heat doesn't cause tyres to burst it melts the glue that holds on tubular tyres so they then tend to roll off.this is usually caused be excessive air/road temps rather than excessive braking.
It ain't the Tour, but this nutter gets to ~130mph (210.4kmh) on a bike in the snow
max average is by Chris Boardman - prologue timetrial
Quote from: clm on July 22, 2009, 10:13:32 pm max average is by Chris Boardman - prologue timetrialWhat? Jeez, I didn't know he was ever that good!
Eurosport commentary said Cancellara was clocked at over 100kph after he punctured and had to rejoin the peleton on stage 7.