[Closed] Roadies whats your average speed?

You all need to go and enter a TT!

Just shy of 28mph on Sunday, and that was with only one gear (55/13)

Sanitys climb and average is well higher.

Only and 55/13 in one sentence...nice one

Lots of disturbingly fast people on this thread!

Did my first '10' last week (on all 'bog standard' road kit) and averaged just under 26 (23mins 20secs). Had to slow for one car on a roundabout, but frankly I'm at a loss as to how anyone can average over 30mph 😮

(To join in with the willy waving I did scrape out 133miles at 17.2mph with 11,450ft climbing last week 🙂 EDIT: On the winter bike 😀 )

Lots of [strike]disturbingly fast[/strike] people living in a fantasy world on this thread!

FTFY

And laurels are for resting on.

Well clearly wasn't referring to you Oldgit but chapeau and also feel free to indulge in justified willy waving.

Saturday's 112Km ride worked out at a magnificent 22kmh!! 😆

It was particularly not very nice though - "unpleasant" was how one of my companions put it.

Only done one 10tt last year on bog standard roadie 26.53 on a 'slow' course (or so I'm told) I'm a fair chunk faster now and have the clipon bars just need the stars to align and actually have an evening free when a TT is on!

Tbh I'm more proud of 10th on QECP red loop lst week than another couple of roadie KoMs. I don't seem to be able to get mtb KoMs any more

Another thing I noticed this Weekend was that the guys using auto pause recorded noticeably quicker averages. I've never seen the point of using auto pause? The longest you'll stop is for a pee. Averages when using auto pause and having a 45 minute stop?
Went on my lads computer and looked at my speeds for the year, none have reached 17mph.

If I'm recording my training I don't want to think I've done a 4 hour ride, when actually an hour was stood around, so I use auto pause, don't get why people don't really.

Strava shows both moving and overall times - as do other programs.

Fair enough. I suppose I only record the non stop rides. Though I might start using the Garmin more. I didn't use it in Belgium a few weeks back, but now wish I had, just to have recorded the routes.

Strava shows both moving and overall times - as do other programs.

WKO, which I used to use when I was actually doing some training, and had a power meter just takes the time from the device. Strava does it 'right' though - the weekly, monthly and annual summaries are all moving time.

Eh what is going on? Has Hora suddenly been exposed as an alter ego of njee20? Surely not!

Welcome aboard Hora, ignore the leg pulling. 😆 😆

This stupid thread must have planted a seed. Avg speed never use to bother me but now find myself getting really annoyed at red lights that take ages thinking about my average speed drifting downwards 😳

Use auto pause

Using that would make it seem like it was bothered 🙂

Auto pause beeping ****s me off, even worse in a group haha!

connect/strava show moving time and total time as separate numbers, average is based on moving not total

You should hear the cacophony of beeps we us lot stop, then another wave as we set off again..

Deafening..

😆

Another round anyone? 🙄

Nearly pipped 24mph average home at dinner time. 😆 Ok before you start it was a nice tail wind and it took me 17 minutes the other way in the morning.

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Auto pause beeping ****s me off, even worse in a group haha!

it was quite loud on HardKnott during the Fred Whitton....

Ah I see you were heading south, if your tailwind was anything like the headwind I endured this morning then 24mph over that short distance on a flat road is nothing special. It was blowing a gale and pishing down on my commute this morning. Fingers crossed for a tailwind home.

Another round anyone?

Oh god no! 😐

Though typical speeds have gone up a bit as more time trialling has resulted in a bit more flexibility and a better position on the road bike. Front a bit longer and lower and ride the drops pretty much all the time now. Makes a pretty big difference.

Another round anyone?

Not until you stop measuring over a 4 mile flat route in one direction 😉

Or else I'll go and measure my 'average' down the nearest **** off big hill and claim Winner

Good effort though!

I got a new record on Saturday, lowest average speed: 19.9kmph for 176km. It was rather hilly though at 5000m, and had more climbing than descending. And it was about 40 degrees.

I think La Marmotte 2015 might be the hardest ride I've done.

For reference the Fred Whitton and Etape du Dales are a rather more sprightly 26kmph!

tlr - Member
I got a new record on Saturday, lowest average speed: 19.9kmph for 176km. It was rather hilly though at 5000m, and had more climbing than descending. And it was about 40 degrees.

I think La Marmotte 2015 might be the hardest ride I've done.

For reference the Fred Whitton and Etape du Dales are a rather more sprightly 26kmph!

Well, that answers my casual wondering if La Marmotte was really much harder than EduD or FW!

The day before yesterday's ride home....
Check out my 5.5 mi Ride on Strava: http://app.strava.com/activities/340344125

7 corners and pan flat... 😆

good effort

Bit of a out and back 50 miler for me yesterday. Out had the tailwind, back the (more or less) headwind. 4800ft climbing at an av of 20.3. Happy with that, considering I've put 3-4kgs on (back upto 80kg) since the fred Whitton. 😳
https://www.strava.com/activities/341095003

Bit of a out and back 50 miler for me yesterday. Out had the tailwind, back the (more or less) headwind. 4800ft climbing at an av of 20.3. Happy with that, considering I've put 3-4kgs on (back upto 80kg) since the fred Whitton.
https://www.strava.com/activities/341095003

Nice one bet you are feeling the legs today!

renton - Member

The day before yesterday's ride home....
Check out my 5.5 mi Ride on Strava: http://app.strava.com/activities/340344125
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nickc - Member

7 corners and pan flat...

good effort

Aye but a fast bit of road that for cars. Been a while since i have been out to Lossy, is it still all on the road or is there any cycle path?

Bit of a out and back 50 miler for me yesterday. Out had the tailwind, back the (more or less) headwind. 4800ft climbing at an av of 20.3. Happy with that, considering I've put 3-4kgs on (back upto 80kg) since the fred Whitton.
https://www.strava.com/activities/341095003
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Nice one bet you are feeling the legs today!

griffiths, KOMs are like penises, be proud of it if you want, happy that you have one...keep it to yourself, OK?

7 corners and pan flat...
good effort

Aye it may be flat but I am 18.5 stone and as aerodynamic as a breeze bloc.

My commute consistently takes an hour each way and it's 18 miles, pretty easy maths.
I reckon I could get to 19mph if I could be bothered but I can't.

bjj.andy.w - Member
Bit of a out and back 50 miler for me yesterday. Out had the tailwind, back the (more or less) headwind. 4800ft climbing at an av of 20.3. Happy with that, considering I've put 3-4kgs on (back upto 80kg) since the fred Whitton.
https://www.strava.com/activities/341095003

Decent av speed that for a solo ride. What struck me though, is how low your heart rate is compared to mine. A similar length ride with a slightly [i]higher[/i] average heart rate gets me a suffer score of 80, vs your 169!

Glenh, have you set your HR zones properly? I think it needs to know how hard you're working to work out a suffer score, and that comes from your HR zones.

Yes, my Z2 = bjj.andy.w's Z4!

Having been caught out in the torrential downpour at the weekend at the end of a long ride around Ashton Court it served as good motivation to get home as quickly as possible (on the MTB) along the bike path... 31.0km/hr average with the second half at 34.8km/hr average when the rain got really bad 😆 Can I be an honorary roadie please? 😀

No, You've quoted your speed in km/h 🙂

Damn it! I knew I couldn't pull off this roadie malarky 😀

More roadie than you think ([url= http://www.velominati.com/the-rules/#24 ]here[/url]).