Wow, you got me there !!!
Apparently this is not at all inappropriate topic for RD, there's a lot of us here.
I drive for... about 5-6 years now. It wasn't for reasons Bram did but I love nature and I already climb the mountains and hiking near by hills so... this was kinda same. Only faster. lol
And I drive like a madman, cuz I don't know different. I have mountain bike, my trusty
Scott Scale 70:
(pic is not mine but my look very similar, front Rockshox is black and i have disc brakes)
I looove hills. Though I prefer tarmac (I hate to wash bike later lol and I loove the speed while downhill after climb). But since I love nature, I'm stil mountaineer and hiker, so I really love to go to nature with my bike now but like I said I do most of the trip on tarmac then some small part offroad. Part cause in my country hiker and biker off road tracks are something ...nonexistent.
(this, once again is not me
but it could easily be, if you know what I've mean
)
I don't have road bike for now but I change my tires on Scale to fit more to tarmac than offroad cuz I mainly drive on roads. (I got Schwalbe Hurricane, great tire for both worlds
)
But now my appetites are grow, I get used to high speeds, going faster and faster and now I was thinking about road bike too. I believe I reach the limit of mountain bikes.
I'm the fastest cycler on my roads. I overtook everyone. They don't know what happened, I'm that fast. And yes, there was a crash
..or two (ok, there was four) but I crash less and less, since I get used to my ...trusty
Scale.
Somewhat like Grosejean, yes.
No, not like Maldonado, he never stops.
Anyway... long story, sorry, you got me with this topic...
speaking of speed - did anyone of you guys record how fast fastest you go ?
I watch the other day, on some (tarmac ofc) downhill I was as fast as 59 km/h. And I'm sure I was even faster than that on some other occasions when I didn't record my track. With my trusty
Maverick app.
Which reminds me...
I'm really lucky I'm alive cuz I was.. dear Lord... take my mobile out of my pocket and watch (in real time, lol) how fast am I going - WHILE GOING FAST.
Really... old habit, I'm happy, I get rid off. Hapier than Bram when he get rid of his bad old habits I'm sure.