo sprints are low-mid 30s, but it can be much higher when with a group of fast riders.
There's a radar speed limit sign in my area, and when the strong group of riders pass through, we often see 37-39mph. This is a fast group of riders(mostly Cat2 or 3/Masters racers)
There's a radar speed limit sign in my area, and when the strong group of riders pass through, we often see 37-39mph. This is a fast group of riders(mostly Cat2 or 3/Masters racers)
Bottom line is that you only have to be slightly faster than the people you're sprinting against; the actual mph doesn't matter.
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Have hit 37 from a dead stop racing a moped from a stop light. It was a guy from work who thought he was being funny by offering to race but didn't realize that him being about 100lbs too heavy for the little moped actually mattered.
