What's The Fastest Speed You've Been On A Bike? | GCN Ask The Pros
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- Опубліковано 13 лют 2017
- Firstly, DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME/ON THE ROADS!
Professional Cyclists have exceptional conditions to race in and have a wealth of experience.
Professional cyclists have the benefit of racing on closed roads, we ask them what's the fastest they've been
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We sent Lloydy to the Dubai Tour to ask a question we often get asked about the speed professional cyclists reach when descending.
Many riders mention the same races! Switzerland, Austria & California is seemingly the fastest place to be for this crop of pro's.
We ask riders such as Mark Cavendish, Bernie Eisel, John Degenkolb and many more.
NOTE: Do not try and replicate these speeds, the pro's are lucky enough to have closed roads and a wealth of experience. Stay Safe
What's the fastest you've been? and where was it? leave your answer in the comments below 👇
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Global Cycling Network I'm 14 years old and my fastest speed is 55k/h when i go down a short hill. Is that good for me at this age?
+snow sun
hi, there is no good or bad.
Global Cycling Network 98k and I was so scared
Global Cycling Network 64kmph downhill on a hardtail
54mph/86kph on a fully rigid MTB with slicks - down the String Road on Arran. Was awesome.
managed to get to 112kmh and everyone was cheering me on. one guy was so happy with me he started flashing his red and blue lights
see you on "comment of the week"
CRTN I can already tell this will be the comment of the week.
hahaha this is gold
Lol i need 6 second to take the joke lol.
Yeah that happened to me too. He's always so loud and keeps wanting to talk to me. I just leave him in the dust.
"When I see 3 number in the display, it gets me scared." Smart - and honest - guy.
According to Strava, 125mph. I was in a shop at the time....
Dan Soper
Your talking shit mate. You had Strava on whilst in your mates car!!
Garrbo
Dan Soper I did 1000 km/h once according to Strava. Bought my Polar the next day. Lol.
I just averaged 157.5mph on my latest Strava ride...on a mountain bike. 98mi in 37min, lol
samnelso And I'm a giraffe
I noticed a funny pattern watching this video. Most of the guys with the lower speeds were roundabout guesses, but most of the guys with the faster speeds were more precise, many of which could recall the date and location too. Just goes to show how important those top speed numbers are to the real speed freaks out there.
I guess it's memorable to do a speed that you've never done before, plus it must be quite an event.
My top speed on bicycle is 60 km/h. With mtb on downhill with tailwind on smooth road. 60 km/h feels pretty insane. Can't imagine what 135 km/h feels...
Similar to you I hit 65 on a mtb downhill on a road. I hit 67-70 on a road bike (depending on if you believe garmin or strava) not to long ago as well and have to say that the mountain bike was much scarier. The tires just get so loud and you think about hoe much damage they could do if they fell apart. The road bike has a really quiet freewheel so I think that also made the speed less apparent.
Same
Part 2: Highest speed on flat road
Part 3: top speed uphill
Part 4: Highest speed falling off cliff.
PwnUrBadCock Dead men tell no tales... :D
well 0.0001% incline is still uphill :)
Part 5 highest speed when have to make a emergency stop. 68 kph and I am glad I am still alive xD
When commuting back and forth to work I would tell my wife how fast I would go but it freaked her out too much. I've managed 78 km/hr ... unless she's reading this, in which case I've only managed 20 km/hr.
At that speed one slip and you're toast
+1
have you seen tomato puree? we people use the word chutney..../
I think you may survive as long as you don't hit anything that makes you stop too suddenly
dont slip then *daredevil smile*
Even in a motorcycle you are in a bad situation let alone with a bike and no much of gear
120kmh in downhill. obviously in downhil :D
No. it was uphill
both ways
In the mud
Tlek Dautkhan Down an mtb trail
Lance Armstrong was doing that in the Alpe d'Huez...
In uphill..
One time I went so fast, that my vision started to warp and I was seeing old cars. Must've gone past 88mph!
Charlie Bennici lololololljejjejjejejjejejejjejje
Charlie Bennici I once hit 1.21 giga-watts!
Sam Smith Wattage Bazooka!
Haha
😂😂💀
Tour de Suisse seems like a bloody fast race!
Problem is you have to climb the damn mountain first, which tends to put a damper on your avg speed :-)
There are a few hills there, I have heard...
Kittel and Dege like, one hundred something... sprinting...
