I do 12.5 miles each way. Half A road and fast dual carriageway, half through the town. Takes me 45 minutes.
16.7mph true average - not computer stopping when I stop.
4.75 miles 20-25 minutes in town.
6 miles door to door. 25 minutes on average
11 miles each way
Typically 30min on the way in and 35min on the way back
31 miles each way - today it was 16mph on the way out and 18.5mph on the way home. 7 miles of city and town riding the rest all open road. Today was the first time I could be arsed or organised to do it this year 😀
If it was half the distance I'd do it everyday.
6 miles on and offroad, 30 mins.
17.5 miles each way, reckon the true average is about 15 mph.
Be faster if it wasn't for all the traffic lights.
6.9km each way
10 mins there (avg 41kph), 45 mins back (avg 9kph)
when I do the whole thing it's 14 miles in and about 50 mins total - 8 out of town and 6 through traffic. Home is 16 miles and about an hour or an hour and 5 - go a different way as it's nicer, hillier and avoids a horrible right turn.
Park and ride to work is 5.5 miles and 18 to 20 mins depending on traffic. Have done it in 15.10 though that was almost no traffic and a clean run on all but 2 sets of lights...
8 miles each way .. 30 mins through central london though with 6000 sets of traffic lights.
Average speed?No idea, I'd guess 46 mph 
8 miles each way .. 30 mins through central london though with 6000 sets of traffic lights.Average speed?No idea, I'd guess 46 mph
That would be 16mph...
21 miles, when i've worked it out I get an average of about 14mph, do a few dirttracks to avoid a couple of roads that are used as rat runs by HGV's and are not fun to ride down in rush hour..
6 miles, 40 minutes door to desk including getting changed.
7 miles around half an hour give or take depending how awake I am.
17 miles each way. 19mph average, but that's because the last 7 miles are open country roads. Don't tend to hammer it.
8 miles in, average just shy of 18mph, not bad for one gear. Just over 20mph on the geared bike.
On the way back? Varies wildly depending on route. No variation on the way in as I'm always late and have to go the short way!
14 miles. Mostly along canal, but last 3 miles along busy road into town. 45-50 minutes in and 55-60 mins home (all the locks (25) are uphill and more pedestrians on towpath!)
21 miles either way, best has been 19.2MPH.
Only managed that on the way into work, not on the way home though, too much traffic
17.5 miles. Record is 53 minutes in (it's mostly downhill on the way in!) It usually takes pretty much bang on an hour, a few minutes longer coming home. Surprisingly doesn't change much due to traffic, the biggest change is from a good run of traffic lights followed by the weather - wind can have a big effect on time.
If I go the scenic route (canal towpath, bridleways, bike paths) then it usually takes about 90 minutes depending on weather and which bits I do/don't do - there are multiple options to extend or shorten the route.
Exactly the same as the OP, 12.5 miles from South Manchetser to Warrington in 45 minutes.
I have a few different routes depending on what shift I'm on and also how fit or unfit I'm feeling.
6 miles - 25 mins
10 miles - 40 mins
13 miles - 55 mins
clowner - Member
11 miles each wayTypically 30min on the way in and 35min on the way back
Thats some average speed, 22mph in and about 20.5 on the way back. Thats very impressive if true
Anyone knocking on towards 20 is impressive. As someone else said, biggest determiner of speed for me is catching traffic lights well, and having a clear run through Muckley corner roundabout
Thats some average speed, 22mph in and about 20.5 on the way back. Thats very impressive if true
It's not that quick for a road bike if there aren't many lights.
I've certainly averaged 23-24mph over 70ish miles without pushing it on traffic light friendly roads.
I do 15 miles, 1100ft of climbing on the way to work 1200ft on the way home, crossing the Quantock hills (mostly on country lanes), it usually takes between 55 to 60 minutes, but if I take an offroad detour more like 1 hour 20.
Aidy. Unless you're riding in a group or wearing a smurf hat and riding a time trial bike I reckon 70 miles in 3 hrs is seriously impressive. Good work fella
13 miles mostly off road, dodging roe deer and rabits in an hour.
30mins-4miles there 8mph
15mins-4miles back 16mph
****ing big hill mind 😀
12.5 miles each way, 40 to 45 mins so 16 to 18 ish mph.
18-20km in about an hour on ss through the middle of Madrid.
60 miles an averaging about 65/70mph I imagine.
Off-road 15 miles-ish in an hour and 10. Road routes vary depending on how keen I'm feeling but average speed is around 17mph whether it's 12 miles or 25! Fast I am not.
