Originally Posted by patentcad
Average speed when I'm alone becomes rather meaningless. Yet that's what I hear bike weenies obsessing about all the time. And then they wonder why they get blown out the back door on Sat. morning.
+1
Staying in with fast groups is as much about skill as it is about strength, and the ability to go *really* fast when you have to is more important than the average speed you can maintain over some long distance.
I've been finding that I get a lot more out of doing intervals and doing long rides by myself.