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only true measure is riding with someone, everyone on this thread would struggle to average 15mph+ on my commute.
Hang on... how do you know, have you ridden with everyone here?
I know because I regularly get top 10s on the strava segments (many with 3000+ riders) on my commute and I very rarely average over 15mph. Traffic, road surface, junctions, students, traffic lights etc etc.. all kill fast speeds.
Same here.Normally around 27kmh for 1-2 hr bumpy ride
About 25kph
Nope.
Ok the same run coming home with strong head wind was 17miniutes. I was peddling like a nutter trying trying to keep up my new image as a speed machine! 😯
Njee, sorry it was 1200ft, was busy at work and my memory is fading. It was in the fens
http://app.strava.com/activities/177699929
I know because I regularly get top 10s on the strava segments (many with 3000+ riders) on my commute and I very rarely average over 15mph.
Right, so you don't know.
Njee, sorry it was 1200ft, was busy at work and my memory is fading
Still, impressively flat!
Just under 16 mph for my usual 20miles 1500ish feet of climbing ride
100!!!
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I'm currently building up for the Etape Loch Ness in April.
Often driven that road when the race is on and don't envy the riders with traffic weaving in and out.What traffic? - And it's not a race.
this thread makes me realise how slow i am .
i am normally happy with anything above 25km/h . 😆
IT
IS
ALWAYS
A
RACE
Yeah, in busy traffic play safe kids but that old lady on the shopper, she's got her eye on the prize, and the prize is YOUR SOUL!!!!!
Also, that guy who uses an electric bike on my commute and can do over 30mph on it, I could call you a cheat, I could shrug my shoulders and say I'll never catch you, I could point out I'm on a heavy, steel fixie cross bike with a heavy bag on my back...But I won't.
One day sunshine. One day.
Original question though. I'm very slow.
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Nope.
Gosh, I'm really struggling to be surprised. Nope, can't do it.
Love a good willy waving thread 'cause I can wave with the best of 'em 😆
Quickest 100 miler I've done was this one last spring :
https://app.strava.com/activities/132193451
Not a bad average seen as there was 5800ft of climbing.
Also done a 210miler with reggiegasket off here and averaged 16.5mph. Quite proud of that.
njee20 - Member
[i]87 miles with a mere 550ft of climbing[/i]
Is that even possible!?
Not on my route, I do double that within the first 5 miles!
One day sunshine. One day.Original question though. I'm very slow.
I'm not sure i'd even make that distance!
wilburt - Member
There some quick riders on here, 19/20mph average will put you firmly in the fast group of most clubs.
Yeah, but only for the first 10-15 miles, then we'd all die.
There's fast, and fast over a known distance.
love this sort of sh*t.
For those who say they can ride at X mph over X miles, just enter a race, not a flat one though, then go off the front straight away and see how you get on.
If you can average over 20mph for at least 20 miles then your pretty decent on the bike( as long as its got some hills in it)
When I had an 18 mile commute in Germany, it started in suburban land with a few junctions and lights, then was mostly dead flat with un-traffic-lit junctions then a hill at the end. I was quite fit by the time I left, my best effort was 33.6kph average. In order to do this I had to catch all the lights, not stop at any junctions and sustain about 40kph on the flat!
yep some impressive numbers .
i follow a few pros on strava , and even if they dont put all their training on strava , some of their rides are a lot slower than people on here .
Not on my route, I do double that within the first 5 miles!
id move, at least up the hill a bit
as long as its got some hills in it
whats "some" hills?
brian toonen on strava does about 5000m a day,
Oh yeah - also did my house to my then work in central Bristol in 2h04, distance of 42 miles. Undulating but not flat - got slightly over 20mph. That was a proper hard effort.
I think those are the only two occasions I've averaged over 20mph for any distance. It's a tough target for average speed.
some of their rides are a lot slower than people on here
all about that base that base, no treble
[i]Also done a 210miler with reggiegasket off here and averaged 16.5mph. Quite proud of that.[/i]
Nice, I expect most of that was on road and everything, which is OK, I guess. Just to be clear, mine was mostly offroad and that, you know. 😉
I'll join in...usual pace is around 17 - 18 mph. Most of my rides I'd regard as flat but windy circuits. Fastest I've covered 50 miles was averaging. 19.9mph. Fastest century was mid 17s. Did my first century of this season 2 weeks ago, 16.6mph 3400ft climbing but with evil headwinds. I'll usually be into the 20s on 2hr or less flat runs, depending on the wind.
