Hilly ride? comments please

over-the-hill
over-the-hill Posts: 144
edited May 2008 in Workshop
I did a round trip yesterday of 14.4 miles and the ascent was 1220 ft which judging from previous posts is quite hilly. I only averaged 14 mph and there was one short hill where I had to stand in my lowest gear to get up it. Is this reasonable performance for a casual rider? It looks like I'm stuck with hills as there is no where round here that is flatish. I never really noticed driving round in the car!

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  • portuguese mike
    portuguese mike Posts: 695
    i'd say that was quite hilly, yes.

    Speed seems respectable but i suppose it depends on lots of things like what bike you ride, wind conditions, how big (heavy) you are and how hard you were going.

    i wouldn't worry about not avoiding the hills - if you have to eide them all the time you'll soon get better at them :)
    pm
  • over-the-hill
    over-the-hill Posts: 144
    portuguese mike wrote:
    i'd say that was quite hilly, yes.

    Speed seems respectable but i suppose it depends on lots of things like what bike you ride, wind conditions, how big (heavy) you are and how hard you were going.

    i wouldn't worry about not avoiding the hills - if you have to eide them all the time you'll soon get better at them :)

    Pashley Sovereign.

    No, seriously it's a Wiler Izoard, I'm 72 kg and 53.

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