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To: Theoria
... 35 mph on a bicycle???
6 posted on 04/25/2012 6:39:06 PM PDT by Ken522
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To: Ken522

I hit 46 mph on my bicycle (speedo on handle bars) a decade ago when a pack of dogs was chasing me.


9 posted on 04/25/2012 6:44:48 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono (My greatest fear is that when I'm gone my wife will sell my guns for what I told her I paid for them)
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To: Ken522

I use to ride down hills at 55+ mph...


10 posted on 04/25/2012 6:46:03 PM PDT by DB
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To: Ken522

yeah, then crash into someone.


11 posted on 04/25/2012 6:48:28 PM PDT by Theoria (Rush Limbaugh: Ron Paul sounds like an Islamic terrorist)
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To: Ken522
35 is nothing. I've hit 54 on mine (out in the country mind you, all cyclists don't act like idiots).

In the Tour de France, coming down out of the Alps, they hit 70, and those ain't straight roads. They're negotiating curves.

54 on a 20 lb bike feels about like 120 on a motorcyle. I've done both. White knuckles.

23 posted on 04/25/2012 7:33:26 PM PDT by FlyVet
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To: Ken522

I did that once, in traffic in Toronto. Exhilarating, but never again.


45 posted on 04/25/2012 8:41:17 PM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Tories in- now the REAL work begins!)
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To: Ken522

—... 35 mph on a bicycle???—

I’ve gotten mine up to 58. I was able to do a sprint up to 32 MPH on a completely flat part of Strander blvd by Southcenter once. I could only keep it up for a few hundred yards, though.

I’ve had it to 45 on Second avenue in downtown Seattle. That is the main southbound bike thoroughfare there.


57 posted on 04/26/2012 6:37:11 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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