Originally Posted by
SHBR
Meh.
Last nights solo ride, 68km, 25.6km avg speed, 44.84km top speed. Totally flat except for bridges.
24/38/50 X 18T gearing.
The fast bit is here:
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/31.1...a=!4m2!4m1!3e2
Local roadies use that stretch for interval training it seems, I wound up to 40km/hr, and they still reeled me in, perhaps taller gearing would have helped,
Yep, the roadies love the roads on both sides of the river, probably because they're low traffic with few traffic lights, unlike most roads in Shanghai.
My common night ride is just across the river, though when I used to commute to Pudong daily my daily commute was on that road.
As for the original post, I've just gotten back onto my bike after a very long layoff, so my pace isn't wonderful - I'm averaging around 16mph (24km/h) at the moment, though I hope this will improve over time now that I'm back into cycling.