5 1/2 miles 20 min in the rain
30 mins in the sunshine
I do 8.5 miles.. usually around 30 mins, best time is 26 on the way home, about 35 mins on the way home 🙂
25.5 miles each way, averaged 18.5mph this morning, quite a few traffic lights, some dodgy cycle paths, on a road bike with no panniers or rucksack.
Uphill on the way home, will take about the same time, but I always feel better after work.
Thats not every day, just on a friday.
Doug
8 and a half miles, about 40 mins
mixture of gravel path and back roads.
Going on some of the above numbers some of you must be very very fit and live in seriously flat places with no traffic - either that or be telling porkies.
I think it's about 5-6 miles, 80% off road with about 180m of climbing - takes about 40-45mins.
12.5 miles, rural A road, start in a town, through a few villages and end in a town.
Takes 48-50 minutes, which is ~ 15mph average.
Currently using an old Trek 4300 MTB with semi slicks on, am on the lookout for a roadbike which would hopefully increase the speed and drop the time.
8 miles each way, through Glasgow just over 30min depending on traffic and lights
4 miles- 60 minutes
19.6 miles each way, all road - over a moor on a cycle path then through the suburbs into south side of Glasgow. Quite a lot of climbing.
19.6mph average yesterday (took me 1hour 2 seconds), and 16.8mph home.
Depends which way I go and whether I just ride in or do intervals!
Steady flat ride in this morning: 15.17 miles at 18.41mph/190W, last night was the long hilly route 29.15 miles at 17.12mph/209W, or there's the short hilly route, which yesterday morning was 15.28 miles, 17.50mph/221W.
Couldn't do the same route every day, I'd get bored!
New route for me at last, no more nasty road commutes for me, yay.
New offroad route:
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nixon_fiend - Member8 miles each way .. 30 mins through central london though with 6000 sets of traffic lights.
Average speed?No idea, I'd guess 46 mph
bloody hell. unless you're running red lights, I take it you commute on a superlight TT bike with full flash gordon helmet, averaging in the high 30s when on the move?
3 miles all national cycle network
11 minutes today but normally give myself 30min including shower and getting changed.
by the power of mathematics....16mph
When i can bike in it.s 37 miles each way. Did it last week and took 1.45 on the way in. Mixture of town and country roads. From north nottingham, to leicester.
Will - if you dont race then perhaps you should think about starting to do so pretty bloody soon.
8 miles; 35 mins to work / 45 mins home.
(i live at the top of a big hill)
mostly quiet city streets for 2ish miles, canal towpath for 3ish miles, offroad for final 2.
is good fun.
anyone got some 450mm a-c rigid forks going cheap?
8 miles each way .. 30 mins through central london though with 6000 sets of traffic lights.
That's only 16mph, if you get lucky on the lights that seems plausible.
Will - if you dont race then perhaps you should think about starting to do so pretty bloody soon.
+1, that is bloody fast, 21.1mph on a commute. Fair play.
Edit: being the creepy stalker that I am, you need to knock MTB racing on the head, 16 minutes off the pace in Sport at Midlands XC1, and take up TTing/road racing, or you need to recalibrate your computer!
njee20 - Member8 miles each way .. 30 mins through central london though with 6000 sets of traffic lights.
That's only 16mph, if you get lucky on the lights that seems plausible.
errr, yes, if I got lucky on every single set of lights for 8 miles in london I'd be buying a few lottery tickets too.
factoring in even 5mins for light stops you average 19mph. still not realistic imo given stop/start/slowing/weaving buses/cabs....
agreed possible, but you'd prob die within a few attempts either getting hit by a bus/tourist/fixie hipster not paying attention
If I do the full distance its 35.5 miles each way and takes anything from 2 - 2.5 hours depending on weather, fitness, and company. I did something like 16.5 average there and back on Wednesday total 72 ish miles.
haha! Nice hunting njee! I had a awful race that day, so wasn't riding well.
21 on a road bike sounds fast, but if you get your head down it's fine. Didn't have a computer on, timed on my watch.
Don't want to quit mtb racing, mayhem this weekend 😉
You weren't riding well at D2D either?
21 on a road bike is bloody fast, unless your return journey took you 4 hours due to the 100mph headwind...
😆 I was actually quite happy with my D2D race, first solo 12hr.
I should confess that on the way home I got the train because I needed to pick the car up 🙄
A bit over 16 miles. Fastest I've done it in is 54:13, which made for an 18.1 mph average (proper average including stops, not a stupid cheating average). It does have just over 1000 foot of climbing, which slows things down a little.