Enda Bigarella on a flat
They didn‘t say downhill :)
My fastest was 54kph (I know - wow), downhill with a following wind. This was on Manchester Road, Hyde UK.
I can't do it often as motorists overtake and turn in front of me to get on the motorway slip road. I could be costing them 3, maybe as much as 4 seconds so they have no choice.
@@FIGHTFAN777 you are aware that the gradient wasn’t a consideration, just the speed?
I feel I may not be the only person to cycle downhill.
I almost lost control @55mph (88kmph) 2 years ago when a massive crosswind gust nearly blew me over. Lost my descending nerve that day and haven't gotten it back yet.
we are two now with the same problem my friend.
had a crash 2 month ago and I also lost my descending skills... hope I'll get them back before the races!
I kind of lost mine seeing a deer crashing in on a cyclist in a UA-cam video (guy was using a GoPro). There's a lot of deer in my parts and while I was already wary of them driving, I dind't realize these dumb animals were so dangerous to us cyclists too till I saw that video.
Me it's over 90 km/h for sure.
damn nature you scary
you need bacon !
Im pretty shure that is Matej Mohorič at the end and not Simone Consonni
😳 Sorry Matej
it actually is Matej Mohorič, please make a mark in the video.
Živjo rojaki
What an excellent and interesting question. I really appreciate that you edited it so that the very first one was stated in MPH, then converted over - this gave relevance and a quick-comparison aspect to the entire video for those of use who use miles per hour. I have been clocked once at well over 50 MPH down a Pennsylvania run, and while the people who witnessed it and I knew it was fast (especially considering the hard left turn half-way down that really brought my motorcycling cornering skills into play, perhaps as well as me using my own body's strength to make the steel frame flex less (something I've even done on old steel-framed motorcycles in the turns)), I knew the pros did descend much faster... I just didn't know how fast. Those really are incredible speeds, and it really was an enjoyable episode. Good working, Dan.
55mph (88kmph) on a long straight road down into the village of Holymoorside near Chesterfield, Derbyshire. I had reached 49.7mph a couple of times on it and promised myself I would stop trying if I got to 50mph. A few weeks later, with a helping tailwind, I got to 51mph. But the time I got my record I wasn't even trying, it was just that the tailwind was so strong and in the right direction.Had to take a photo of my Cateye when I stopped at the bottom (pre-Strava days)
Did you cut out the part where Kittle said "I thought you meant on the flat"?!
These guys are just mental! I live in a flat country, the first time I tried my "local" descent I hit just over 70km/h... while grabbing the brakes for my dear life, I almost shat myself. I've reached 63km/h on a windless day on a flat road, didn't feel scary unlike descending.
Damn! I have topped at 47mph downhill and that was quite terrifying, granted it was an awful road. Still these pros are nuts!
200 kmh with a motorbike engine
At what point do you trade the bike helmet for a motorcycle helmet?
87.2 km/h - Saddlescombe Road, Sussex. On the Mountain bike - 82 km/h on the same hill. On the flat with a road bike - 42 mph, 67.6 km/h. On the flat with a Mountain Bike - 36 mph, 58 km/h.
Cav: "Cancellara went 134 that day..."
Cc: "Contador went 134 that day..."
Somebody didn't watch the same race!
Yea I thought I was wrong ahah
Cries at 39 😭
J z. 39? seriously? are you riding a potato?
what? you meant miles, right?
I remember one of the nurses at the hospital after my last crash telling me about how scared she was going 40 kmh.
thats no speed at all i can keep that on the flat on my moms bike
I feel like my legs and lungs are about to explode when I hit 35 km/h, so I guess you're still not the worst cyclist.
Caption, "Cav, 128, Dita wasn't pleased and asked could I last a few seconds longer"
Thanks for endorsing Austria (my home country) in such a special way. I just hope not too many mad hobby cyclists feel the urge and try that at/away from home ;-)
I love it when they all start a bit shy and then go out and say the exact speed, the tour and the year :)) They know it by heart actually. Cav even remembers Cancellara's speed from 9 years ago. Cool! :)
I smell a GCN decending challenge in Switzerland coming on....
Same question for Dan, Matt, Si, and Lasty!
