My commute is a bit over 9 miles. My average speed is around 11.

Once in a while I catch myself doing 15 or faster. That is when I stop pedaling, coast a bit and get myself back on the 11 mph track. After all, if I was in a hurry, I wouldn't be on a bike.

I might be faster, but I envy anyone that can actually commute to work on a bicycle. Its impossible for me. I'm a programming contractor and my shortest distance in the past 6 years has been 1 hour and 15 minutes each way in a car.

Besides, the real reason most of us ride a bike is because you can enjoy the outdoors while getting some exercise, right?

In warm weather my best time was 1 hr. 4 mins on 16M commute, usually ran me about 110. Had been dabbling in cold weather, laid up for a bit w/ unexpected surgery

2 mile commute averaging 11+ mph and taking about 11 min to get there.

On my old Hardrock, I'm no speed demon, especially with the studded fat tires on now. My 3.5 mile commute takes 14 minutes on a good night, so I guess about 14 mph average. The other night in 6-8 inches of fresh falling snow, it took 40 minutes.

16 mph's a pretty good average, bullethead


My commute's 6 miles (~10 km) in one direction. I climb uphill in the morning and so it takes me awhile - 35 - 40 min. I have more energy later in the day in general In the afternon it takes me about 25 min.

I ride a little over 6 miles to work. It generally takes me 30 minutes and I try to maintain a cruising speed of 15 when I can. Cyclometers can be deceiving about average speeds. My best average according to the cyclometer was 13.9 mph. On that particular day I rode up to red lights and stop signs and stopped abruptly. On another day I coasted slowly into intersections timing lights so I didn't have to stop. My average speed was about 12 mph. On both days it took me the same amount of elapsed time to get to work.

My ride is 31.5 mi each way. My avg time in the morning (when traffic is light- 3:30-4a) is 1hr 35 min. The evening gets way longer time wise because of traffic (6:30 p or so) and runs from 1hr 40-55 min due to the slowing for lights....

My commute is 13 miles each way. Most of it is flat, straight, road or expressway. I use a road bike. If there's no wind, my average speed is 17-18 mph.

15 miles each way in the fall/winter/early spring, half parkway, half urban & residential, one decent climb each way, takes about an hour with an average speed of 16mph on a dry, not yucky day. All bets are off when the weather turns bad and I give myself an extra 1/2 - 1 hour, or just drive.

In the summer I'll do the full 45 each way 2-3 times a week. I have a stretch of decent climbs on the full route, so I am doing good if I make it in less than 3 hours.

I'm currently looking for a new job that will cut down the commute distance and enable me to ride every day in any weather.

I do not have a cycling computer. Using google pedometer and my watch results in these times.

Short distance (only on lazy days. Mostly bus and a little bike): 3 mile each way. 20-15 min
Average distace (most days. half bus half bike): 18 miles each way. 1 hr
Long form: 35 miles each way (when I feel up to it. all bike). 2.5 hrs

I don't pay attention to my commute speed, but as it's only three miles, all the time in parking lots and at stoplights and what not must kill my average speed.

I only pay attention to average speeds for the rides I do during a triathlon. Other times, I'm either riding for fun or doing something specific where average speed is not important. I do keep track of it though (distance travelled / elapsed time including stopped time), so here you go:

My average speed to work varies signifiantly by weather/bike/tires etc. I have 3 ways to work...two of them are 5 miles, the other 8 one way. 5-mile 1 average is typically 12mph or so in good weather conditions on my cyclocross bike with slicks (lots of stopping and have to cross a major hwy with no stop in cross traffic). 5-mile 2 I average about 11, but its newly opened so I've only done it in snow/cold conditions on my hybrid. That 11 mph is into the prevailing wind. Coming home the other day my overall avg ended up as 17 mph. Gotta love a 20 mph tailwind the whole way home. The 8 mile route I've done in both poor and fabulous conditions. Typically in good weather on my cross bike with 700-28s I avg about 16 mph or so with an all time high of 19.8 mph when I hit all the lights without having to slow down, no wind 67 deg F. That was my sprint workout for the day. In cold/snowy weather on my hybrid I average about 11-12 mph.

Now the measure that really matters: how long does it take you from when you hop on your bike to when you start working? For me this is almost always 1 hr. If I go slower I tend to be faster with locking up the bike and showering...If I go faster I lose the time gained recovering from the workout and walking slower, pausing longer etc after locking up the bike. In the end, all that matters is that if I need to be at work by 7:30, I need to straddle the bike at 6:30.

17.4 miles to work, about 800' of climbing, 1:10 to 1:20,
15.9 miles home, about 500' of climbing, between 0:55 and 1:10.

