Originally Posted by
IrishBrewer
Mine is 1.59 on a good day and doesn't vary from that too much. I take a slightly longer route on the bike for safer roads on my 12 mile (each way) ride. Only 2 traffic signals coming in and 3 on my return and one busy road to merge into for a left hand turn.
My average speed is about 20.5 mph on the bike.
I use my commute for training so usually I'm pushing pretty hard.
I have limited time to bike so taking advantage of the time I would otherwise be driving has been a real bonus.
How fast do you cruise at? I have a quite a bit more lights on my ride, and to get that average I need to cruise over 25mph, sometimes hitting 30mph on the flat roads (need a good tailwind or a truck to do that though). Jealous of your traffic lights per mile, that would not be possible in Japan.