[Closed] General speed while commuting....

1. 22
2. 107 miles each way
3. Bath - London
4. 44.74mph

Just to get one-upmanship going...

1. 5
2. 13
3. Nottingham
4. 16-19

1. 5 (6 if i go into town on the weekend to do some shopping)
2. 5 miles
3. Sheffield
4. 10mph (guess). I'm in no hurry.

1. 0-5, depending on travel commitments
2. Distance 5, I think
3. That London's Famous Cities of Westminster and London
4. Not a clue. Often very slow, sometimes I go roadie-chasing for a laugh.

10
3
Hove, actually.
10ish depending on the lights and her legs.

well, I call it a commute but I work at home and take my daughter to school and back on a trailer bike, so it's twice a day.

1 to 2
40
Oxfordshire
20 mph

- 5
- 12
- London
- 18-20

1. Three or four depending on if I'm working the weekend
2. 26 miles
3. Hampton Hill to Victoria and back
4. Average for the last few months is 16-17mph

1. 3 usually, depends on which office I'm in
2. varies, 10 miles each way the direct route, took a 55 mile route home last night
3. To/from Horsham
4. 17-20mph

1. 4
2. 15
3. Newcastle
4 14/15MPH on the fixie, 18 on the road bike

okay, so I'm not quite as slow as I'd feared. I was expecting people to be well into the 20s.

Anyone else play the silly commuter race? I just can't help myself.

1. Five
2. 50 miles
3. The North
4. c60mph

(In a car, though from most STWers, you'd think they rode that quick... 🙄 )

1. 2 -3
2. 30
3. London
4. 14 - 16mph depending on traffic, lights etc.

[i]Anyone else play the silly commuter race? I just can't help myself. [/i]

I've solved that - I got a Charge Steamer cruiser bike from Evans - 3 speed sturmey archer, drum brakes and sit up and beg styling - suddenly I don't feel any need to reach HRMax on every school run.

3 times
11 miles
yorkshire
18 mph.

You know, I think the average commuting speeds generally posted on these threads tell me that either I've always been even slower than I thought I was or....

...people post their moving averages, rather than average speed across the whole time they're out.

Every day without fail (got rid of car last year so I'm proving a point!)
12miles 2 days a week, 32miles 3 days a week
Wirral (barnston - liverpool)
17ish mtb, 20 road

Mine's my moving average... but it would be pretty much the same.

I often wonder the same thing, OMITN.

Eg, some of the 'average' speeds some people claiming they achieve in London sound pretty high. Not saying they don't ride that fast, but it's very difficult to achieve a high average speed in town due to traffic, lights etc. I spose if you come in on some of the A roads you might get a good speed up, on a road bike, but around 10-12mph is what I manage around town, on a hybrid, and I'm probbly at the quicker end of the spectrum of cyclists in town.

mine's total average but again, i don't have to stop so it would be the same as moving average.

Where's George?

7 times a week.
500 miles.
The Himalayas.
70mph.

Mine's my moving average... but it would be pretty much the same.

Fair enough.

My (now old - hence the car) commute was 17 miles each way. In the summer my "real" average was 20mph, though the moving average was quicker due to the urban element which made up half of the journey. Hence the question.

New commute will be 25 miles each way, but I'm so unfit (had 4 months off the bike), that I think miles per hour might be the wrong unit of measurement..!

1. 3-5 depending on how much working at home I can do
2. 35 via the cycle path, a few miles less if I feel like using the roads
3. Bristol/Bath
4. 17-20mph

1. Every day (almost)
2. 24km by the usual route, about 90% off road, often extended.
3. Worcestershire/Shropshire border
4. 17km/h. Varies a lot depending on route.

2-3
16 (50/50 on/off road)
Brighouse > Bradford
~12mph

Me slow! 😀

ourmaninthenorth - Member
You know, I think the average commuting speeds generally posted on these threads tell me that either I've always been even slower than I thought I was or....

...people post their moving averages, rather than average speed across the whole time they're out.

