Originally Posted by daven1986

Hi all,

I know some of the answers will be "depends on the engine", "depends on traffic lights", BUT given some traffic lights and some nice clear sections where I can go for quite a while without being slowed by lights. Is 20mph average possible for a 5 a day commuter? I want to get my commute time down to 30mins (10 miles)!

The last time I measured my speed I was averaging around 14-16mph - that was about a year ago.

Thanks

Daven

Originally Posted by z90

Unless you are fortunate enough to have a route that makes sense to time trial on, I think you'd be better off finding a good time trial route somewhere and testing yourself there once a week when you're not commuting. Trying to do your commute as fast as possible can lead to poor decision making in heavy traffic. If you are dealing with stoplights and traffic, it's also not a very good test of fitness, as there are too many other things that influence your time.