> did a century ride on the cycle yesterday (about 134 km in a little > more > than six hours on an MTB on a regular highway :)). the highlight was > drafting for about 10km behind a petrol tanker truck at about 35km/h. > have seen guys doing it behind faster-moving trucks, but since this was > my first time, chose a not-so-fast truck to draft behind. quite a heady > and addictive feeling... :) > > -- > regards, subash
Fastest I've been on my bike is 36mph, which I clocked on my GPS on a lovely long downhill in Brittany 2-3 years ago. I could have gone faster, but I got so shit scared that I slowed right down. I'll never win the TdF. I did a similar pace a couple of years before that on a Roman road leading into Dorchester. From the top of Eggardon Hill, which is an Iron Age hillfort at about 250m, there's a long shallow descent to 70m over 10km to just outside Dorchester. The road is more or less dead straight, and deserted. An exhilarating ride. The next day I fell off at 2mph and broke my wrist. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
