I just beat my all-time 3-year record. It was rainy, strong headwind, but I did it. I RODE LIKE A DOPED UP TAMMY THOMAS ON A UCI-ILLEGAL BIKE AFTER SMOKING A JOINT LACED WITH PCP AND EMBALMING FLUID.

At the end of this, I could barely pedal. At the last turn, I stuck my right hand out ALL the way to signal a turn, and a car that had plenty of enough time to see me suddenly skid within 10 feet of me. Nice.

What's significant about this? I looked over and noticed she was hot. I kept my line. I was calm and composed.


I do think cyclists are tough. If you haven't gone out and pushed the limit recently, DO IT!

there was a total MILF behind me driving an Inifiniti G35 coupe on my Sunday ride if that counts

Nice. What was your all-time 3-year record?

8.6 miles in 27 mins 58 secs (i think). I did it today in 26 mins, 26 seconds. Hilly course, otherwise it would be faster.

Where is the "this thread is worthless without pics" smiley when you most need it?
Either way,

That's the way I always feel when I'm on a bike. Why do you think I ride?

I love rides like that. I always suffer and ride hard on my rides, but sometimes I'm just in the zone --- and it's totally different.

There was a solo loop I did from downtown Denver up to Evergreen and back (85 miles). I was hit by a massive thunderstorm that was rolling off the mountains. I got into that zone and was just tearing it up for the whole ride. On the way back, I was descending 285 at 40mph in a downpour. It was just awesome.

That is only averaging about 18 miles per hour??? I haven't been cycling for very long, but averaging a little over 18mph for less than 30 minutes seems really slow unless you were going up some major hills.

At least you've got that part right. Average speeds generally should not be judged without taking a good look at the course and conditions. There's a course near my house that I would absolutely love to average 15 mph on (miles of >5 perecent grades), but I haven't been able to. And then there's a course down lower which I usually can hold a nice 20-21 mph on. It's all relative.

it's too cold.

Thanks for the motivation.

Come down to San Antonio and ride the course when the wind is against you most of the time, then comment.

Where are you? In Dearborn, where I live, it's a fairly pathetic time. In Western Pennsylvania, where I grew up (and where I am right now), it's a pretty good time. There were courses here I couldn't beat 15 MPH no matter how much I tried - and I was in pretty decent shape back then.

How's the view from your newbie pedestal this morning?

I have a course here in Austin that holds me to 17mph, for about 45 minutes. Nobody I can train with can keep up with me on it, and I doubt you could either.

MPH is meaningless -- as are number of miles.

I would be happy to average 18mph on just about any course with a hint of a headwind. 20 and I would be ecstatic.

A few days ago I was riding into a horrendous wind from the south that was beating me down to 10mph. 10!! I felt like I was on my mountainbike hitting some hellacious singletrack. It was so bad I considered tacking to gain some extra speed

+1

Outstanding!!

obviously

Rain, headwinds and hilly, yet you beat your personal best...you da man!

A P-R is a P-R. He wasn't out to beat YOUR P-R because that's not a P-R; that's a YOUR-R.

Besides, by the looks of it, he was wearing a big purple Barney suit.
That thing probably catches a lot of wind.

Please don't be a troll. And please don't make comments about how slow someone else is over a route until you are able to speak from experience on the same roads, conditions, and equippment. And even then, remember that rule about if you don't have anything nice to say? Yeah, practice it.

18mph for a solid 30min on most any road is going to include stops at lights, turns, dealing with traffic, etc. Any experienced cyclist will know these things, and know that an 18mph 'avg' is only achieved by rolling at 20-22mph a fair bit of the time. Put me on an open road out in the middle of no where and yeah, its easier to avg 18+. Put me in the middle of Dallas on a Saturday afternoon and it's a whole different story.

Congrats man. It always feels good to break your personal barrier.

um...he said it was hilly with headwind, 'nuff said.

Congrats on the new PR! Allways a great rush when you do that. I have a +/- 17.3 mile loop I do for a P-R 3-4 time a year. I can echo the comments on riding on the road, as this course has many starts/stops that screw up the avg speed. I do know that if I can do it under an hour, I'm exhausted. I haven't had a new P-R in like two years, so I'll have to get to work on that. I turn 50 tomorrow, so seems like a good goal for this year...

And ohsmily, not to heap it on, but I did a computrainer ride on Friday at the LBS where I averaged 13.1 mph, and it was one of the hardest rides in recent memory, with average watts above my LT for the hour. I know how hard I worked and the mph just don't tell the whole story.

Great job on the PR, you are a braver man than I am, I have been sticking to the rollers while this nasty weather rolls through SA (37 miles today, talk about boring). Where was your ride at?

Just to echo what everyone else is saying, when I ride the scenic loop route out towards Boerne, I would be thrilled to average 18mph, it is not called the Hill Country for no reason!