# Riding a bicycle at 100 mph **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 13, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riding-a-bicycle-at-100-mph/974856 "2022-11-13T15:28:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riding-a-bicycle-at-100-mph/974856/21 "2022-11-14T14:05:12Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > The wheel bearings on a bicycle are not going to last long at these speeds Bal bearings are incredibly far developed, the bearings in typical road bike wheels will spin @ 24000 rpm or roughly 2800 km/h. [A typical bearing in a bike wheel is a 6803 go to NTN or SKF to see for yourself.] It is extremely unlikely that the bearings will impose any kind of limit on the maximum speed. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riding-a-bicycle-at-100-mph/974856/22 "2022-11-14T14:09:44Z")
I feel like this needs some physical modelling, not necessarily super realistic, but detailed enough to include the essential forces and moments involved. Then one could attempt a stability analysis (at least numerically). EG: [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/239293889\_Linearized\_dynamics\_equations\_for\_the\_balance\_and\_steer\_of\_a\_bicycle\_A\_benchmark\_and\_review](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/239293889_Linearized_dynamics_equations_for_the_balance_and_steer_of_a_bicycle_A_benchmark_and_review) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riding-a-bicycle-at-100-mph/974856.md?page=1)