What's your average speed?
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Feb: 11.8 mph
Mar: 14.0 mph
Apr: 13.9 mph
May: 14.9 mph
I need to get faster. :-(Sometimes parts break. Sometimes you crash. Sometimes it’s your fault.0 -
Somehow - after consciously deciding to take my time and just enjoy the glorious morning today, I upped my average from 14mph to 15.75mph :shock:Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
2011 Trek Madone 4.5
2012 Felt F65X
Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter0 -
Mines between 11 and 17. It was fastest when I first started commuting, but now I leave a little later so traffic is heavier, plus I've learnt that my legs need recovery time, so I go a lot slow or just spin lots
Last night I was rather lucky with the flow of lights, barely had any reds, but sadly didn't record it gah0 -
This morning it was about 12, but I was accompanying the missus on her first ever commute, so it was very pootly.Bike/Train commuter: Brompton S2L - "Machete"
12mile each way commuter: '11 Boardman CX with guards and rack
For fun: '11 Wilier La Triestina
SS: '07 Kona Smoke with yellow bits0 -
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Huzzah! 18.5 this morning over 20 miles. Probably would have been quicker had it been a tad warmer as I always struggle when it's cold. Generally though, 16-17 mph .
Depends hugely on all sorts of factors (terrain, wind, fatigue, bike, traffic) so it's not always that usefull to compare.0 -
No point in comparing avergae speeds. mine is only around 14mph over my commute. but i have london rush hour traffic to deal with and over 100 traffic lights but i'm still one of the fastest people on the road in london and not many commute further than me in london (not that i know everyone's distance, just doubt many people commute over 30 miles per day.)0
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I was worried by average speed, as the Etape on Sunday that I am in says you should try and be ahead of the sweep up bus, that goes round at 13-14 mph.
I thought that could be difficult, but now am more confident I will be ahread.
My commute speeds seem to average just above 15mph, with a best of 18mph on the inward section last week (7.5miles)
However at weekend I did a 82 mile loop round the west coast and it came in at 15.7mph.
Roll on Sunday!!"Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"0 -
I manage 8 miles in 25 minutes on the road bike which is 19.2mph. On the commuting bike it takes 35 minutes (sometimes more) which is 13.7mph! They are all including stopping at junctions, traffic lights etc. which adds 1-2 minutes onto the time.0
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Wallace1492 wrote:I was worried by average speed, as the Etape on Sunday that I am in says you should try and be ahead of the sweep up bus, that goes round at 13-14 mph.
I thought that could be difficult, but now am more confident I will be ahread.
My commute speeds seem to average just above 15mph, with a best of 18mph on the inward section last week (7.5miles)
However at weekend I did a 82 mile loop round the west coast and it came in at 15.7mph.
Roll on Sunday!!0 -
The broom wagon won't set off until the last riders, surely. So if you leave early one, you'd easily stay ahead of it.0
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suzyb wrote:That's my reason for not signing up to any sportive yet. Any hills (which there are a lot in Scotland) and my speed drops like a stone so I'm still too slow to stay ahead of anything sweeping up the stragglers.
Don't worry too much, just find an event with a long-course and a short-course. The Bethany Sportive I'll be doing stipulates that the long-course (110 miles ) requires a time including food-stops of 13 mph average. That gives you eight-and-a-half hours. The short course is 71 miles, meaning you'd have to go less than 8.3 mph to get swept.0 -
Does getting 'swept' mean you get a cushy ride back with bike safely ensconced in the boot?0
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Someone REALLY needs to explain what the hell is going on....
Average on the way home tonight.... 19.09 mph :shock:
There was no real tail wind and I struggled on the usual bits, yet somehow got home in 33 minutes. I have no idea how.Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
2011 Trek Madone 4.5
2012 Felt F65X
Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter0 -
Must be something in the air. I really tried on the way home and got 18 mph over a shade under 10 miles (countryside, couple of junctions). Getting better, but still not good enough.Sometimes parts break. Sometimes you crash. Sometimes it’s your fault.0
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davis wrote:Must be something in the air. I really tried on the way home and got 18 mph over a shade under 10 miles (countryside, couple of junctions). Getting better, but still not good enough.