In my case, mine is calculated not cycle computed:

I do 15.126 miles on the way in to work, and 12 on the way home:

On the way in, my best time is 48 mins, my worst is 56 mins (iphone timer on my arm)

15/(48/60) = 15/0.8 = 18.75mph = best
15/(56/60) = 15/.93 = 16.12mph = worst

Simples. 😀

Daffy - Member
okay, so I'm not quite as slow as I'd feared. I was expecting people to be well into the 20s.

Anyone else play the silly commuter race? I just can't help myself.

Ahh, Bristol Bath Railway Path?? You must be one of the people I pass? 😉

1. 0-5
2. 30-130
3. Bath-Bristol
4. 12-22

What you after the stats for Daffy? Depths of winter after a long hard day I sometimes crawl home the shortest route averaging 12mph; height of summer, take the afternoon off, head over the bridge into Wales and do 70+ miles 🙂

1. 2
2. 28
3. Newbury
4. 17-18mph (Total average)

Also ride a shorter commute on the other days, although strangely have a similar speed;
1. 3
2. 5
3. Newbury
4. 17-18mph (Total average)

This week
4 times
5 miles each way
Cheltenham
15mph inclusive.

A couple of weeks time it will go to 15 miles, cheltenham to evesham.

And I know it is going to hurt, I have lost a lot of fitness since I got made redundant. That was a13 mile commute between cheltenham and tewkesbury. Average for that was 16-18mph.

AnalogueAndy - Member

Ahh, Bristol Bath Railway Path?? You must be one of the people I pass?

1. 0-5
2. 30-130
3. Bath-Bristol
4. 12-22

What you after the stats for Daffy? Depths of winter after a long hard day I sometimes crawl home the shortest route averaging 12mph; height of summer, take the afternoon off, head over the bridge into Wales and do 70+ miles

Andy, no mate. I'm up near Dyrham. So I'm across the top into Filton.

I was just curious, as I wouldn't class myself as particularly fit (especially to the point of adding 70+ miles to my journey) but wanted to see where I was in the pack....middle to bottom it would appear 😕

1-2
30 miles
Mirfield - Bradford ( Apperley Bridge )
12 mph

Woody2000 - You're not slow, we've got hills op North 🙂

5 times
7 miles each way
london
~12 mph (i blame all the traffic lights)

3-5 times a week
39 miles - 19.4 each way
Glasgow-Kilmarnock
13-19.5mph average is 16.8. Depends on the wind though. Gonna have a fierce headwind tonight.

On a bicycle btw.

Oh and 495 ft ascent on way to work 688 on way home.

4 times (MTB the other time)
34 miles
Nottingham
13-15mph

RobinL -

Woody2000 - You're not slow, we've got hills op North

Oi! There's hills in the south too!

Gary_M - Member

13-19.5mph average is 16.8. Depends on the wind though. Gonna have a fierce headwind tonight.

I feel for you Brother; Wind is the [b]slag[/b] of riding weather!

variable
25 miles each way
between two places
15-18mph depending on the wind.

i have to eat millions.

Daffy - Member

AnalogueAndy - Member

Ahh, Bristol Bath Railway Path?? You must be one of the people I pass?

1. 0-5
2. 30-130
3. Bath-Bristol
4. 12-22

What you after the stats for Daffy? Depths of winter after a long hard day I sometimes crawl home the shortest route averaging 12mph; height of summer, take the afternoon off, head over the bridge into Wales and do 70+ miles

Andy, no mate. I'm up near Dyrham. So I'm across the top into Filton.

I was just curious, as I wouldn't class myself as particularly fit (especially to the point of adding 70+ miles to my journey) but wanted to see where I was in the pack....middle to bottom it would appear

Ahhh, I remember now, you were asking about places to move to a while back?

Several of my routes take me that way, Ring Road path? Or some of the nice lanes Pucklechurch way, or the other way up Hinton Hill, on to Castle Combe etc.

If you really fancy developing some speed we do a group Chain Gang ride from Cadence Bike Shop in Bath on a Saturday morning, 3 groups do the same 43 mile loop, starting a 5 min intervals aiming to finish about the same time for coffee and chat - to give you an idea the slowest averages 18-20, the fastest 22+.

