Originally Posted by
CrankyOne
Not really. When I was racing a 25 mile individual time trial on the road of over an hour was rather poor. Most came in under an hour. It certainly wasn't herculean. And this was before bike fits, spin classes, power meters (or cell phones), training schedules, or matching booties. The masters guys I ride with occasionally will do 50 mile training rides in well under 2 hours (not a no-drop ride, I get dropped).
I'd love to see someone post evidence of a commute anywhere close to 25mph for a ~1 hr commute.
Most of these inflated figures come from someone glancing at their speedo while riding with a tailwind as a dump truck passes them.