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Old 12-05-11 | 04:10 PM
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Chalupa102
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From: Monson, MA

Bikes: Catrike Trail Recumbent trike

Originally Posted by Surrealdeal
...Commuting is about 95% of my riding, so why not monitor my progress, and ride it hard? Improving my average speed on my commute is my second-favorite thing to work toward...
Same here. Before I made my coroplast velomobile, my moving average to school @ 19.7 miles (+585 / -1039 ft) was usually around 15 - 15.5mph on a good day. If I had a headwind, I'd be closer to 14.5mph. Once in a great while I could hit 16, but that was usually with a tailwind helping me out. For the ride home using the shorter route @ 19.8 miles (+1046 / -588 ft) I'd usually be at 12.5 - 13mph moving average.

After making my velo a little over 2 weeks ago, my slowest moving average speed to school has been 16.0mph. My slowest moving average home taking the shorter route is currently 13.3mph. Middle of last week I started taking the longer route home, which bypasses the steeper hill to my house @ 22.2 miles (+1096 / -639 ft). My moving average taking that way has been 13.7 - 14.2mph.

My fastest commute to school ever was last Monday at 17.5mph moving average (15.8mph average including stops) and 39.2mph max: http://ridewithgps.com/trips/456393.
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