Originally Posted by
merlinextraligh
if you want to know where you stack up, find a group ride and rie with others.
How fast you ride by yourself is subject to so many variables, it is pretty much a worthless measure, and when you're riding by yourself it just doesn't matter how fast or slow you are.
I can do intervals with a tailwind and move along at 27mph.
I can do an endurance ride in hilly terrain and average 13mph.
Neither of those numbers do you much good.
"when you're riding by yourself it just doesn't matter how fast or slow you are"
It doesn't? Seems to me the faster you ride, the better shape you get in! Not everyone is a pack rider. The OP asked what is considered a good average speed on a flat terrain with no wind so that he could judge his progress. Therefore you
super fast, pack riding, superheroes, should take a time out on this one and let us solo experts answer. 17 mph, alone for 10 miles and your on your way to success, in the land on the lone rider!!