Mvcrash

I average 13-15 mph depending on wind. I'm on a mountain bike with 2.25 knobbly tires some small hills, so I figure it is not so bad. I always wondered how much faster I would be with the same effort on a Road bike.

jsjcat

Me too!

gdhillard

15 mph or so for me as well.

superslomo

15-17 usually, but when it gets longer, and steeper, it gets slower as well. I just did just over 60 miles yesterday, including a climb up to the turnaround point, 4700 feet total for the trip, and I think I was under 14mph when I got home, and was shelled. It was around 6 miles of consistent uphills, including some pretty steep sections, and I stink at that. I'm faster than my couch, though.

jeanHTX

15mph

kansukee

22.05 for 57 miles with a bit of a tailwind combined with crosswinds (riding south/southwest) and a few overpasses. This was on the Escape to the Keys ride last year, on the second day. This year I would like to up that by at least one mph and yes, I have the Garmin file to prove it.

Lazyass

Relax, turbo. You gonna be okay there?

Hypno Toad

'turbo' ... LOLz.

I'm not 'okay', I'm grinning and having a great time. Only thing missing... cold beer. But, the boss-man frowns on that.

WhyFi

He's Ozone.

Martian63

63 years old. Depending on how many bathroom breaks usually 15-16 mph on a long ride. Shorter rides about 17 mph.

goenrdoug

14-17 mph. Typically, rides around here include 60-120 ft/mile of climbing, so average speed varies according to route.

Hypno Toad

He speaks the truth. ^^^

Sixty Fiver

I downloaded the app for my Blackberry this morning to track rides... I won't be riding any serious distances for a while but it will be interesting to check some of the data on my usual routes.

chasm54

Like all average speed threads, this one is full of fail even if one discounts the ridiculous >30mph claims.

I'm an old, fat guy. On a flat road on a calm day I can cruise at close to 20 mph in HR zone 2, a pace I can maintain for hours. A five hour century is probably still within my reach. One of my most frequent training rides is 43 miles with >2000' of climbing, it typically takes me about 2 hours 40 minutes going moderately hard. But put me into seriously hilly territory and I'm a three-toed sloth, I crawl up the hills in undignified sweatiness.

Average speeds are the losers' performance metric. If you want to know how good you are, take out a racing licence and pin on a number.

rpenmanparker 

Hey, losers need metrics too!

Hypno Toad

Wouldn't you say there's a difference from riding solo for a long distance and riding in a pack, to break out for a sprint finish? I'm a bigger fan of the one man break-away, than the sprinter that uses his lead-out train to pass the break-away rider inside the last 10 km.

I would never claim that "I'm the best" 'cause I have a higher average speed. FWIW, my point was just curiosity since I don't get many chances to ride solo at that distance. Normally, I'm either riding to work/home or long weekend tours with the wife.

I did ride a gravel-grinder century in June (Westside Dirty Benjamin) - I did 109 miles cause I thought 100 wasn't enough (& maybe I'm no good at following cue sheets). I pinned a number and rode hard, but the weather was the biggest competitor with gale-force winds (50+mph) and heavy rain. Finished 57th, taking me 9:39, Strava recorded an average speed of 12.5 mph. Faster riders included single-speed riders and fat-bike riders, fastest riders finished in 5:49 ... so I know I'm no speed-racer.

IMO, your "losers' performance metric" is a bit harsh.

halfspeed

Yes.

Why? Do you imagine that one is easier?

It's accurate.

chasm54

Of course, there's a huge difference. If you want to ride solo and break records, take up time-trialling. But I'd still suggest you take out a licence and pin on an number, because then you are competing over a set course under consistent conditions.

And don't underestimate the sprinters. They have to stay in the hunt until the end. If you think that's easy, give it it a try. Their skills and powers of recovery are remarkable.

You're making my point for me. Your nine hours may well have been a very creditable performance in the conditions. I know people who can easily break the hour for 40 km but are hopelessly uncompetitive in races, and others who win races who have never done a 60 minute 40k in their life. What's good depends on what you what to achieve, and train for, and varies with weather and terrain.


I'm like that. But really, the number of people who come on here and ask about average speed without referencing the almost infinite number of variables that may influence such a metric is slightly wearing - almost as wearing as the number of wannabes who immediately post figures that Eddy Merckx might envy.

Jarrett2

There are lots of ****** in this sub forum. The Internet, keyboards, anonymity and all. Best just to laugh them off.

chasm54

Better still, talk about what you know. Seems to be a particular problem for you, and not just in this sub-forum. Mind your own business.

Jarrett2

Hypno Toad

Easier? No. Just a fan.

And your metric is? Or are you simply above any metrics? I'm geek, I like numbers and spreadsheets. It is totally meaningless, but fun to me. I'm sure I'm not the only one, since you know, there's hundreds of apps out there to track everything from steps to miles to calories to whatever. If you're above this geeky stuff, cool, go on to something else and let the geeks have our silly, pointless fun.

Correct, but for an average guy like me, I only get to 'test' myself like that once or twice a year. I'd love to do more, but you know, I need a job to pay for all these bikes (& the ones I still want). Plus, oddly, my family still enjoys my company, go figure.

I truly couldn't give a rodent's hairy behind what these anonymous people have to say. As stated above, I enjoy some banter. When I get tired of it, I'll move on to something else... likely riding a bike.

LesterOfPuppets

I've been doing that once a month, at least. I prefer to count how many people I beat rather than how many people beat me

CX race tonight, I hope I can stay on the same lap as the leader like I did last week!!!

chasm54

Fine. But if you only have time to ask silly questions, you shouldn't expect intelligible answers.

Hypno Toad

You'll need to find and quote where it was stated any 'intelligible answers' were expect.