Speeding cycling

davemorton

MackemPunk wrote: »

Ive reached 52.7 mph on the bank from Burdon lane, Warden law(highest road in Sunderland) down to Rhyope, thats a national speed limit road though, so I was well under the limit for motorised vehicles.

Well in the interests of science, I think you should give it a go down houghton cut, now I recon you could break the 50 limit there!!

MackemPunk

davemorton wrote: »

Well in the interests of science, I think you should give it a go down houghton cut, now I recon you could break the 50 limit there!!

And my neck when I get taken out by one of Simply go's busses:eek:

Marco_Panettone

andygb wrote: »

You can however re calibrate them yourself, something which you do when you buy the computer, by entering the rolling distance of the circumference of the wheel. By riding on a measured stretch of road or track, you can get within a few yards of a correct answer, which is far more accurate than a car (around 5% to 10% speedo error).

I know, but it's the legal status that's the issue.

On the other question I've hit 79kph (49mph) in a 40mph zone in Brighton. The highest my speedo's ever recorded was 147kph which comes in at 91mph. This was during the bike leg of a triathlon, and wildly inaccurate! I was probably at 45mph tops.

On the flat I've been close to 40mph in a road race (closed circuit)