For me bike commuting and riding for exercise are different experiences. When I work-out I usually push myself much harder and am faster but also more tired in the end. I go to a more desolate country road or a bike path somewhere so that I dont have to deal with traffic, stopping, slowing down, etc. Commuting is more about riding when conditions aren't optimal, when I don't necessarily feel like it, when the weather is bad, when there's lots of traffic, in short it's more about testing myself There's no parking at work too, so unless I want to ride the stinky bus...

Now that winter is upon us it has devastated my "average" speed. I'm just happy to get to ride, do it safely and go whatever speed is necessary to do that. When snow and ice are not an issue my 10.7 mile commute into town via some streets and about 8 miles of bike path with mulitiple intersections takes any where from 33 minutes to 40 minutes depending on how much sleep I've had, what the wind is like and if I get motivated to kick it up a bit. On most days I'm carrying a briefcase and a backpack in my milkcrate on a hybrid type bike, which with fenders, lights, lock and cable, weighs in at about 35 lbs.

I wish I could say I am detached from the whole speed issue but the distance I rack up and the speed at which I do it does serve as a motivator at times. I definitely notice if my speed (really my time in minutes) falls below or rises above my "average".

If I push the pace on the way in it's usually because I'm late- the ride home is either lazy- I'll sometimes stop and have a beer in the summer or just sit by the river or I'll hammer home just for the fun and the exercise.

I get about 30 minutes of good exercize most days, 20 on other days when I go the short way. I don't think your actual speed matters to anyone but you. I like to track it, just to make sure I keep pushing myself.

I average 31 minutes for my 6.4 mile commute, with an average speed of a little over 12 mph. I ride a hybrid with upright handlebars. I have two hills to climb, only one is big. They really get my heartrate up!

On my flat, shortcut route (which I took today, since the longer route requires use of the bikepath, which is not plowed or maintained), of 4.5 miles, I average 20 minutes and go a little faster.

8.6 miles each way on my mtn bike, relatively flat, driveway to driveway....22~26 minutes depending on the day and lights. If I see the "Honeywell" commuter, my times are on the lower side, I kind of like to torment him

25k each way. 60 min almost exactly riding time according to cycloputer, about hour and 10-15 min total elapsed time with stops. And i do about 1200 ft climb each way.

I'm not sure what my speed is, but I do know I get going faster than 50 km/h on the way in on the big downhill. On the flats, I probably hit 40 for a few blocks at a time. With the inevitable lights, I probably average 20 km/h, but when I'm moving it's closer to 30 km/h on the way in, 25 km/h on the way out...

18 miles each way. Usually around 15 MPH in the winter on the dedicated commuter bike. Between 17-18 in the summer when I don't have to carry so much extra stuff.

Okay.. I'll answer in Kilometers =D

I'm commuting straight north/south in East Vancouver.
I go from Hastings to Marine.
My route is 13.1 km long, and it takes me anywhere from 35 to 40 minutes.
I guess thats an average speed of 22km/h

Depending on my route, it's 18 miles (29 km) or 12 miles (19.3 km) each way.
The cyclometer usually shows my avg between 12.5 mph (20.1 kph) and 13.5 mph (21.7 kph). However, coming into work is a bit more uphill than going home, so it regularly drops to as low as 10 mph (16 kph) in the mornings.
I think my record average in getting home was 15 mph (24.1 kph) and I've only pushed that hard once .


(edit) - My commute regularly takes somewhere around 1 hour and 45 minutes up to 2 hours.

My commute is 7 miles with a fair bit of climbing and takes me exactly 30 minutes most days.

My commute is 15 miles in and 17.5 home (I take a different route to avoid one nasty stretch of road at rush hour). I maintain a detailed log of each ride so I've got good historical numbers to compare to/with. I also know the distance of my commute so I can figure the average speed using distance/time and then compare to what my cyclecomputer says.

My ride to work takes somewhere between 42min53sec (feeling really good, riding my LeMond & getting lucky with the lights as I run the last 5 miles through town) & 59min21sec (10 degrees out and riding my fixed gear commuter & hitting almost all the reds). As such, my average speed runs the gamute between 15mph & 21 mph for the commute to work.

My ride home (provided I don't extend it which, during the spring/summer/fall I generally do when I'm feeling good) takes somewhere between 56min54secs & 1hr 8min 44sec. As I generally don't end up riding straight home when I'm feeling in the zone, my average speed doesn't get up there like it does in the morning: commute home average speed hovers somewhere between 15 & 18.5mph.

I commute 5 days a week provided that there's no snow/ice on the roads (that's where my wife draws the line right now). During the winter my commute is more for base building. During the spring/summer/fall my commute ends up being more varied intensity wise depending on what my goals are, how I feel and what bike I'm riding.