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Old February 9th 06, 03:25 PM
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Ace wrote:
On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 13:09:15 +0000, BrritSki
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Norman wrote:
"Ace" wrote in message
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Speeds of up to 100mph are recorded on some of the faster Downhill
events on the World Cup circuit, so I'd suspect that your readout
was correct and that your friend was misinformed.



Excellent. I'll forward this to him in that case.

I would agree with Ace. My push-bike has a fairly accurate (I think)
speedometer and I occasionally hit 30mph on it down a steep hill.


Hah, I've seen 50 on mine. Only once, mind, but I regularly used to
get over 40. I too have used this as a comparitive measure for skiing
speed.

That seems fast on a bike, but if you imagine you're skiing rather
than cycling and look around at how fast things go by, wind feel on
your face, where you could turn etc., it seems very slow - I'm sure
I've hit at least double that speed on skis.


Aye. Thankfully snow is not normally as abrasive as tarmac.


Although sometimes just as hard when it's icy!


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