Originally Posted by
Null66
Back in the day 70-75 was considered a touring range.
85 would be considered rather high for that purpose. Nothing wrong with holding that all day...
Yeah, I think I'm a tourist. Just got back from a short ride. Wanted to get in a few miles. Strava says I did the 15.5 miles in just under an hour for a 16.0 mph average. The average cadence for the ride was 75, and I felt that I was really pushing it the whole time. That might have been because of the wind and the gradients. To me anyway, pedaling fast isn't very much fun. I think I'm most comfortable in the 65-70 range on the flats. Less on hills, and usually freewheel on the downhills. I'm old enough that I'm not much into seeing how fast I can go bombing down a steep mountain anymore.