Joined: Jan 2009
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From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
Exactly. Stops have a severe effect on average time because of the deceleration and acceleration. So if I could stay in motion the whole way, maybe I would average much higher speeds. More importantly for me, since I have few stops, are the many reasons for slowing down. My speed graph is very noisy, and it's not because I need to slow to rest.