Are you the fastest empeg owner, on a bicycle?

Posted by: sein

Are you the fastest empeg owner, on a bicycle? - 10/08/2006 14:01

Last weekend I took part in the Pendle Pedal - a 100km timed ride in the Lancashire countryside. It was a fantastic day, the weather was good and there were constant big hills to deal with to make it very challenging. It was hard work and really found my limits on some of the long steep climbs, but it was still fun and I'll definately do it next year. I'm sure I can beat my rather poor time

Anyway, there was a lovely sweeping downhill where I managed 44MPH. I'm sure it can be beat by someone here.

Btw, anyone planning on cycling up and down hills for 5 hours needs to know that it will destroy a set of brake pads in one ride!

Posted by: tfabris

Re: Are you the fastest empeg owner, on a bicycle? - 10/08/2006 14:36

Doesn't count unless you have the empeg mounted on your bike.

Doug?

Posted by: Waterman981

Re: Are you the fastest empeg owner, on a bicycle? - 10/08/2006 15:26

Tuesday... 47.6 MPH on a mountain bike with knobbies.

It was the fastest I have ever gotten the bike. Guess that extra weight I'm trying to get rid of helped out.

Posted by: sein

Re: Are you the fastest empeg owner, on a bicycle? - 10/08/2006 16:16

Yup, 47 is fast on a bike with knobbly tyres! I really want to have another go now but there are no really big hills around me where I can pick up enough speed. Sucks.

Posted by: Waterman981

Re: Are you the fastest empeg owner, on a bicycle? - 10/08/2006 16:54

Yeah, I did have a good hill to my advantage. I was coming down the road in one of the canyons here (part of the Rocky Mountains), after hitting a beautiful single track trail. The trail ended just before the bottom of the canyon, but it doesn't take a long hill to get that fast. It may suck for you that you don't have hills where you can get that fast going down, but remember most of our trails go up first!

Posted by: canuckInOR

Re: Are you the fastest empeg owner, on a bicycle? - 10/08/2006 18:02

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remember most of our trails go up first!

That's what chair lifts are for.

Posted by: tanstaafl.

Re: Are you the fastest empeg owner, on a bicycle? - 10/08/2006 21:38

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Doesn't count unless you have the empeg mounted on your bike.

Hmmm... My empeg is on my recumbent, which despite appearances isn't as fast downhill as a regular road bike. The problem is that onthe recumbent, I am restricted to one riding position, there is no way to tuck yourself down uncomfortably but aerodynically.

Coming down off of Cleary Summit, my regular road bike will hit about 48 MPH, but the recumbent will only hit about 39.

tanstaafl.

Posted by: ninti

Re: Are you the fastest empeg owner, on a bicycle? - 12/08/2006 04:04

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Anyway, there was a lovely sweeping downhill where I managed 44MPH.

That's insane. I hit 30 last weekend, which is a record for me, and all I could think about was how completely screwed I would be if I wiped out at that speed.

Posted by: Daria

Re: Are you the fastest empeg owner, on a bicycle? - 11/08/2016 15:33

Originally Posted By: tanstaafl.

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Hmmm... My empeg is on my recumbent, which despite appearances isn't as fast downhill as a regular road bike. The problem is that onthe recumbent, I am restricted to one riding position, there is no way to tuck yourself down uncomfortably but aerodynically.

So, does a pic of this empeg mounting exist?

Posted by: tanstaafl.

Re: Are you the fastest empeg owner, on a bicycle? - 11/08/2016 18:00

Originally Posted By: Daria

So, does a pic of this empeg mounting exist?

tanstaafl.

Posted by: Daria

Re: Are you the fastest empeg owner, on a bicycle? - 15/08/2016 14:33

Nice! thanks for sharing! there's a recumbent in my future, and, more critically, no car in my future, so i was curious.