Originally Posted by
skycyclepilot
I've read other posts. I just wanted fresh information. I understand your point, but for some reason, unless I poke around, or ride flat out, my average speed will be between 12 and 14 MPH - I'm a new rider, and I'm old and not in great shape, yet. I guess I expected others to be able to analyze data and come up with a narrow range that is fairly representative of their average speed just as I have. I guess I was wrong. Seems people would rather argue rather than participate in a mature discussion. I'm disappointed. I expected better of my fellow cyclists.
I have a Garmin GPS bike computer, that records all my rides. So I can get all kinds of statistics from the ride history.
My average speed for 2014, after 1800 miles, is 14.3 mph. But that includes a lot of different types of rides.
Average speeds really depend on the ride itself. This year: I have lead a couple of slow paced group rides at 12 mph. I survived an extremely hilly (8000 feet of climbing) 62 mile ride at 11.5 mph average. My more typical rides have some hill climbs and stop signs, and tend to average in the 15s. And I've done some 40 mile fast group rides at 18 or 19 mph.
So that's why you are getting "it depends" answers. And, if you stay on bike forums for a while, this question keeps coming up, and there's no good answer for it.
I'm 60 years old. This weekend, one of the group riders was 76, and he was pulling the group at 18 mph.
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You might try the
50 Plus forum. But even there, average speed questions have been answered many times.
See this google search:
site:bikeforums.net/fifty-plus-50 "average speed"