114 kph, Col Du Galibier, 1993 TDF race day (morning ahead of the race). Heading down towards Serre Chevalier on my new Kestrel SC200 when one of the Motorola team cars passed me, someone in the car shouted out the window (sounded like encouragement). I was a big Steve Bauer and Andy Hampsten fan so it all went to my head and I started showing off. I kept that Cateye computer with that top speed for decades to show off to friends :-)
I hit about 80 or 90 kmph going down the Simplon pass, in Switzerland. I remember having to stop because my knees were trembling, and side winds shifted the bike about 5 cm with each gust.
221km/h in my backyard.... Hey, it's the internet, I can say anything.
101kph down willunga hill in 1998.
durianrider I was just thinking of you. durian rider is not a pro cyclist because he can can decent they say
and watts...
Andrés García lol
that's bananas
Cadence over 200 mate
I once passed a car at about 55mph descending Rim of the World Highway above San Bernardino in California. It just wasn't going fast enough. Incidentally in those days we didn't wear helmets during training, all we had were those leather tube ones that were fairly ineffective (though required during races). A problem with going that fast was that my mind would tend to wander and worry about how well I had built the wheels I was using.
87 km/h descent to Gap (TdF climb) on 25 year old Marin mountain bike now used for deliveries. It's fairly safe as there are long stretches with no side roads.
I reach 82 to 89 km/h on my everyday training route in southern Thuringia in Germany.
I'd take the chance to go faster but probably that's already enough.
1:27 "Where was that?" "It was downhill" haha
61 miles per hour/98 kilometers per hour. Going towards Hawes, from Ribblehead. Scarey now I think about it, no helmet and only one layer to protect me. I also did 60 going down Pendle Hill, towards Pendleton. I got cold on my stomach, not a pleasant experience, it feels a bit like you've eaten something you should'nt've
A year ago I did 70km/h on a normal ride bike without helmet downhill with cars near me and worn out brakes. During that took a snap with my phone to show off the speed. Glad I lived to remember that
95 kmph on the slovakian 20% degrees hill/ nearly killed myself
Yikes!
We don't have that kind of mountains here. My fastest speed with my velomobile is 89 km/h. That was in Nivala, Finland, going down about 600 meters long descent. I know, it's kind of lame.
Saukki nah not lame at all! my topspeed is only 62kmh, here in the netherlands we dont have any mountains only hills...
i live in a flat part of the USA and i still managed to find a short incredibly steep downhill where i cracked around 84kmh. shooting for 100 one day
Saukki velomobiles rule!
Saukki nice videos btw!
Thanks! Nice to hear :)
most of the records are on the tour of Switzerland. They have some really badass descend sections!
105 kph/65mph, Palenville Mountain Road, (Catskill Mountains) Greene County NY, USA, this loop has the famous Devil's Kitchen climb. I passed 16 cars and 2 motorcycles on this descent, that was in 1985. Our team used to go there for mountain training 5 or 6 times a year. I got lucky that day as the road flattened at the bottom after a mile I had a bad puncture that ruined the tyre.
mine 52kmh flat road infront my home
MUS V8 on flat road my record is about 58km/h i think but only for 2-3 seconds
close to 45 km/h on flat road with my mountain bike (27,5" 2.20 tyres) also for few seconds. For me on asphalt all above 35 kmph is torture. But on friend's "speedster" i touched 60 kmph (favorable wind and bus infront)
70 Kmph on Indian Roads, MTB
Manav Bhadra I did it while descending Morni Hills, near Chandigarh
Fake
Sidharth Thapar around 60 but just descending from a highway, Mumbai(it was about 3 am and no cars.)
Sidharth Thapar 55 central park NYC
Hit 90kmh in Lanzarote last October. That was pretty mental. You had a tight technical section at the top then the road straightened for about 1.5 miles and you just flew towards the sea.
Near 105kmh or 64.3mph on a Colnago C60 going ...WIND AGAINST MY BACK...Started on top of Crenshaw blvd Palos Verdes/ Rolling Hills Estates
Switzerland! Any questions?! 💪
258kmh on an 90 degree angle steep climb
Silot are you a rocket ship
Off a cliff?
Mine was only around 85km/h. And im pretty proud about it considering im not a pro cyclist
88.4 km / 55 mph down East Canyon Road in Morgan, UT... pretty scary... and wild to think these pros are adding 30+ kmh over that!
Fastest speed I got was 58kph, my bike was shaking as hell.
