15.5 mph

Did that the other day to a guy on a small motorcycle. He looked me, dropped behind for a bit to match pace (I think he wanted to know how fast I was going - about 40kmh at that spot as I remember and then shot off into the distance with a look of "thats impossible" on his face. Its more fun with the guys in big expensive cars stuck at traffic lights. Go around the traffic, cross on the pedestrian cycle and get home before they do. :) You can just see them staring daggers at you.

I use an old computer on my bike, it calculates the average as miles travelled/total elapsed time. No consideration for stop time although my commute only has a few lights anyway. I typically hit 15-15.5 mph on my 19 mile (each way) ride. Some days I drive part way due to time constraints - my average is usually around 16 on the 10 to 12 mile days because of fewer climbs.

Over the almost five years I have been tracking my commute data, my year round average has consistently stayed in the 14 mph range, and is slower in the winter. I mostly ride a 30+ pound hybrid between 25 and 30 miles round trip on a combination of MUPs. My slowest commute was about at a 7 mph average riding in about four inches of wet snow on uncleared MUPs, my fastest was about 17 mph on one of the few times I commuted on my road bike.

From almost the start of bike commuting 4 years ago, my average has been about 15mph going to work and a bit slower coming home. I originally rode 16.5 miles round trip, and this year have extended it to(usually) get in 20 miles round trip. Anyway, it doesn't seem to matter if I ride the converted mtb commuter with panniers or the road bike, the average is between 14 and 16 mph going in and after the 12 hour shift, it's always slower going home(12-14), but no surprise there!

I love it when it happens, but it almost never does - I ride in a very rural-suburban area where traffic generally doesn't back up.

I get my average by watching my speedometer often when I'm pedaling at a steady pace and by throwing out the high and low to account for hills. My average speed to work is 18mph and my way back is about 15. My round commute is 26-28 miles depending on the two different routes I normally take.

I use a Garmin Edge 500 with auto pause. My average, with its algorithm is usually in the 16 to 17 mph range. However, my average cruising speed in the flats can be in the 20 mph range.

I typically average Mach 0.023 with no wind. :p

That's a hellva feeling... :thumb:

When I got that speed on decenting, and cars ahead at a slower pace, I move to the passing lane.. Wow!! ;)

Alright, I've avoided these types of threads for some time but now have some actual Endomodo data to base my response on so here we go: 15mph average, 18mph high, 12 mph low.

Commuting is all about context. I would like to cite the following factors in my commute which is 4 miles via street and 7 miles via MUP, many luck based, others not:

1) Hitting the first light. Pure luck. Can add +30sec, more if you hit the sweet spot. On a 45 minute route = 1%, still something.
2) Stoptional signs. I'll admit I ride through 4ways at high speeds early in the morning when nobody is out.
3) WIND! Chicagoeans know what I am talking about
4) MUP traffic, plenty of folk hogging the trail.
5) Rest/dehydration/hangover... nuff said
6) Last lights leading to the loop.

So, my average speed is what I said above, 18-12, usually around 20mph on the MUP and 15mph in the streets for rested and decent conditions. All commuting time logged, 14.1mph average including critical masses, meh.

Recent Road bike Convert (from Heavier entry level MTB with slicks) and doing my 8 mile commute in under 30 minutes, shaved 5 minutes off the very first day on a Fuji Roubaix 3.0. Very happy, current AVS is about 15 mph in, 13-14 mph out (more traffic headed home, comp doesnt stop when not rolling).

:thumb:

when I used to keep track, it was somewhere around 12-13 mph. now I no longer care! :roflmao2:

My commute used to be 8000 km over the course of a year and with some long term data on the computer my average speed in nice weather was 21 kmh in the city (using many bicycles) while my rural commute to the frame shop which has no breaks for 40 km over a 50 km route was 25 kmh which is closer to the speeds I average when I am touring.

My winter speed was not much slower although there would be some days a normal 30 minute commute would turn into a 45 minute commute because of heinous weather conditions.

This is not to say that on the right day with the right bike that I could not cover my 8 mile urban commute in 22 minutes or hit 55 kmh when I was crossing the bridge or cover certain flat sections at 40kmh +.

Put me on the road bike and send me out for 100km in the country and my average speed will be in the low 30's.

My current commute to the bike co-op is 8km and I usually plan on it being a 25 minute ride in traffic although this can vary by quite a bit depending on the time of day, traffic, and luck of the lights. Some days I can make the trip in under 20 minutes and some days it is closer to 30 minutes.

You can also put me in the category of people who don't care... I use the computer on my touring bike and road bike to measure how well I am doing on the bike as I work to recover some form and when I see higher top speeds and average speeds over a set route it is a good marker of where the body is at.

At the end of the day, I am still slow.

:)

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who has about a 10 mph moving average. Of course, I'm old and arthritic. But it's a really good day when I do 11 mph avs, and I'm practically supersonic if I ever do 12 mph avs.

I'm just glad I'm still able to ride.

Slow, and slower is how I roll. 13mph avg 12.5 to and from work, I'm big (getting smaller) and don't care , as long as I get home.
Mike

I get the same average speed of 12mph. I ride a Trek Dual Sport 8.2. The bike would be nicer if it had a higher gear or two. The highest gear is too low.

Jimbo

My avg speed is 13.3 but Im going a good 17mph when ever I look down at the computer. And thats on a full suspension mtn bike. Without it locked out. I have a few hills as well also I take my computer off my bike when I'm walking it. So I get more accurate readings. Ride on

About 14mph average, when loaded about 11-12mph.

CLARIFICATION:

I think some people are misunderstanding this thread as something of a pissing contest to see who can piss the furthest as in fastest average speed. On the contrary, if it seems like that, let me CLARIFY and APOLIGIZE.

The main topic of this thread was to SEE what is everybody's average commute speed, whether it be 1mph or 100mph ;)

Even in my 4th or 5th post, I said, that from reading the first couple posts, it would seem that EVERYBODY'S average speed is about 12 to 16 mph. After reading all the post, this seems to be correct.

Again, this is no way, faster is better, just what is the average speed, that is all.. ;)

You all have to forgive the way I put things, sometimes they are misunderstood. After all, I am at the beginning stages of senility at 72 years old... :beer:

Yeah well, with these sorts of posts, it's kind of difficult to have it NOT become a pissing contest. ;)

Any question about speed is going to be starting a bragging session.

on a camping tour, I was about under 10mph,
but I did get quite a ways in 3 months..

they started calling it Pivo, there, and the labels were in the Cyrillic alphabet

My commutes are between 12 and 13 mph, when I used to keep track. I stopped thinking about things like that when it started taking the enjoyment away from the commute . . .

When I was a little kid, my average speed a a bazillion gazillion miles per hour. Serious.

Just a plain 10-11 mph average for me. There are 4-way stops at the bottom of every hill on my commute and that takes half the fun out of hills...

^^same

Yeah right

Sorry, my mistake! My average when I was a little kid was bazillion gazillion kilometers per hour. I'm canadian!