Thread: Hello from Seattle!

Originally Posted by MickR

I was doing 48kph (downhill of course. I'd be flat out reaching 24 kph on the flat ) on my mountain bike the other day with hairy legs and that was quite fast enough.


Mick

It's not the 48kph that's the problem, it's the corner/ rock/ geriatric/ car that gets in the way that is the problem.
I think my fastest downhill speed was about 44mph (yes miles, I was in the UK), when I did the London to Brighton, I was on a touring treadly, I really like my road tourer, it's a dawes galaxy tour that I bought for £10 from a work coleague who pulled it out of a skip.

Oh, and I too had hairy legs

Well the fastest I've been on a pushbike is 120kph along the flat while slip streaming a truck on a charity ride when I was 17, but the fastest unassisted run (downhill) was 100kph. I was 14 years old at the time for that one, so my legs weren't as hairy then as they are now .


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

Well the fastest I've been on a pushbike is 120kph along the flat while slip streaming a truck on a charity ride when I was 17, but the fastest unassisted run (downhill) was 100kph. I was 14 years old at the time for that one, so my legs weren't as hairy then as they are now .


Mick

You always have to go one better dont you

Originally Posted by edhewitt

You always have to go one better dont you

Only because I can mate .


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

Only because I can mate .


Mick

And you always have to have the last word

Originally Posted by edhewitt

And you always have to have the last word

No you can have it. I don't mind.


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

No you can have it. I don't mind.


Mick

Thanks....

Originally Posted by edhewitt

Thanks....

You're most welcome mate.


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

You're most welcome mate.


Mick

Very civil of you if I do say so myself