[i]i have to eat millions[/i]

It's funny that, once I got used to my commute my appetite levelled out. I don't find I have to eat more than anyone else. Everyone's different though.

1. 3-4 times a week
2. 17 miles one way
3. South London
4. 13mph average with mountain bike

1. 3
2. 20 miles
3. Hemel Hempstead/Watford
4. 10mph during the summer (canal and park), slightly quicker on the road during the winter (good weather, take the road bike, carpy weather and when the potholes form, take the mountain bike).

Thinking of getting a trailer so I can leave the car behind on shopping day. Not leaving the car behind on diving day.

1. 3 or 4 in winter, 4 or 5 in summer
2. 27 miles
3. N. Bristol
4. 17 - 20 mph

Andy, no mate. I'm up near Dyrham. So I'm across the top into Filton

Snap 😉 Wave if you see a white Pompetamine.....

1. Number of times per week, - 5
2. Distance (round trip) - 14
3. Location, - Glasgow
4. Approximate MPH, - 13mph

lots of brizlers here:

1. 3 to 4
2. 32 to 40 miles
3. Nth Bristol to Chew Valley
4. 16 to 20 mph (inc traffic lights, i don't have a speedo)

strong head winds every night for the last couple of weeks - bah!

1. 4/5 times
2. 24 miles
3. London
4. 16mph (moving average)

bristolbiker - Member

Snap Wave if you see a white Pompetamine.....

Will keep an eye open 😀

1. Once every eight days compulsory, twice is an achievement, as it has to be two consecutive days.
2. 32 miles, most off-road
3. North Notts
4. 18mph on the way to work, 16 on the way back (do I subconsciously like work more than home ?) - this is moving average, have to stop to cross the A1 which can be time-consuming...

Kudos to those commuting most days - any helpful hints to stop me always pedaling flat-out everywhere I go ? Maybe I could commute more if I could walk the next day ?

br1zz - Member

Kudos to those commuting most days - any helpful hints to stop me always pedaling flat-out everywhere I go ? Maybe I could commute more if I could walk the next day ?

I find it easier to drive in on Monday with all my kit, food, money, lock etc for Tue/Wed/Thur and then drive in on Friday to collect it.

I carry nothing but: a phone, a credit card, a pump, a tube, some headphones and my ID.

It's much easier to repeat commute without all that crap on your back

Padded shorts (+ lycra bottoms) are often a must when you're starting out.

Kudos to those commuting most days - any helpful hints to stop me always pedaling flat-out everywhere I go ? Maybe I could commute more if I could walk the next day ?

I used to ride 200 miles a week (20 miles each way across London). Rubbish train connections and not owning a car made it mandatory.

Hurt like hell for the first few weeks but then got easier.

In short, just do it and ignore the pain, oh and sell you car 😉

1. 4
2. 10
3. Oban - Dunstaffnage
4. ~15 on a fixie.

1. 5
2. 15
3. Sweden stockholm
4. 20 summer, 12 winter

On fixie mtb, front brake cos I am wus

I think i should get bonus points when in the snow and minus 15

Kudos to those commuting most days - any helpful hints to stop me always pedaling flat-out everywhere I go ? Maybe I could commute more if I could walk the next day ?

Used to commute 170 miles a week, and then add on another 80 or so over the weeked.

That got me ftrong, but doing the same all winter then got me ill.

Headwind tonight wasn't half as bad as I expected. Well it was bad but it was dry, reasonably warm and I had a rider in the distance to chase resulting in being only 4 minutes something down on average.

5
7
Bournemouth
13

22 sets of traffic lights on a round trip though!
And round trip used to take 4 minutes less with gears!

1. Number of times per week, 2-3
2. Distance (round trip) 8 (direct route)
3. Location, Edinburgh
4. Approximate MPH, 19-20 in, 14-15 home

well i used sportypal on my way home on my phone

so
1 5 x a week
2 6.62 miles
3 London
4 12.65mph

5
10 on the button
London with hills up to 50m high!
15mph (20 mins each way, dependent on 23 sets of lights and pedestrians - another 4 zebras)

5 days a week
4miles each way
Manchester
23 av on the way in, about 14 on the way home going up back up the hill I came down in the morning

1. Was 4 days per week, down to around 2 at the moment.
2. 17km round trip (with 72m of climbing each way since you asked - I believe that includes a Cat 5 😉 )
3. Black Country
4. Around 25km/h on the fixie, depending on how tired I am etc.

