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a_n_t
Joined: 21 Nov 2007
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prb007
Joined: 17 Jan 2009
Posts: 15
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 Posted Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:12 pm |
average, schmaverage...........so that's why roadies are too far up themselves to wave and say hi on the open road - eyes fixed on poorly-calibrated cycle computers!
Just get out, ride, enjoy and say hi to other cyclists - no matter if they're on a £4k carbon dreambike or a folding shopper!
If Wales was flattened out, it'd be bigger bigger than England! |
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mididoctors
Joined: 05 Aug 2008
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Posted Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:54 pm |
| a_n_t wrote: | If I'm not racing, I dont really care!  |
if I'm racing I can't focus my eyes to read the bl00dy computer
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a_n_t
Joined: 21 Nov 2007
Posts: 1275
Location: Manchester
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GiantMike
Joined: 11 Aug 2009
Posts: 104
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Posted Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:18 pm |
10 mile TT - 23.5mph
25 mile TT - 21.5 mph
2 hour fun ride on my own, reasonably flat terrain - 18-19mph
96 mile Sportive with 4000ft of ascent - 16.6mph
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Bhima
Joined: 07 Nov 2008
Posts: 1454
Location: Manchester
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ride_whenever
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
Posts: 8207
Location: United Kingdom
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Pross
Joined: 10 Sep 2009
Posts: 656
Location: South Wales
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Posted Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:30 am |
| prb007 wrote: | average, schmaverage...........so that's why roadies are too far up themselves to wave and say hi on the open road - eyes fixed on poorly-calibrated cycle computers!
Just get out, ride, enjoy and say hi to other cyclists - no matter if they're on a £4k carbon dreambike or a folding shopper! |
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Ricey77
Joined: 14 Feb 2008
Posts: 38
Location: Woolacombe, North Devon.
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Posted Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:51 am |
Thanks for the advice guys (and girls?), point taken, fook the average and just enjoy the ride!
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rake
Joined: 12 Oct 2009
Posts: 184
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Posted Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:31 pm |
it d ends on ow you s t ur bike if you do like or f nd it hard to ped l fol ed in alf yo wil atch more wi d. some imes i au t r on the ho ds and enj y the ride nd vie . somet mes i fold my elf n half and bend my bows on the rop and cause a much p in a i can stand to g fas er. not comm nting on my sp ed but i am p ogressing and all is good. thi winter i have y first old bike and am looking f
rward to reg lar winter iding, the cold a so makes e slower i my li bs are ff.
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Jon8a
Joined: 12 Feb 2008
Posts: 154
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Posted Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:50 pm |
Over 25 miles I'd be looking to average 20mph provided there were no big hills. The best I have ever managed was 21mph over 40miles and that was absolutely flat with no wind on a sunny day.
But for variation I did a hilly route today averaging 16.4mph over 60miles. 3 weeks ago I average 19mph because the weather was better and I was feeling good with a gentle tail wind on all the climbs.
I think you need to look at comarable routes though, do a sportive or a time trial if you want to work out how fast you are. The only way to tell is if you've got other people doing the route in the same conditions.
In general I'd be happy with 17-18mph solo over 60miles dropping as the distance goes up.
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dmclite
Joined: 14 Dec 2008
Posts: 1438
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Posted Sat Oct 31, 2009 11:39 pm |
45 mph.
FCN 1
I don't mean to brag, I don't mean to boast but I'm intercontinental when I eat french toast. |
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Onan
Joined: 15 Oct 2008
Posts: 257
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Posted Sun Nov 1, 2009 12:21 am |
8mph, but only if if I've got my inhaler on me.
Drink poison. Wrestle snakes. |
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stronginthesun
Joined: 18 Aug 2008
Posts: 90
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Posted Sun Nov 1, 2009 8:12 am |
if your knackered when you get back , then youve done a good average
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Geoff_SS
Joined: 19 Dec 2007
Posts: 1029
Location: Derbyshire UK
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Posted Sun Nov 1, 2009 4:10 pm |
Really, unless you're racing, who cares?
My best average was 20kph over 400km - including stops for food and changing into night clothes etc. Well that's the one I'm most proud of. It was only an hour slower than a very wet, very hard 300k I'd ridden a couple of years before. So it all depends on so many things.
PB on a '10' is 24.57 and for a 25 1.5.55 on a bike but a bit slower on a trike and quicker on a tandem.
Now my wife and I average around 12 mph on a day ride of mixed going on the tandem (50-70 miles). I only know because our new computer has an average speed read out. Though that's totally false as it stops recording when we stop to eat or admire the view or do some shopping.
Basically, a good average is what you enjoy. I ride with a lot of one-time racing cyclists (some with international experience) and none of them give a toss about average speed.
Geoff
Old cyclists never die; they just fit smaller chainrings ... and pedal faster |
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rake
Joined: 12 Oct 2009
Posts: 184
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Posted Tue Nov 3, 2009 3:33 pm |
im going to stop smoking. that dents my average.
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The Mechanic
Joined: 28 May 2004
Posts: 938
Location: Aberdeen
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Dunkeldog
Joined: 12 May 2009
Posts: 79
Location: NW Leics
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Posted Sat Nov 7, 2009 1:31 am |
Sometimes I seem to get so hung up on averages and hitting time checks I just leave the bloody computer at home at simply enjoy the ride.
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softlad
Joined: 24 Jul 2008
Posts: 1511
Location: Ceredigion
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Posted Sat Nov 7, 2009 8:31 am |
| Geoff_SS wrote: | | Really, unless you're racing, who cares? |
averages matter even less in racing than they do on training or fun rides. In a road race, your speed is irrelevant - because you are either keeping pace, or you are dropped.
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othello
Joined: 22 Sep 2009
Posts: 28
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Posted Sun Nov 8, 2009 9:12 pm |
Someone said that slow people are not posting here for fear of embaressment? Heck I'm up for being embaressed...
First ride today on my first road bike (been a mountain biker until now). Averaged 13mph on a rolling route with a couple of sharp climbs. I'm quite pleased with that considering I'm still learning the bike, how to use the gears, ratios etc. I also expect it is going to take me a while to get faster.
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