sebring

What speed do most of you ride? With the computer I usually average 18 or 19 MPH when commuting to work due to no lights, and light traffic. I'm closer to 17 to 18 when visiting my family due to hills and a traffic light what feels like every 5 feet. I'm just curious as to how others are performing.

Duffy

sebring,I average on the computer about 17-18. Have managed an 18 mph over my usual 18 mile ride twice(18.1). I also have an Allez A1 27 Sport and a Diamondback Topanga. I did a 7.5 mile ride the other day and averaged 19.58. It had a few small hills.

Dutchy

Last year I averaged 27.5kph/17.2 for the entire year. All done in the hills, with only short flat sections. This includes every ride, solo, group, commuting, video store etc.

Set your computer to auto so it stops recording when stationary, or stop it manually. Don't let your average drop due to traffic lights, trains etc.

CHEERS.

Mark

djbowen1

I average 17 MPH WIth Heavy Wind and 20mph normal cruising for about 17 miles.

tnorman

According to www.bikeprolog.com, my average for this year so far is 18.6mph over 2,614 miles. Gradually getting faster.

SipperPhoto

as of last night.. with about 50 miles ont he new bike.. i'm at 18.4 mph... probably a 70/30 split hills to flats

Jeff

deliriou5

Yeah, but if you keep the cyclocomputer running, you'll get the illusion that you're SLOWER than you really are, inspiring you to train that much harder, so you'll be stronger than you think you are.

Duffy

Did 17.9 at 18.02 today. My personal best.

shokhead

Under 15 mph.

meltable

Usually around 28kph/18mph on a 1-2 hour ride with a 20 minute warmup and 15 minute cooldown.

MikeR

FINALLY! someone about my spead - and able to admit it.

caroljm36

Hell I'll admit it--but today I reached Mach 1--16.2 mph on my 20 miler. So I'm faster than I was, as long as I treat every ride like a time trial.

brent_dube

I can go 17mph over 10 miles if I REALLY try HARD.

I don't know how you guys do it.
I would give so much to be able to fly like you guys.

Part of my slowness is cause of my bike.
But I'm pretty sure most of it is because of the body.

Dutchy

A heavier bike will a make difference to your speed. However, the difference really shows when the hills start. Riding a heavy bike is a bit harder than a lighter bike but the speed difference on the flats will only be small. In the hills the difference can be huge.

I ride a 1996 Giant to work with a good amount of climbing and my best time is 1hr 36min. On the new Giant it is 1hr 30min for 44km. The new bike it 2.5kg lighter, but isn't much faster on the flats.

Speed and endurance come with time, keep at it.

CHEERS.

Mark

brent_dube

My bike is very inefficient in general, I think. Its older... cheap... noisy. It probably has a lot more friction than a good new bike.

I think I'm going to get a new bike in a few weeks though. woohoo

Csson

It depends on the distance. My personal best solo century was done at 28.6 kph with just one short break. Usually I do that kind of distance at 25-27 kph.

I rarely get above 30 kph, even on my short 35k route.

This year I have done both a solo 330k ride and a solo (except the first 100k) 420k ride at 23.6 kph.

The overall average speed of a 17 day/1740k fully loaded tour in the Baltic states I just did with a friend was 19.5 kph.

My bike is a 15kg touring bike.

/Csson

Raedeke

My typical ride is about 26 miles. It's all fairly flat. The first hallf is upstream...(19mph)
utill I get to the end when there is a "nice" climb up the front side of a dam.(12mph)abut 2 miles.
Then the back half is a great down hill run down the dam.(23-25mph)
And the return home(22mph)
It'd expect to have a higher mph than I do, but there is also the mile I travel back and forth to the path that has at least two stoplights and which I use as a brief warm-up and cool down...
In the end, I average around 18-19.

But when I started in April I was at maybe 15 if I was lucky... A little hill training and simply getting out there and pushing myself has really paid off.
Rarely get out of the big gears anymore...

Duffy

Raedeke,know where you are coming from. When I started this spring I was pressed to average 15mph. Got very little riding in over the winter,thyerefore I was way out of shape.

hayneda

This morning I averaged 17.3 mph on my 10 mile commute. It was raining with a 20 mph headwind and hail. Plus, I was bare-footed, and my rear tire was flat. Would not have been too bad, except for that dog that got caught in my spokes of the front wheel. If that hadn't happened, I probably coulda managed 17.5 mph average.

Grins,
Dave

Stiffler

Hi all

I haven't got a computer for my bike yet but on my Mountain I manage a measly 15MPH... Hopefully I should be faster on my road bike it always feels faster!

Anyhow sorry to change the subject a little but what computers do you guys use ? and how accurate are they really ??

Tim

Sparrow

raising a hand at the back of the room ...ermmm... 10.5?

I'm using a Velo2. Have no idea how accurate it is, but it's probably close enough for me at this stage (the "just happy I can stay upright" one).

Jen

Mikey C

I was just wondering, how fast do you think the average pro racer can complete a century?

Trouble

I average 16.5mph on a 20 mile ride somewhere at 1:10
Best time in last 15 rides was 17.2mph avg. on a 24.47 mile ride.

temp1

I'm between 16 and 17 depending on how much energy I have after work. I go 30 three times a week, can't wait till life settles a bit so I can add a few more days in there

Dutchy

This is depressing! The Pros have finished 164km stages in the Tour Down Under at 44kph/27.5mph, over hilly terrain (no mountains). Doing it solo they could still manage 40kph. Just look at some of the breakaways in the Tour de France.
Stuart O'Grady and another rider had a 199km breakaway, got caught just before the finish and the stage average was still 44kph. So Stuey and the other rider rode the entire stage together and still managed an amazing speed.

CHEERS.

Mark