Originally Posted by
MinnMan
It's amazing to me how many times I do a ride where my spedometer is at nearly all times between 18 and 2x MPH but the average speed turns out to be 17.5. It's because of all the slowing before stops/turns and accelerating afterwards. They really have an impact. That's why many would probably say that avg speed on a road course isn't a very meaningful statistic.........(except that it's meaningful to us)
This is me to a tee
Tonight I did a 31 miler and I was in the 20+ a lot but I was also down to 12 at times too, hills and then there is this one short road where it seems that is all I can get and do not know why, but anyway I decided to can the high avg speed thing thinking I would be low 17's. Ended up right at 18. weird.
I believe I could do a high one riding in a group dynamic situation.