1) 3-4 times a week
2) 3 miles each way
3) Wirral (Flat all the way)
4) 22-23mph (It's only 3 miles so you can keep those speeds easy for 3 mi)

1. Averaged out over last 2 months as 2.75 per week
2. 13
3. Buckfastleigh to Totnes
4. 16-18mph

1. varies from week to week can be anything fromonce to every day.
2. Minimum 10 miles each way
3. Wakefield to Leeds
4. approx.14mph (fastest speed on commute = 37.2mph. Must have been windy)
Touring bike with at least a full rack bag, mostly with at least rack bag and one medium pannier, sometimes rack bag and large pannier and sometimes, but not often two panniers and rack bag. Put simply its heavy.

FCN = 9

0-4 days depending on weather, rotas, other commitments
27 miles round trip but often do one way combo of car, train, bike depending on weather, rotas, other commitments
leeds-liverpool canal (Bingley-Skipton)
average 13mphish

1. 1
2. 19
3. Leigh, Wigan
4. 18

1. 6
2. 12.78 miles or 15.53 miles
3. Isle Of Man
4. 12 -14mph

That's on a Kona Unit singlespeed with a rucksack.

1. 1-4
2. 12.5miles - 42miles (depending on splitting it with a train ride)
3. Birmignham - Leamington Spa
4. 13 - 15 mph

Oddly its much the same whether I do the full cycle or the easy days with the extra public transport.

1. 4-5 times a week.
2. 16 miles in, I sometimes extend on the way home to push it up to about 24 on the way back.
3. Leigh in Lancs to Warrington, mostly offroad but pretty flat
4. 15-16mph average

3-4 times a week
Anything from 12-25 miles each way on the road to 15/20 miles over the downs
South Downs Sussex area
Computer said 16.78mph avg last night on the fixie gently spinning

0-4 times a week
16.5 mile round trip
Cornwall
14-16mph

1. Was doing 3 times a week but an injury has stopped me. Just starting again.
2. 40miles both ways.
3. NW.
4. About 16mph depending on traffic lights.

1. 4-5
2. 4-5 miles
3. Sheffield
4. 12-16 I reckon... though it's that bloody hilly, one bit is 7-8, whilst the middle half mile is 30!

1. 5 days a week
2. 5-10 Miles on the way in, anything up to 25 miles on the scenic route home
3. Birmingham
4. 13-15mph

1. 5
2. 15.4 miles round trip direct. Have been known to extend to 45 miles on way home, and/or 20 on way in.
3. North Glasgow
4. 16-18mph (moving average)

1 - Every day if I'm working in the office
2 - 12 miles by the shortest route but that's only for winter.
3 - Brighton
4 - Depends entirely on the weather, one way can take 30 mins in the summer or an hour in the winter when the mud gets really sticky and the chalk really slippery.

1. 3-4 times a week
2. 24 or 30 miles per day, depending on how scenic I make it
3. Ilkeston-Nottingham
4. 12-15 mph

2
13
North Manchester
15

1. When I can. ( average 3 times/ week)
2. 1.7m each way.
3. Derby.
4. 11mph - really go for it (I use this as my main training schedule) 😯

PS - MCTD feeling better?

1) 5
2) 14
3) +1 for Brizzle fixie massive
4) near zero in the snow to 20mph (commonwealth and world record, all green lights, light wind assistance etc)

1. 1 or 2 depending on the weather and how knackered I feel.
2. 30 miles.
3. Across the Quantocks.
4. 13/15 mph.

This mornings example:- [url= http://connect.garmin.com/activity/89561879 ]http://connect.garmin.com/activity/89561879[/url]

1. Number of times per week, - 6
2. Distance (round trip) - 14
3. Location, - Central London
4. Approximate MPH, - 18mph