average one hour ride mph
03-30-21, 08:53 PM
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What's a good one hour average speed?
I try to ride for about one hour each day and my average speed is usually 12 to 14 mph I'm not racing just out for a ride and some exercise.
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03-30-21, 08:59 PM
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A 'good average speed' depends entirely on what you are trying to accomplish.
If you just want to go for a spin and get some exercise, ride as fast as you feel like riding and have fun.
If you just want to go for a spin and get some exercise, ride as fast as you feel like riding and have fun.
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Anything equal to or faster than my last ride of the same distance and elevation gain.
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Nobody wants to answer, because we might be slow. When I was 20 my neighbor and I would do a 40 miler 3 times a week, in 2 hours. Now..... with all this technology...even though my top speed is over 40mph... doesn't matter if riding road bike, hybrid, or eMTB... my average always comes in at.... 12 miles an hour.
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03-30-21, 09:29 PM
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average one hour ride mph
I try to ride for one hour each day for exercise, on moderate ups and downs terrain I average between 12 and 14mph. Sometimes I'll ride for 2hrs or 3hrs but my average speed is always around 12 to 14mph unless it is very windy then it might be 11.5mph. Seems like it gets a lot more difficult to increase the mph if faced with a head wind or steep climbs,and I try to avoid downhill speeds over 28 mph for safety and it's hard on brakes. Sometimes I'll run into riders out on 80 or 90 mile rides and they're riding faster than me so I know I'm not that fast how bout you guys what's your average on a normal outing?
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Protip: you make more progress if you ride linearly forward rather than repeating yourself
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Originally Posted by Mark Dominck
I try to avoid downhill speeds over 28 mph for safety and it's hard on brakes.
03-30-21, 09:51 PM
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Didn't mean to bore you
03-30-21, 09:56 PM
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My two rules:
1) plan rides assuming your net progress won't be any better than your historical performance
2) bring lights; even if you're going out for an hour in the morning
1) plan rides assuming your net progress won't be any better than your historical performance
2) bring lights; even if you're going out for an hour in the morning
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Originally Posted by HD3andMe
speak for yourself. Some of us don’t want to answer because it’s an inane question - average speed over an hour is affected by too many variables to give a meaningful answer.
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03-30-21, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Mark Dominck
Didn't mean to bore you
In the end, just ride, and enjoy it. If you want to race, then race. If you aren't racing, and want to go faster, then challenge yourself to go faster. If you want affirmation from strangers, get on Strava. Other than that, simply enjoy the ride. And no matter how fast you go, there will always be someone who is faster.
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I'm not as fast as I once was, but I'm as fast, once, as I ever was.
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About this fast. Maybe faster when the surface is smooth.
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You’re doing great. Keep going.
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Don’t fool yourself. You are DEFINITELY racing.
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This guy asked the same question. Do you know each other?
average one hour ride mph
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Originally Posted by Mark Dominck
Seems like it gets a lot more difficult to increase the mph if faced with a head wind or steep climbs....
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03-31-21, 06:29 AM
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I need to find a long, sustained downhill road that I can ride on for an entire hour. Now THAT will become an average MPH benchmark that will be tough to topple!
In all seriousness, my bike computer calculates an average speed but the number is always lower than I'd expect, which is understandable because a) I think it represents an average over perhaps many hundreds of miles, so it takes a lot of fast riding to raise it, and also b) because I think it calculates Zero MPH during the five minutes or so when I finish my ride but the computer hasn't shut off yet. So in other words, I mostly ignore it.
In all seriousness, my bike computer calculates an average speed but the number is always lower than I'd expect, which is understandable because a) I think it represents an average over perhaps many hundreds of miles, so it takes a lot of fast riding to raise it, and also b) because I think it calculates Zero MPH during the five minutes or so when I finish my ride but the computer hasn't shut off yet. So in other words, I mostly ignore it.
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I don't measure mph during or after my rides, but sometimes I feel faster than I am. Can this even be possible?
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