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I would consider that 'furious' cycling for a canal path.
how many junctions were there on the tow path? it is surprising how much slowing for junctions ruins your average speed.
about 20 anti vehicle "gates" on that route
you are doing everything wrong. to fix it you need to everything right even if some of those things are completely contradictory; to sum up the thread succinctly.
Your average speed on a road bike is not an indication of the size of your willy.
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Sounds like you need to try harder on the short rides and do some power work. It not that hilly where I am, but a 50 mile ride will take in a around 2 or 3000 feet of climbing. On a solo ride over that distance I'll average around 17-18 mph. But, I hardly ever use the inner ring on my compact, it just isnt needed.
Try doing some power work, look up some interval training routines and give them a go. Will make a big difference to how quick you'll go, up hills especially ime.
Well, I did my first ever Sportive at the weekend and for that matter my longest road ride by some considerable margin. 100 miles and 4700 feet of climbing in a smidge over 7 hours, so 14mph average give or take. Some things I learnt:
1. Riding in a group is faster as you all said
2. Energy gels may be expensive and a bit grim, but they really worked a treat
3. It wasn't as hard as I thought
4. Breaking a spoke with 15 miles still to go makes for a nervous rider, but my old beastie survived to fight another day
5. I'd love to do another one
6. I'm scared I will now spend as much money on road bikes as I have on mountain bikes 😐
drop the gels, embrace the jelly babies
you need to do more moto pacing
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