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Loving this descent at the moment, what sort of speeds do you reckon you get up to.


 
Posted : 26/05/2011 12:15 pm
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fast.com .....


 
Posted : 26/05/2011 12:15 pm
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who knows? I didn't bother to check but from memory there are a couple of sections where getting well over 30 mph should be easy enough


 
Posted : 26/05/2011 12:17 pm
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I was going so fast a wasp flew up my sleeve and DELIBERATELY stung me. And me GPS fell off, too.

Excellent route.


 
Posted : 26/05/2011 12:28 pm
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A bit of a cliche but grin inducing is an understatement, i have never known a descent like this to flow so well, as fast as i have ever been on a bike i reckon.


 
Posted : 26/05/2011 12:32 pm
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Specialy when you got cross rutted and almost crashed right in front of me. 😀


 
Posted : 26/05/2011 1:02 pm
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I clocked over 60km an hour on the Mastiles Lane descent earlier this year.

It was only when I got to the bottom I hadn't put my knee pads on


 
Posted : 26/05/2011 1:03 pm
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only cause i ended up in front of you cause you woz mincing on your skill compensator;)


 
Posted : 26/05/2011 1:07 pm
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I think your speed was greater than your skillz on that occasion. 😉


 
Posted : 26/05/2011 1:14 pm
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So what mph do you reckon you got, me the speed of light.

seriously anyone trump TJ with a pedestrian 30mph, he is the Tortoise i heard, so who is the hare.


 
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I don't know how fast I was going. Merely guessing that 30+ is easily possible in a couple of places


 
Posted : 26/05/2011 1:26 pm
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TJ i jest, shame i ain't got one of those bike computers.


 
Posted : 26/05/2011 1:31 pm
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Last time I was down there my cycle 'puter registered 52.4Kmh(32.75mph)I've since recalibrated the 'puter by 1.75% as my trip round Beinn A'ghlo was out by this factor. This would then give a figure of 51.48Kmh(32.177mph)


 
Posted : 26/05/2011 1:43 pm
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speed was certainly greater than my level of skill compensation ....


 
Posted : 26/05/2011 1:43 pm
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Will somebody please think of the walkers! 😀


 
Posted : 26/05/2011 3:45 pm

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