Yup. The app I use supposedly can sense when I've stopped, but I don't really care if it's factored into my average or not, especially knowing either Cyclemeter or Strava has a bug that occasionally reports a 30-40 mph speed on an easygoing turn that I made. Come on, if I was really going 30+ MPH on a typical right angle turn from one street to another, I would have wiped out for sure.

I get paid for what I do after I've completed my bike commute to work, not what I do on the bike.

I ride with pretty much the same attitude when I'm on the MUPs, riding through the National Mall, etc. Who knows how long i'll be allowed to enjoy this? There's no telling when aging, bad luck or whatever will put an end to my cycling days. I see a lot of fellow bike commuters pedaling on the MUPs frantically, as if they're in a virtual UCI race. If I was riding like that, i wouldn't be able to savor the views as much.

I rode 47 miles last Friday with 2010 ft of elevation gain and averaged 20.5 mph.

My ride on Monday was 20 miles with 1980 ft of elevation gain and I averaged 17.7 mph.

My average speed drops significantly when I am doing hill repeats, but I know I am working much harder than just cruising along on the flats.

Flat ground, no wind under 50 miles - I can average about 21-22 mph. Max effort on flat ground no wind for 20 miles I can hit right at 25 mph.

16mph is my normal cruising pace, but it ends up being 13mph stopping for traffic and exploring the surroundings.

It's 3-4 miles...... Not 30-40. Big ring, dig deep and go for the gusto. Not hard when you put in true maximum effort.

I'd rather ride for a long period of time having fun, than ride for a short distance suffering every mile of the way. When you want to push it, do it. When you want to enjoy the surroundings, do that to. Nobody is holding a gun to your head to get a 20+mph average. Average speeds, Max speeds, who cares. They're all bragging rights.

The time I spent riding that day, divided by the miles/Km traveled while riding.

So true. This morning Strava told me that I finally broke 14mph avg with a crazy headwind on my 20 mile ride. Oh the joy of improvement!

On the other hand, my daughter and I went out yesterday on a 16 mile ride at 5mph avg. We stopped and took pictures, chatted and had a great time spending time together. Oh the joy of life!

Right now I am in working on my cadence. During this time I do 13-14 mph on the trip out and 16-17 on the trip back.

My last ride:



Should I get aero wheels?

Miles covered in the hours ridden .. including Pub stops..

Fantastic.

Being a true newb to all things fitness, my pace is 14 mph when stopping for traffic and such and 16 mph when doing a loop with no stops. These are moving time figures of course and not total time/distance. Enjoying it all, sans the hills when tired...

Well, it's not quite as fast as Tony Martin can do, but don't get discouraged. We've all got to start somewhere.

Yeah, 30-40 miles at that speed does begin to sound a little silly.

So that's why it has been hard for me to only go 25 mph for 3-4 miles. I wasn't putting in true maximum effort, and when I do, 7-10 mph faster will not be hard. Wow. I never knew that! Thanks for the heads up!

I would love to see some graphic representation of 32-35mph sustained over 3-4 miles of flat terrain. It seems a little... overstated.

BS. 32mph for 3 miles isn't happening without a tailwind. That's beyond world class.

Lol I know. I was waiting for someone to say it. I had a nice 12-15mph tailwind. I can really do about 23-25 no wind, flat ground, truth be told.

tailwind man. See above post. Stop getting so butt hurt. It's the int3rw3bs...

Last month I averaged 15.1 mph. Almost all of my riding is in city traffic, lots of hills, loaded up for commuting and shopping.

Yeah, a little back of the envelope math put his 5' power literally off the e-wang chart.

20 km, sometimes a little faster, sometimes a little slower.

On a commute, it tends to vary between 12.5 and 14 mph, occasionally faster. When I am not schlepping around on my commuter, 16.5-18. All depends on how I feel, the weather, what I have eaten etc. I don't worry too much about pace, I'm just having fun! If I am going fast, it is just an added bonus

Color me jealous. I can count on 2 fingers the number of rides I've had with "no wind." I consider no wind=15mph or a little less at this point, lol. It is discouraging heading out thinking that there really isn't any wind, only to encounter it from every direction once I'm past my own shelter belt of trees....gravel+15-25mph winds has been my grind it seems just about every ride. Someday, maybe, I'll find out what my average is without all of the meteorological "help."

Windy days are easy, make a screen on your garmin that only shows heart rate and/or power...don't worry about speed and you'll have a much better ride.

Honestly, worrying about your average pace is kind of ridiculous, considering the amount of factors that can change it on a daily basis.