Originally Posted by
Planemaker
Dudelsack made a post in one of my threads that got me to thinking. I don't want to post average speeds that are overinflated. If I had a nickel for every guy that posted he regularly hit 300 yard drives I would be rich man, or at least riding a carbon bike. So, how do you guys calculate your average speed? For me I have Garmin eTrex Venture GPS mounted to my bike and I use the trip computer which calculates average speed based on time moving. In other words the time sitting at a stop light does not count against me. If I remember correctly my Cateye Cadence bike computer calculates the same way (I only use it for cadence since I have the GPS mounted to my bike).
If you know how long it took to get to someplace and how far it is to that place. Then use math. This filters out the one fast hill drop and filters out that one horrible long slow climb. Gives you an honest average.