Originally Posted by
maddyfish
It's still hard to believe you've never come across a situation where a bike was faster.
Do you have a gray beard? No you ride a Raleigh 3 speed? Do you own a wicker basket?
I ride around 17mph typically (sometimes I push it and go faster, sometimes I'm lazy and go slower; and sometimes the hills decide). I ride an aluminum road bike (not a single or fixie). I'm not a speed demon.
But out in the burbs, here in the midwest, cars normally average around 30mph down city roads. You just aren't going to be faster unless you've got a better route: And in the burbs, the only straight routes are the multi-lane throughways; everything else zig-zags and dead ends.