[Sosfbay-discuss] Green Bikers

[JamBoi]

Yeah, I agree. 20 mph is broaching racing speed and most people can't
achieve, let alone sustain it for any distance.

A Million Votes for Peace!

Drew

--- "Cameron L. Spitzer" <cls at truffula.sj.ca.us> wrote:

> 
> I had a 14-mile commute, Berryessa to west Sunnyvale,
> and a 9-mile commute, Berryessa to north Santa Clara.
> Dressed for cycling, with clipless pedals, touring frame,
> racing tires.  Working hard, I could do those runs
> at 17 or 18 miles per hour, including traffic stops.
> Barely pedaling and coasting a lot, 13 miles per hour.
> Twenty miles per hour is pretty fast on a bicycle and
> I'd be rather surprised if a commuter could do it,
> especially on the upright fat-tire mountain-hybrid bikes
> most people use for commuting.
> 
> I rode down highway 9 from skyline into Los Gatos once
> and may have hit 40 mph along the way.  Nearly melted
> my brakes.  Scary as hell.
> 
> Cameron
> 
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JamBoi
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