have some local trails and if its twisty I would say about 9 ish ? not sure what a super fit xc whipet would do ? also depends on hills etc !

Too late.

slainte ➡ rob

You’ve answered your own question?

depends on the terrain.
lake district as little as a few miles if all uphill the canal towpath at night LOTS

7-9ish

10 if its easy going 5 if its tough. 7 is a reasonable average for me

I was just wondering to gauge my fitness really …see what the average mileage would be

7-10.5 for me. Depending where I’m riding

richieokeefe1 – Member

I was just wondering to gauge my fitness really …see what the average mileage would be

Its just too dependent on the trail to give any meaningfull comparison

I have done 15 miles in a day one day and the next 45 – the same amount of time and effort.

I was just wondering to gauge my fitness really …see what the average mileage would be

Ahhh… I think you need to make your way over to the Strava posts…

Prob about 8 average – obv it’s hard to generalise.

I ride at stw fat man’s pace, but countering that I wouldn’t normally stop much if at all on a 3 hr ride say.

If you want to gauge your fitness join strava and see how you rank on your local trails.
Prepare to be disappointed.

I did a short ride on the Quantocks tonight, because I was pushed for time 15 miles, 1900 ft of climbing 10 mph average 54 and a bit years old 😉
http://app.strava.com/rides/6636210

How about endomondo or is that old hat now ?

Currently managing something between 4 and 6mph. That’s actually on fairly flat terrain in general, though on a unicycle.

HTH

Clever !

20 on a good day.

most group rides in the lakes went at 3-5mph average (carrying doesnt help)

Kielder 100 quick guys were about 12.5 mph, whinlatter challenge quick guys were about 14mph, training around Glen t and inners around 12mph.

Again join strava for some disappointment.

Anything over 10 is quick, over 12 is fast and over 14 is super duper

the last time I measured this kind of thing, when I was a teenager, I averaged 10/11 mph over short c.10 mile distances.

when i was racing i averaged about 12 today 20 years on its more like 1.2

MBLA manual suggests a Naismith for bikes as:

5kmh / 12 mins per km for uphill
10kmh / 6 mins per km for flat
15kmh / 4 mins per km for down

to estimate the overall time for a riding day…

But for the OP’s question, one hour uphill winching vs one hour downhill ripping will obviously cover different distances….

5kmh / 12 mins per km for uphill
10kmh / 6 mins per km for flat
15kmh / 4 mins per km for down

Well that’s about right for me. On my uni.

Depend’s on the track more than the gradient, a twisty downhill track can seem hard work to keep a high average speed, while a fireroad going in the opposite direction up the hill is a lot quicker than trying to ride back up the track. Naismiths rule works becasue pretty much everyone regardless of fitness walks at about the same pace, bikes are more fitness dependant.

I average over 12mph on my local 32k loop, and 11mph on the 50k loop.

Race a 50k event last “summer” with a 13.5 average which I was stoke with, only came 5th though.

On mtb rides generally averaging about 100ft of climbing per mile, in mainly the Chilterns and Wales, and distances between 20 and 100+ miles, I tend to average between 10 and 12.5mph (fairly light rigid singlespeed 29er). Wind isn’t really an issue in the Chilts in particular as it’s mainly sheltered, so overall pace is affected by ground conditions more than anything else.

Mountain bike
Road . 13 miles
Easy off road (canal tow path / tracks) 10 or 11 miles
Proper trails 7 or 8 miles

Road bike (on road obviously) 17 or 18 miles

I am fat though.

Anywhere between 5 and 20 depending on terrain conditions and ride buddy’s. 20 being racing and only climbing about 1000ft an hour 5 being fat now on al these techy decents and very steep crawling sprred climbs.

From the top of Teide, I reckon I averaged about 25 mile in an hour.