[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)