Originally Posted by cycletourist
100 miles in 5 hours is an average speed of 20 miles per hour. Yikes!!! 20 mph = 33 kph. And that is assuming you never stop to rest/eat/urinate/whatever. If you do stop, make it quick and get back on the bike.
That is exactly why I want to know what the REAL average must be - taking into account such things as stops, etc.
More to the point - what speed to you have to try to sit on to maintain this sort of average - I am thinking of around 35-40kph as much as possible. Correct?