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Old 02-02-2012, 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by vanwonky View Post
You can hit speeds of up to 70kmh (my brown stain limit) and beyond just rolling on the road bike. Half the fun is going down after all but yes, it is so dangerous if something goes wrong I do wonder afterwards why the hell I did it.
I think the Tour de France blokes were doing >100km/h on winding downhill runs. And that with what? - 4 sq cm of rubber on the road. Do they have particularly large ...... or rocks in the head???
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