How long would it take you to ride 15 miles?
09-24-07, 07:53 PM
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How long would it take you to ride 15 miles?
There is a nice flat trail here that is 7-8 miles there *to the next town* and back. I was wondering what would be a fast time for riding that far.
09-24-07, 07:58 PM
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I usually average about 60 mph, so it would take me fifteen minutes. 18 minutes if I stop at 7-11 for a chili dog.
09-24-07, 08:38 PM
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i smoke and i'm weak. give me a day or so and i may be able to make it.
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I suppose it depends on how straight it is too. I'd agree with the 40-45 minutes or so.
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the math'd say 45-ish....maybe less if i wanna push it, but 18-20 is a comfortable pace for me, judging by a couple times drivers have slowed down to tell me my speed.
09-24-07, 09:05 PM
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if you go 88 mph you'll be there 40 years ago... right before lightning hits the tower...
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with rolling hills in my area i average 15.8mph (road bike) so a lil less than an hour
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Town "A" and Town "B" are 7.78 miles apart. A hipster leaves town "A" traveling at 16.5mph on an Aerospoke equipped Schwinn Varsity fixed conversion. Five minutes later a lycra clad roadie wearing white cotton socks leaves town "B" on a Lemond Propad equipped with aero-bars traveling at 26.55 kph. When they meet, which one looks like the bigger tool?
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I do a 14.5 mile ride around here with light hills. It takes me about 40 minutes by myself, and a little more than an hour when I am with a group; we all have varying types of bicycles.
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My commute is something like that and when I am tired and not motivated at the end of the day your distance might take me an hour and 15 minutes. Unloaded, on a weekend and with several pretty girls ahead of me about 40 minutes.
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My 26 km commute (that's around 15 miles) takes 55 minutes if I hustle, and 1:05 at a more leisurely pace. I would love to increase my average but I'm not sure how... intervals? run more red lights? EPO?
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It takes me usually just under 45 minutes in the middle of the night with no traffic, not pushing it too hard.
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09-24-07, 11:17 PM
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Interesting info guys. If I were to stage a race on this path (I might be planning this lol) how likely do you think it would be that someone could average 30mph?
09-24-07, 11:18 PM
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Also, a friend of mine says he could do it in around 40 minutes if he wanted to, and he's been riding for a while and he's pretty strong.
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if it's a nice flat, paved bike trail i would say you might get there in less than fourty-five minutes.