Toorbough ULL-Zeveigh said:I think 'safe' would say that the challange is who can reach the highest speed on the least amount of watts. I have to agree with that, since almost any speed is possible if you just keep throwing money at it, up to physical weight constraints anyway.
Lowell said:Toorbough ULL-Zeveigh said:I think 'safe' would say that the challange is who can reach the highest speed on the least amount of watts. I have to agree with that, since almost any speed is possible if you just keep throwing money at it, up to physical weight constraints anyway.
The fastest bike with the least watts would be a streamliner, which is fine, but not something I'd commute to work in rush hour traffic on.
lemmiwinks said:If any of you guys steps off at 50 or 60mph you're going to slide a loooooong way (unless you hit something). Hope you're wearing something more substantial than shorts and a t-shirt or you're comfortable with a lot of gravel rash 8)
Another issue is other road users. A typical car driver is going to look, and assuming they actually even see you, (since they fail to see the majorty of cyclists) they aren't going to be able to compensate for a bicycle travelling at 50+mph since that simply wont compute in their brain. T-boning a car at that kind of pace ain't going to be pretty. Just sayin'...
Part of me thinks it's insane to go 50+mph on a bicycle, but part of me thinks frock yeah! I've actually been 50mph on a MTB many years ago down a long, steep winding road, it was a hoot and I was cackling like a maniac the whole way down.
Toorbough ULL-Zeveigh said:Lowell said:Toorbough ULL-Zeveigh said:I think 'safe' would say that the challange is who can reach the highest speed on the least amount of watts. I have to agree with that, since almost any speed is possible if you just keep throwing money at it, up to physical weight constraints anyway.
The fastest bike with the least watts would be a streamliner, which is fine, but not something I'd commute to work in rush hour traffic on.
Yeah, you can go overboard on the aero end of things as well.
So how far should this be taken, 300mph? :?
I run my lights during the day so I'm very visible to oncoming traffic. The K2 LEDs put out an impressive amount of light for their size and really stand out even in bright sunlight.
xyster said:What do you think will happen if, in a cascade of mechanical failure, you break a bunch of spokes at 60mph and the wheel goes flying apart?
TylerDurden said:xyster said:What do you think will happen if, in a cascade of mechanical failure, you break a bunch of spokes at 60mph and the wheel goes flying apart?
You might be the first member in a new "club"...
8)
Your friends can post pix of what's left of your bike in the failed components topic.
xyster said:I run my lights during the day so I'm very visible to oncoming traffic. The K2 LEDs put out an impressive amount of light for their size and really stand out even in bright sunlight.
So daytime running lights on motor vehicles are an effective accident deterrent?
I've broken two spokes going over little tiny bumps with heavy X5. What do you think will happen if, in a cascade of mechanical failure, you break a bunch of spokes at 60mph and the wheel goes flying apart?
Also, I don't think the wheel could go flying apart from a broken spoke... does that happen?
xyster said:Also, I don't think the wheel could go flying apart from a broken spoke... does that happen?
I'm imagining a spoke or two breaking, under heavy power quickly leading to a cascade of spoke failures, ending when there's too few left to secure the wheel to the hubmotor.
Are spokes likely to break even if they're tight?