Originally Posted by
hobkirk
Would you care to elaborate? Maybe what you estimate the results would be if you were doing the same kind of rides? Your info seems like it might be quite useful in this thread (although I would not have chosen to resurrect this thread). I am interested in this subject. I started riding just before birthday 65, coming up on 70 (2 months), I observe that my speed seems to be dropping despite additional experience. [CAVEAT: I rode a LOT in my first months - over 4K miles in 6 months, two centuries.]
I am able to sort my data by types of rides, such as commuting and road riding. Here are what the data show for commuting and road riding (not including touring and trail) by age:
Age - Commute Avg, Road Avg
56 - 15.1, 17.1
57 - 15.4, 16.6
58 - 15.3, 16.4
59 - 15.3, 16.6
60 - 15.0, 16.2
61 - 14.9, 16.2
My average speeds commuting are more comparable because I am riding solo about the same distance every day, over the same route and in similar weather over the course of a year. I expect that my average commute speed for this year may increase because the weather has been a bigger factor than usual so far in 2015.
My road speeds are less comparable because I have been riding much fewer group rides in recent years, with smaller groups, and generally with slower riders than in the past.