Originally Posted by
skycyclepilot
Good grief people, this isn't rocket science. If you go out on a normal day, take a ten mile ride at your normal pace, returning from where you started, then punch the button on your trip computer, what does it say your average speed was??? On my last ride, it was 12.35 MPH. Unless I push it, or piddle around on my ride, I'll be within one MPH of that every time. Gee, I'm sorry I asked. I expect semantics if I ask a political question, but not over something as simple as this. I hope it's just a Monday morning thing!
It's not a Monday morning thing.
Have you done a search on average speed? Every post about average speed (and there are a lot of them) have the same responses. Go look.
The thing is this ...
What is a "normal day"? What is a "normal pace"?
One day it will be sunny and warm with no wind and I might ride a flat route.
One day it will be cold with no wind and I might ride a flat route.
But when I ride on cold days I tend to ride a bit slower than I do on warm days.
One day there will be a slight wind ... one day there will be a heavy wind ... one day the wind will come from this direction ... one day the wind will come from that direction ...
One day I will ride a flat route .... one day I'll include a few little hills ... one day my whole ride will be a hill climb to the top of a mountain ... one day I'll ride a series of fast rollers ....
One day I'll to a short ride ... one day I'll do a long ride ...
One day I'll feel fresh and ready to ride ... one day I'll be tired for various reasons and my ride will be a slog ...
What's my average speed? It depends entirely upon ... so many things.
And can you compare your average speed with mine? Of course not. We're not the same people, we're not in the same place, we don't ride the same routes, we haven't been through the same life experiences ...