Originally Posted by
Retro Grouch
Probably.
The mistake most folks who wanting to go faster make is doing the same workout day after day. You need hard days to break your body down followed by easy days to allow it to build itself back up. Most riders don't try hard enough on the hard days and go too hard on the easy days.
I really dig this answer. It is very true for my training last year.
Originally Posted by
chasm54
A month at 60-80 miles a week is hardly any time on the bike, you're not going to see substantial improvements until you've put in way more time than that.
Don't forget he said that he has been riding for a month. It takes years and yeah, like you said, a crap ton of miles to dramatically increase your average speed.
My best advice is to go on really long rides. Get that strength and endurance up. 100km+ rides help me a lot for my daily 21km commutes.