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How faast have you been on your bikes and where ws it

MTB : tar with slicks =95.2km/h Baberton (climb towards swazi border)

MTB : dirt= 84km/h  thinkmit was the stage into hermanus on the 2006 epic

 

Roadbike= 74km/h wildernis heights

 

 

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147km on the Garmin...bike on my Thule rack coming back from a race and forgot to turn it off.

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147km on the Garmin...bike on my Thule rack coming?back from a race and forgot to turn it off.

 

 

 

did the same, but was a little closer to the speed limit smiley2.gif

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ok seriously:

 Road bike - 88km/h down klipriver drive

MTB - 84km Drakensberg Royal Natal.......but also on tar!
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87km per hour on the road from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea on a loaded for touring cannondale M400(anyone remember those)

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Roadbike, 91km/h down Armstrong Avenue in Uhmlanga during KZN champs. Well thats what my polar said...

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87km per hour on the road from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea on a loaded for touring cannondale M400(anyone remember those)

 

 

 

 

with cantilever brakes?

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87km per hour on the road from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea on a loaded for touring cannondale M400(anyone remember those)

 

 

 

 

with cantilever brakes?

 

You do remember!!. think I was doing 87 Km because I couldnt slow the dam rig down. I had over 20kg of gear on it. It was stable, by that I mean it would not turn or slow down easily.

 

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87km per hour on the road from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea on a loaded for touring cannondale M400(anyone remember those)

 

 

 

 

with cantilever brakes?

You do remember!!. think I was doing 87 Km because I couldnt slow the dam rig down. I had over 20kg of gear on it. It was stable' date=' by that I mean it would not turn or slow down easily.[/quote']

 

 

 

yup! yikes, i'm surprised you didn't rip the brake arms right off! a memory of a ride that sketchy ain't gonna leave you for a long time! hahahaha!

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Road was 87km\h in a race held at Secunda.

This is for the coldest ride min temp: -5 avg temp: -3 max temp: 4 and I managed an hours ride in these conditions but never again.
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On my old silverback oakland with slicks going down Ballyclaire drive: 71km/hr

On my road bike going down Sandton drive: 81km/hr (skipped 2 robots Confused)
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