Originally Posted by
TobinH
That's a normal average speed for a flatish race. Depends on the category of course.
It should be abundantly clear from context that we are talking about recreational rides, not races.
I'm not sure how many races feature hundreds of pedestrians and joggers in your path, along with dogs, roller skaters, kids meandering in every direction, dozens of stops and half stops, tree branches strewn here and there, roots pushing up pavement, or, taking a couple minutes to stop to sign a release form in a gated community etc etc etc.
If not for all of these factors I'm sure bikeforums riders would be averaging 35-40 mph on the flats.