I'm confident mine is accurate - distances & height gain off google maps, and I have gps tracks of almost every day too.
Joe
Previously: 15 miles, 50min going in, 40-45min on the way home as I'd woken up and eaten lots of harribo.
Used to do that 4 days a week!
Since then my knee has given up the ghost, I could probably only manage it in 50min now and it'd take a week for my knee to recover.
Nowadays: 6 miles ~25-30min as I cant be arsed breaking a sweat. And only a couple of days a week.
15 miles in 40 minutes is pretty special, another one for TTing!
Gotta love all these 21-22mph average speeds on road bikes!
Clearly there are far more Elite riders on here than I thought, perhaps some of you should be doing the Tour Series or the National Road Race Championships!
😆
Don't think you realise STW is a hive of Elite riders!
Actually there's at least 3 who regularly post, and others who crop up from time to time!
7 miles into town - 22 mins 🙂 Sl hills but nothing mad 🙂
Road bike - yes, Elite rider - No, Fit - fairly but not insanely, Riding - MTB but road ride a bit 🙂 (My resume 🙂 )
15ish miles more or less all off road, takes me between an hour and an hour and 15mins depending on how fit I am feeling.
I stand corrected on distance! It was 33.5miles in 1.45 😆
Just looked through my phone and it's mapped it.
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Every time these threads come up you get fantastic tales of great speed. 21mph on a road bike is very fast, I couldn't get near that on a solo ride.
About 5.5 miles each way for me in about 25 minutes, never actually clocked it. So about 13mph, on a '94 rigid MTB with panniers - it's quite hard to stop in a hurry with a bit of weight in the panniers (and on me), some rain, and very old canti brakes!
14 miles and about 50 minutes
Its a fine balance between getting there quickly and pushing too hard that i'll be soaking with sweat for half the morning (no shower at work so only have a sink to wash with)
12 miles each way / 45 mins-ish leaving enough time to have a shower and a coffee before work.
There truly are some rockets on here, I think I generally average 14/15mph but have no desire to bust my guts getting to work.
19km, B roads with some undulations (can't call them hills) and a small bit of cyclepath - used to take 38 minutes, with one 35 minute (road bike) time. Now takes 42 minutes (rigid slicked MTB) as my head has got bored of pushing it every day (and I am struggling to get back up to full strength after breaking my leg last year). That's with a rucksack of varying weight (depending whether I carry the laptop).
In 8 years commuting, am now on my 3rd set of wheels (rims wear out), but original jockey wheels (they're about the size of a 5p now). I am experimenting with jockey wheels to see whether the amount of wear affects shift quality - currently have concluded that on my cheapo commuter bike it doesn't, and on my good MTBs it also doesn't, but on the good MTBs worn jockey wheels look bad. On the commuter I don't care if they look bad.
14 miles each way, all road, 1 hour. Only once a week at the mo, getting up at 5:45 is too hard 🙂
Back in the real World - it's not an "official" commute (work from home) but I ride a route 3 times a week - very hilly (four hills are over 20% and more than 150 metres long), some off road, some rural, a very small bit of urban, no traffic lights.
Set my record this morning - 12.5 miles, 55m07s averaging 13.5mph
My "standard" road bike route is again very hilly and 24 miles - usually average around 16mph.
Lots of variables though - sometimes have to stop for something (often a tractor turning), sometimes ran the night before (really slows me down), etc.
Enjoy it though and it helps keep a decentish base fitness level.
On my "full on" MTB ride (very steep and technical hills and drops most of the way) I average well under 10mph.
Some of your commutes (35 miles + EACH WAY?!!) and times (ahem) are crazy!
5 miles each way. Roughly 20 mins.
I think we can assume that our commutes are not really comparable due to too many variables 😉
Bit less than two miles, i probably average a speed north of 25mph
(That is going down the hill to work. Going back up i probably average 2.5mph)
5 miles, 22 minutes, uphill going to work, uphill coming home.
road - 25 miles round trip with about 400m climbing - 85 to 90 minutes.
off road - 26 miles round trip >800m climbing - 2 hours 20
Huddersfield to Leeds, 16.5 miles, fastest was 56 minutes so average of 17 mph.
I'm always at the back on every MTB ride I do to make a comparison in fitness. I'm feeling quite good about my commute time now!!
uphill going to work, uphill coming home.
Either you cross a valley or you are defying some simple laws of nature here?!!
Live at the top of one hill and work at the top of another.