Quote Originally Posted by pooks
Well that's just me having warring desires. Because I'd love to ride faster in general -- it's just when it's going downhill that it freaks me out!

On the other hand, in our neighborhood every "downhill" is usually leading to a stop sign at the bottom or a T-intersection where you have to turn right or left, so I'm not going downhill and going, "Weeee!" I'm going dowhill thinking, "Oh god can I stop if I'm going this fast?!?"

I did find one hill that doesn't do that and am working on going faster on it.
Pooks, maybe you should be practicing fast stops?
push your backside as far back as you can, and stop that way.
this helps you keep your weight behind the bike which makes a fast stop
safer. If you feel better about stops, maybe you will feel better about going fast. There's no way i can go fast down a hill if there is a stop sign 100 feet away.