Those are all solo rides.
Don't race road but plan to take TT a bit more serious this year.
About 14 to 15 mph on a ride unless its Audax then its 12 to 13 as I dont do fast .but time trialling when it matters as fast as I can go ,about 26 average
By contrast, did 118km on Sunday, first time in years, clocked 26.8kph moving time. And I'm still battered 🙂
15-17mph on a decent ride on mixed roads.
12mph is my "touring" speed.
I managed 19.2mph on the 84(?) mile Etape Caledonia a couple of years back. That has c 2,000ft of climbing.
I love these threads 😆
Loads of people comparing the incomparable - my last road ride was 15.5mph but then I won a race two days later. This coming Sunday I'll average about 12mph but I've done 100 at over 26 and 50 at over 27, solo. That all means nothing in isolation - I'm still a shedload slower than an awful lot of people.
Just ride it, folks!
279 miles this year so far 28,488ft of climbing. Good luck averaging 20+ round here for more than 20 miles on your own.
One time I did my 8.5 mile commute (pretty flat, urban to rural) at an average of 20mph and my god I was over the moon. If someone is in front of me I go much faster than usual (yes, I realise that deep down this makes me an asshole :D)
Average speed is a pretty useless metric really. I've removed any speed readouts from my Garmin display.
Though from looking at my data in Golden Cheetah, I generally average 13mph commuting in and out of central London every day. Heady stuff. Last time I rode a 25 I did 26.5mph.
Average around 14-15mph on my 5 mile commute. That's flat with one gear and a child trailer + 4yr old for half of it.
16-18mph for 60 odd miles with around 3-4000 feet of climbing when I take the road bike out at weekends.
I'm happy enough with that.
Did the same 15.8 mile route this week and last on my mtb and road bike, trying to put in similar efforts. Weather conditions more or less identical. Roadie was 17.1mph average, MTB 15.1mph average. Not scientific, but felt about right in terms of differential.
8 mile flat commute, smooth roads, no traffic lights, 2 mini roundabouts and one mega roundabout that feeds M25 - usually manage it in a few seconds either side of 20 minutes if it's not bad weather.
At 6:30 there's pretty much no traffic and certainly no other bikes to race.
Takes at least 5 minutes longer going home due to traffic and lack of kamikaze instinct on my part.
Cant say what my average is but through a couple of speed traps I've found that my best pace (always default to) is about 15mph.
Maybe its just me, but I never even look at average speed. I'm not sure most of the blokes in the club do either.
If I'm on the turbo I'll make note but out on the road its a bit pointless unless your doing the same TT circuit or something.
Maybe its just me, but I never even look at average speed. I'm not sure most of the blokes in the club do either.
I don't either, in the sense that it's not a field on my Garmin, and I'm not that bothered what the number says, but I still have a vague awareness of what it tends to be, and I'd suggest most people are the same.
true 🙂 its a sketchy way to build your training around though. unless the environments very controlled.
Totally agree, I don't think anyone is advocating that though.
I do like working out what mine is on long rides, it's something to do, and if I'm randomly aiming for a 20mph average as I do periodically I spend a lot of time working out how far ahead/behind I am the 0.33 mile/minute target!
Exactly. That's why I only have power, time, and HR fields on the Garmin when training.
Saying that, I did find a ride in GC that had a 31mph average speed. Sadly, it was on the rollers. 😆
For proper rides I usually work on an average speed of 400km every 24 hours. I think some of you guys are probably setting off a bit hot.
I managed 13.5 mph on yesterdays 35 mile ride on the Quantocks and Exmoor, I did do 3500 ft of climbing though.
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unless the environments very controlled.
I ride to power and only look at the speed retrospectively. Is a little surprising how consistent the avg speed is over a training loop for a given type of ride, even though the speed of various segments vary a lot due to conditions.