Bad bike then no offense
Every bike has a speed at which they oscillate. Mine ( orbea) is at close to 55 km/hr. It is fine above that speed ( or below it of course) . Very similar to a plane breaking the sound barrier. AT the critical speed things get bumpy. My wife has the identical bike and she stopped quite petrified one day. She had exactly the same experience at exactly the same speed but had no idea of what it was.
@@smitajky How many washers are are you using below your stem?
36mph😯
126 km/h However was cheating on an E-Bike
Just over 100 kph on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, third lap of the Rad am Ring event. I was drafting a big guy ;) Didn't feel too uncomfortable on a closed and superwide racetrack, but on public roads I don't go above 70.
42mph on a hard frame mtb on a dirt fire road at black diamond mine in california many lifetimes ago. decided that was fast enough when trying to make the apex of a bend the bike just floated from the apex to the outside and nearly off despite trying to hold the line.
Happy valentines day guys, love you all!
1996, going to the ferry in Tadoussac QC. I hit 106 kph. You should have heard the hum on my Cannondale 2.8 with an aluminium fork. I was riding in the third lane because of tire ruts in the first two, a semi was going up slowly, and the Winnebago right behind pulled into my lane, as I went by, it sounded like a big woof. Scared me so badly that I didn't ride my bike for a week.
In Austria at Oetztaler Radmarathon 64.6m/h. Perfect roads down the Alps
For us American's using the stupid MPH system, 134 km/h is about 83 MPH.
That's scary as fuck!
thanks dad
70km/hrs on hard tail mtb on grass down a golf driving range at night. True. even had to dodge the golf balls
Likewise, I think Central Mexico, with tall mountains, long, straight roads, and less air resistance, is a very good place for high-speed downhills. The only downside is that you must go with a well organized group, or only with big organized races. I kept my bicycle very austere, stripped down and with a very unassuming appearance in order to deter thieves...
Great listening to the speeds and places. I often go to Lake Garda on holiday and there are quite a few mountains around the lake. I found my top speed over the top of San Zeno. I reached 85kmh and had a clear road all the way. have a look at the segment "discesa San Zeno" Castelletto When I compare to the pros this seems slow...
The reason for Swizterland, Austria and California is that altitude locations have lower air pressure leading to lower aerodynamic drag.
63mph, the comp said, down Bradford Fell, I think, heading towards Clitheroe on a 1999 Haro Vector V1 MTB with knobbly tyres on.
My mate John said that I just disappeared ahead, and he was doing 50.
He called me mad, for some reason . .
I maxed over 60 a few years ago on the way from Princetown to Yelverton and down from Pork Hill on the way down to Tavvy; both times were on my Cannondale CAAD8.
I can't seem to get over 50mph these days; bottle's gone.
Such days!
I hit 62.4 MPH / 100.4 KHM last month on my 42KG touring bike. Caught a huge tailwind going down hill on the A77 in Scotland. So glad I didn't need to stop because there was no way those little V-brake pads were stopping me.
42kg bike??? Wtf very heavy lol
Mine was 52mph shortly after my messenger days in Toronto going down into the Don Valley on Danforth
Ave., I hit a bump in a cross wind and moved about 18" to my right and decided that I didn't really need to go that fast in the city where there is traffic much heavier than me and now often on the phone while driving as well. Now I'm old and I'm rebuilding the old 1985 Miyata 310 I was riding that time, great rigid triple butted chromoly frame and with carbon bars, fork and seat post along with a lighter crank and axle I can shave a little weight off of it. Very rigid frame good for 40mph 90 degree corners, you just throw yourself into them! Guess it's an antique now, me too. Now 30mph is as fast as I need to go.
110kph from Tigne to Bourg on a recumbent, and i overtook a motorbike (briefly, as he was a bit miffed and quickly passed me back)
Momentarily touched 50mph/80kph on the east side of Dartmoor (sadly before my Strava days) - bricking it when I hit the fast bend at the bottom, but I crested the next rise without peddling.
one night I descended a local downhill on a wet road. I reached 70kph when my back wheel started drifting. you never felt your heart beating like that...
84kmh down from Jivova near Olomouc in the Czech Republic. Theres an awesome, straight 12% ramp where you spin out then hold on! Be aware everyone to expect the unexpected. Another day whilst doing about 70, a deer walked out onto the road about 30 m in front of me. Managed not to hit it!
45 mph down a hill in West Tulsa. Rough payment, water bottles bounced off, old Cannondale R900 aluminum frame bike, terrifying.
