What was your best century average speed?
05-17-06, 07:23 PM
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What was your best century average speed?
The best out of the 3 centuries i rode was 17.5 mph.
(And for you wise @sses, im talking about on a bike.)
(And for you wise @sses, im talking about on a bike.)
05-17-06, 07:30 PM
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I did the Seagull Century in Maryland once at about 18mph or so. There were three of us -- we just worked through it. That route is so flat though that I'm not sure it should even count; there are only two hills (the same bridge in both directions). I don't know what I've done on "regular" routes. spindog and I once averaged high 16-something on the Mad River Valley century in Vermont.
Yeah, I'm slow.
Yeah, I'm slow.
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We're pretty comparable. 12:18 double = 16.26 mph = 26.18 kph.
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05-17-06, 07:34 PM
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101.5 miles in 4:32, for an average of 22.4mph. Went on the ride another 196 miles immediately after that effort (but then blew up owing to the too-fast start and bailed on the 24-hour ride only 17:45 into it).
The course was pretty much dead-flat with few turns and I had a crew with me; never stopped the bike. I was drafting for the first 40 miles but then due to stupidity, got disconnected from the group and ended up time-trialing the remainder of the 101.5-mile loop.
It was a great learning experience. So much fun to ride fast. One of these days I'll have to try to ride a century (and no more!) for speed; never done that (yet).
The course was pretty much dead-flat with few turns and I had a crew with me; never stopped the bike. I was drafting for the first 40 miles but then due to stupidity, got disconnected from the group and ended up time-trialing the remainder of the 101.5-mile loop.
It was a great learning experience. So much fun to ride fast.
One of these days I'll have to try to ride a century (and no more!) for speed; never done that (yet).
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This is a fun question to ask, but century courses can vary wildly in their difficulty. A century ride in Myrtle Beach, for example would be almost totally flat but the Assault on Mt Mitchell has over 10000 feet of vertical climbing. I'd bet a lot of people here could do a Myrtle Beach century at over 20mph in an organized paceline but only the verifiable studs can finish AoMM in 5 hours.
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24 km/hr (15 mph) solo on a MTN bike for a metric century including a hill that pushed me down into my granny.
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21 mph on the Wine Country Century.. There were four of us. One guy didn't take any pulls. I took my first pull around mile 50. Mostly I just sucked the wheel of a my friend of mine, who's a NorCal Masters District champ.
05-17-06, 08:11 PM
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18.71 solo last October. 101.3 miles.
(yeah..I remembered that one.)
(yeah..I remembered that one.)
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My fastest century was completed in 6 hours and 15 minutes .... for an average speed of 16 mph.
That INCLUDES all my breaks, of course, because if a person has to take breaks to complete a century, that person has to include them in his/her calculations of total time and average speed.
That INCLUDES all my breaks, of course, because if a person has to take breaks to complete a century, that person has to include them in his/her calculations of total time and average speed.
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Originally Posted by operator
Yet another average speed thread
05-17-06, 09:34 PM
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Mission Inn Century, just under 5 hours.. Back in the 80's this was more like a race than a casual century..
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Group of six of us on a training ride in SC over winter break, just over 4:30 on the bike, 22mph average. We split into groups of 3 a couple times; could have been faster if people were feeling better and were able to work, as it ended up being the lead three pulling the last 50 miles. Under 5 for the total, including a stop back at the house to make sandwiches, refill waterbottles and stretch out for a while.
This was preceded by a hard 3 hour day, and followed by a 2 hour day, in the middle of two 400+ mile weeks in a row.
Solo century? Never bothered with it. What's the point?
This was preceded by a hard 3 hour day, and followed by a 2 hour day, in the middle of two 400+ mile weeks in a row.
Solo century? Never bothered with it. What's the point?
05-17-06, 11:19 PM
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Originally Posted by formula4
You seemed quite snotty in another thread earlier. I think you need a nap!
05-18-06, 03:35 AM
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4 hrs 53 minutes including all breaks...now I am coming in at more like 6 hrs+ so I have to work on that.
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4:36= 22.9 mph Hotter N hell 100 in 1996.
got in a pace-line with a group from dallas and we all took turns at the pull.
mile 85 there was just two of us left.
best century I have ever done, and I have never even come close to duplicating a ride like that again
got in a pace-line with a group from dallas and we all took turns at the pull.
mile 85 there was just two of us left.
best century I have ever done, and I have never even come close to duplicating a ride like that again
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16.6 mph....
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2004 Seagull Century - flatter than flat!
20.5mph - 70 degrees - no wind - long pacelines start to finish.
20.5mph - 70 degrees - no wind - long pacelines start to finish.
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Shiner BASH century: 104 miles, 5hrs and 40 minutes, 18.4 mph. I have been riding for three months and this was my first centruy.
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Last years ACS Bike-a-thon.
100.96 miles at 19.1 mph.
Lots of fun!
100.96 miles at 19.1 mph.
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Originally Posted by operator
Yet another average speed thread
Are these total ride times? Total on bike times when the wheels are turning? Total on bike times when the wheels are turning and not sitting at a light? How much climbing? etc. etc. etc.
I need a nap too.
Last 200k Brevet I did: 125 miles, 6880 feet of climbing, total ride time 9h 46 minutes. (eating, checking in, riding 90% solo)
SLOW, for sure.
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