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It's interesting riding chainless. I've just started doing chainless runs off the top of Kilvey Hill to work on my technique.
Sure is strange though, the sensation, with your feet on the pedals once there is no connection to drive.
Gonna have to ziptie the derailleur to the chainstay or something as it's really distracting with it flopping about. :-D
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The old Dragon Downhill series had chainless seeding runs, and an unofficial prize for best chainless.
It depends a lot on your skill level. Many riders would be slower chainless but not as slow as you might think.
As in that video, the skilled riders can carry speed easier.
I was faster chained but not by much, but my skill level was low and i did loads of heavy braking then power power power to get the speed back.
Jason Carpenters idea was to show riders they could go faster if they put some work in and upped the skill levels. Certainly helped me.
Didn't do little Manon Carpenter any harm either :)
I knew i was doing allright when i could carry enough speed to get over the long road crossing near the top of Rheola :)