Originally Posted by
StephenH
Fast is relative, and I'm not familiar with the local riders or the local terrain.
Checking on RUSA results for this route, there are only 6 times listed for two different outings on the route: 8:30, 8:23, 10:45, 8:43, 9:10, 9:30.
Based on experience with local rides, the time of 10:45 might have been a rolling average of 14.0 mph. But I would bet all the rest were a fair bit faster than that. A rolling average of 14.0 mph requires 8.9 hours rolling time for a 200k, and most of us spend a fair bit of time at controls.
I see in each case, there were other non-RUSA riders, so I don't know how they fit in, they may all have been on the slow side.
And just looking at those times, doesn't look like anyone was riding with anyone else anyway, so maybe a moot point.
that doesn't seem particularly representative for Pgh area. either those six were faster than typical, or it's a flatter than typical route for these parts. in any event, I am highly unlikely to do it in less than 10 hours.