56 mph (90 kph) Old Stage Road in Boulder, Colorado
I've been a bit above 80 - I think 82.5 - coming down Norton Summit in the Adelaide Hills, way back in the 1980s. There's a part where you round a corner out of a steep descent and come out of it like a cork out of a bottle. You can then go straight for just long enough to hit some fairly decent speeds, but nothing like these guys. I was also doing that on an old school road bike, of course, and it was plenty fast enough for me. If I'd gone over 100, I think it would have come apart or I'd have rolled a tubular. I remember serious racers at the time talking about their rims getting so hot in some descents that it felt like their tubulars were 'floating' on the rims.
that tour of switserland descent must have been epic for many riders! (by the way... no GCN show today?)
Tacked on behind PDM pro team in the 90's at Falls Creek in Victoria Australia, i chickened out at 112kph they were going slightly faster, you find a new respect for those guys when you see what they can do, no hands at 80+ as they put their jackets on , starting the decent, freaked me out some what !!!!
In August 2013 I hit 55 mph near Weselburg Germany on a bike I rented from Frank Dressler-Lehnhof!
122 km/h down from my favorite mountain in my hometown in Austria
I never clock my speed downhill, however on false flat with a bit of tail wind I've reached 62 kph, which were sustainable for about 5-6 seconds
Can confirm that California is a fast place for downhills, 110kph sustained for a minute or more and on a separate ride I had a 134 kph spike, per Garmin. At anything over 100, little things like the wind in your eyes, cross winds or imperfections in the road are magnified by a ridiculous amount. The only real trick is to relax because gripping the bars too tight or body tension will cause the bike to shake. I remember on a time-trail that had a long descent, hitting a bump in the road at over 100kph and losing my grip on the bars luckily, the bump popped me into the air long enough for me to catch the bars before landing.
I and 3 others did 65 MPH (yes we did ) on the string road on the isle of arran , we had a heavy tailwind, other riders recorded
57/ 63 depending on thier bravery.
Crazy speeds with those little rim brakes!!
98 Kph in the Northern Sierra Nevada during the Chico Wildflower Tour.
48 mph coming of Snaefell towards Douglas on the Isle of Man on my tourer (unloaded!).
0.0656 speed of sound... I love that all these pro's remember exactly the speed, location and year!
118kmh on the Great Ocean Road into Apollo Bay. Was trying to race a squall line.
89.6K chasing back onto the group on the downhill section of the San Luis Rey Road Race (San Diego, Ca).
90Km/h. A few years back on Table Mountain in the Cape.
managed 80 kmph in Lanzarote on a straight down hill smooth road. That's about 52 mph since Brexit!. I was riding a hire bike too, so was a great adrenaline rush.
42 Mph in MD, pretty flat area and 61Mph on Zwift :)
103 kph on the twisty downslope of Scenic Drive in Auckland. But I've done well north of 200mph on my modified Hayabusa on the flat many, many, times. :)
I believe somewhere in the 60 to 65mph range. Since I've started using the Garmin regularly I've only hit like 55mph, but there were some descents I did back in the day where I know I was going much faster, and based on the fact that I was keeping pace with the cars around me on a 65mph speed limit road that would have to be my best guess. Not really my cup of tea though haha.
About 130kph, 1996 mountains to sea down Raurimu hill on 1/2 faired recumbent.
I've done 91KMH but like Maarten Wynants I looked at my Garmin and saw the 91 my mind just wanted to stop even though the road did allow for more but it's just scary!
86kph in the Ardennes, Sean Kelly Classic. Don't recommend because as many may know, the roads in the ardennes are riddled with potholes
65km/h downhill offroad on MTB back when I was 14 in 2015. It was scary as hell since you could lose traction and strike head on into a tree any second.
65 mph dropping into McKinleyville in Humboldt County in Northern California.
51 mph (82 kph) on flat ground in a very strong (40-50 mph) windstorm. It was fantastic until I had to ride into it at about 5 mph (8kph). Always have to pay the piper.
I did about 80kph down a pass in Switzerland once as a teenager, I had my jacket fixed to the rear rack of my crappy bike and a car was behind me, when suddenly the sleeve of my jacket dropped down into the rims of my backwheel and blocked the wheel. I somehow managed to avoid falling over whilst skidding and the car just about managed to avoid me. Scariest moment of my life