Hi everyone, my name is Mike...first time poster. Just got a road bike recently and am blessed with a nice flat stretch of seldom used mile long road right outside my door.

My main goal getting into cycling is losing weight (I'm about 6' 210lbs and want to get down to at least 190 or 185). I plan on doing a lot of sprinting as well as long distance rides.

I went out today for the first time with a computer and got to 29.3 mph at my fastest. I would really like to hear some of the times of the experienced cyclists like you guys so I have something to shoot for and motivate myself.

I tried googling speeds but I mainly got speed times for guys out in the desert with contraptions that look more like missiles than actual bikes which does me no good.

Thanks in advance everyone.