Could be - I've been generally counting anything sub 1:15 for my round trip as the target to beat. In the last week I've managed three 1:12s........Faster than a tent.......0 -
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gaz545 wrote:No point in comparing avergae speeds. mine is only around 14mph over my commute. but i have london rush hour traffic to deal with and over 100 traffic lights but i'm still one of the fastest people on the road in london and not many commute further than me in london (not that i know everyone's distance, just doubt many people commute over 30 miles per day.)
Modest chap too“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
TailWindHome wrote:gaz545 wrote:No point in comparing avergae speeds. mine is only around 14mph over my commute. but i have london rush hour traffic to deal with and over 100 traffic lights but i'm still one of the fastest people on the road in london and not many commute further than me in london (not that i know everyone's distance, just doubt many people commute over 30 miles per day.)
Modest chap too
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TailWindHome wrote:gaz545 wrote:No point in comparing avergae speeds. mine is only around 14mph over my commute. but i have london rush hour traffic to deal with and over 100 traffic lights but i'm still one of the fastest people on the road in london and not many commute further than me in london (not that i know everyone's distance, just doubt many people commute over 30 miles per day.)
Modest chap too0 -
To college I reckon my average speed is like 15, I don't like to have a speedo on that bike or I'll end up raging.
On Sunday when I'll do 88-100 miles mixed my average speed should be between 18 and 20mph.0 -
gaz545 wrote:No point in comparing averge speeds. mine is only around 14mph over my commute. but i have london rush hour traffic to deal with and over 100 traffic lights but i'm still one of the fastest people on the road in london and not many commute further than me in london (not that i know everyone's distance, just doubt many people commute over 30 miles per day.)
i do 41miles on a brompton with a 15kg to 20kg front load, depending on which books i need. i average 14mph going, 11 mph coming home (very hilly).Cotic Soul rider.0 -
davis wrote:Must be something in the air. I really tried on the way home and got 18 mph over a shade under 10 miles (countryside, couple of junctions). Getting better, but still not good enough.
Still not good enogh? For what, winning the Tour, Olympic selection? That is a mph that I would love to have....."Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"0 -
Wallace1492 wrote:davis wrote:Must be something in the air. I really tried on the way home and got 18 mph over a shade under 10 miles (countryside, couple of junctions). Getting better, but still not good enough.
Still not good enogh? For what, winning the Tour, Olympic selection? That is a mph that I would love to have.....
It's not good enough for me. That 18mph had me absolutely hanging out, it was on my road bike, with no real delays. No way could I have maintained that pace for a longer ride. The figures I've had in my head as "good enough" would be something like 17-18mph average over a longer ride (more than 50 miles), and 20+mph for an absolute "destroy myself" ride home.
No idea if it's achievable for me, but as long as the targets are higher than my abilities...Sometimes parts break. Sometimes you crash. Sometimes it’s your fault.0 -
My 'ultimate' ride home time for the old 14 mile commute was 45 minutes - which I did achieve, this is an average of 18.67 mph. I did this without having to nearly kill myself.
My ultimate for the 10.5 miles is 30 minutes, an average of 21mph. This will be a lung buster time
The difference is down to the type commute: the 10.5 is nearly all country road with a small village section and a fast urban one (one tiny bit of parkland), the 14 mile commute was through the middle of Derby and down the bridleway with its multiple stops.
I never actually thought I would achieve the 45 minute run as my first commute time was 1hr15mins and my aim was a constant sub 1hr. It's odd how your targets keep movingChunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
2011 Trek Madone 4.5
2012 Felt F65X
Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter0 -
14.5 miles each way; 43 traffic lights inbetween, takes somewhere between 45 - 50 mins depending upon wind, how up for it I am and what bike I'm on.0
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gbsahne wrote:43 traffic lights inbetween
I keep meaning to count mine, but have never managed it all the way * must be bad at multitasking*0