Comment by Gus K on November 17, 2010 at 21:07

Checkers and Corkscrew a big day out.

Cav tells the Guardian Bike Show Podcast this week that in the Tour of Switzerland in 2009 he hit 128km/h. Listen to it here.

Comment by heather on November 17, 2010 at 22:35

I cannot imagine travelling at 100 km/h or more on a bicycle.

Riding down one steep winding road in The Grampians was a buzz. OK cos road was wider than 1.5 lanes (not the 10km descent of Mount William from the upper car park), and few vehicles cos the lookout was 'no parking' while work was done at the lookout. I was taking it easy cos I did not know the road, but laughed when I came to advisory signs of 20 and 40 (only advisory and needed for vehicles) cos I realised I was going faster. When I reached the bottom and checked another cyclist's speedo, learnt we had reached 63 km/h. I wanted to go up the hill again and come down faster, which I knew I could do, but vetoed by the group.

Comment by Wombat on November 18, 2010 at 5:43

I reached 74.something towards the end of Amy's ride. That was a buzz. Not sure I want to do 100+ with such little protection. Would there be much difference tho between my body hitting asphalt at 75 or 100? Prolly not I guess!

Comment by Jacob Speed on November 18, 2010 at 5:55

I usually top out at around 77-78km coming down from Lofty to the freeway, but I'm pretty sure the Eastern descent from Checkers would be the place to try to really wind it up on a good day - I was a bit nervous to really have a go first time!

Comment by Patrick O'Kane on November 18, 2010 at 5:59

I can't get much over 65km/h. I've followed Jim down some descents, me pedalling in top gear, him freewheeling and I still don't make any ground. Mind you 65 is plenty quick enough for me on a road bike with such little contact area between tyre and road surface.

Comment by Derek Hasel on November 18, 2010 at 6:00

88.6 kph Palmers Hill on the way to Mannum couple of years ago. COWABUNGA !

Comment by heather on November 18, 2010 at 6:10

Patrick, I was on a steel MTB with MTB tyres cos we reached the asphalted scenic drive after a long ride on rough tracks (pleasant away from noisy polluting vehicles). So in theory on a road bike with skinny tyres I could have gone faster, that is if I could have controlled the bike on the winding descent. Maybe not. On another road I felt my bike jump sideways.

Comment by Roger ... on November 18, 2010 at 8:08

rock hard tyres, newish wheel hubs, knees touching when not pumping, elbows in tight, head down, tightish clothing ... 83kph on Shepards Hill Road before the Flinders turnoffs.
didnt know till after, was too scared to take my eyes off the road & look at the speed

Comment by CMorgan on November 18, 2010 at 8:22

Not that i'm advocating excessive risk taking for speed purposes but.... Tregarthen Road in the hills is also a great place to top out at 80+km/h, although my fastest is 72km/h - the front wheel started to wobble and i backed off pretty quickly! It's a v. steep, short and straight piece of road with pretty good surface and very little traffic.

Comment by easytiger on November 18, 2010 at 9:09

I have done 95km/h down Morgan Rd, Ironbank. Watch out for the right hander at the bottom!

I did 86km/h on my loaded touring bike in the Swiss Alps, at the end of a 2km tunnel, with a sharp left turn at the end. The low lighting in the tunnel meant I couldn't see my speedo, and when I could, it was almost too late to slow down enough. A bit like AVO going down Norton Summit!

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