Originally Posted by
pallen
I guess that gets down to what you mean by "average". I'm talking about the distance traveled divided by the time you were out. Yes, flat cruising without a headwind is often around 23 and up, but there's also points where we wait to regroup and slow spin a bit after a sprint, etc. that bring the total average down.
The ride definitely cruised around 22~24mph on flats. Very windy stretches, slow-down after surges and rolling re-group from time to time and slow stop and move all combined (Plus me having to stop for a minute to tighten my saddle that came lose for some reason), my bike computer averaged the complete ride at 18.3