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> any speed I'm able to Well, provided you can still stop in time should the lights begin to change.

LargoLasskhyfv 17d ago
I've got hydraulic disk brakes on several of my bikes. Though I avoid using them for such full-stops, because the places I'm bicycling in I usually know the traffic patterns, and how the lights change. Also I'm not riding 'blindly', though if I can oversee that from afar, and it's empty, I'm pretending color-blindness. I'm doing this since about 1980 at speeds up to 70kph for maybe up to two minutes on flat grounds (exception 73.5 uphill here https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=50.719937&mlon=7.111630#map=19/50.719936/7.111630 https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=50.719937&mlon=7.111630#... in the middle of two lanes between gridlocked cars, unforgettable ooomph), 55 to 60 for about an hour, and 45 to 50 effortless, with no sweat, almost any time. Of course I feel strong head-winds, and they do slow me down. And never ever caused an accident, just touched the rubberlip of a Citroen 2CVs rear bumper with my front wheel once at about 65. In a roundabout ofc, because the fuckers slowed down for turning out without even blinking. Bicycle was trash, but I've been unhurt, except for very numb and tingling at the same time, hands, soles of my feet, and initial breathlessness. Which all went away after a few minutes, no bruises, no torn clothes. After having made a salto over the handlebar, managed to separate from my bicycle in the air, pushing it aside, and landing flat on my back after 15 to 20 meters, or so. Holding my head upright, intentionally. No tingling or numbness there. https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/51.070329/6.999691 https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/51.070329/6.999691 Long live the CWU-36P Nomex Flight Jacket from about 1981. Still have that one, but with a new zipper, and new cuffs. I'm considering that thing my 'supercape' :-) And real Levis 501 as they were made in 1988! Got myself a 'pre-owned' Bianchi with Campagnolo group the next day, for 1500 Deutsche Mark and cackled madly with joy :-) 80 to 90 downhill(on paved roads, not through the wilderness!), if weather allows, and I'm in top form. 90kph is not a good, or easy thing on any bicycle. But... speed is what I need! Where am I even doing 90? Several places on CO82, on my way back from Independence Pass to Aspen. If weather (mostly wind, can't have strong gusts!) and traffic permits. https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=39.1197&mlon=-106.5797#map=11/39.1197/-106.5797 https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=39.1197&mlon=-106.5797#m... What else? I don't wear a helmet. And no doping. Never even tried that. For what?

I've got hydraulic disk brakes on several of my bikes. Though I avoid using them for such full-stops, because the places I'm bicycling in I usually know the traffic patterns, and how the lights change. Also I'm not riding 'blindly', though if I can oversee that from afar, and it's empty, I'm pretending color-blindness. I'm doing this since about 1980 at speeds up to 70kph for maybe up to two minutes on flat grounds (exception 73.5 uphill here https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=50.719937&mlon=7.111630#map=19/50.719936/7.111630 https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=50.719937&mlon=7.111630#... in the middle of two lanes between gridlocked cars, unforgettable ooomph), 55 to 60 for about an hour, and 45 to 50 effortless, with no sweat, almost any time. Of course I feel strong head-winds, and they do slow me down. And never ever caused an accident, just touched the rubberlip of a Citroen 2CVs rear bumper with my front wheel once at about 65. In a roundabout ofc, because the fuckers slowed down for turning out without even blinking. Bicycle was trash, but I've been unhurt, except for very numb and tingling at the same time, hands, soles of my feet, and initial breathlessness. Which all went away after a few minutes, no bruises, no torn clothes. After having made a salto over the handlebar, managed to separate from my bicycle in the air, pushing it aside, and landing flat on my back after 15 to 20 meters, or so. Holding my head upright, intentionally. No tingling or numbness there. https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/51.070329/6.999691 https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/51.070329/6.999691 Long live the CWU-36P Nomex Flight Jacket from about 1981. Still have that one, but with a new zipper, and new cuffs. I'm considering that thing my 'supercape' :-) And real Levis 501 as they were made in 1988! Got myself a 'pre-owned' Bianchi with Campagnolo group the next day, for 1500 Deutsche Mark and cackled madly with joy :-) 80 to 90 downhill(on paved roads, not through the wilderness!), if weather allows, and I'm in top form. 90kph is not a good, or easy thing on any bicycle. But... speed is what I need! Where am I even doing 90? Several places on CO82, on my way back from Independence Pass to Aspen. If weather (mostly wind, can't have strong gusts!) and traffic permits. https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=39.1197&mlon=-106.5797#map=11/39.1197/-106.5797 https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=39.1197&mlon=-106.5797#m... What else? I don't wear a helmet. And no doping. Never even tried that. For what?