Is my wife fast?

saunaboy

bet that got your attention...

My wife did her first big ride of the year today. 100km in 4hr 20min, with the final 10km slow due to riding through city traffic etc. Course was undulating with a few moderate climbs.

Basic questions - is this fast? What is the usual club standard for women?

Wobblehead

Difficult to judge as one mans fast is another mans slow.

Think she did well in that time though, as for club standard I have no idea but I bet she wouldn't be far off

danowat

saunaboy wrote:

bet that got your attention...

My wife did her first big ride of the year today. 100km in 4hr 20min, with the final 10km slow due to riding through city traffic etc. Course was undulating with a few moderate climbs.

Basic questions - is this fast? What is the usual club standard for women?

Avg speed of 14(ish) mph?, no, not particularly fast.

jibberjim

saunaboy wrote:

Basic questions - is this fast? What is the usual club standard for women?

Is there a club standard for women? Surely they just tag along with the groups the same as the club standard for men?

Are you fast? Can she drop you? If she can she's fast. Are you slow? Can you drop her? then she's probably slow. Otherwise just ride your bikes - if you want to find out how fast or slow you are go do a Race or TT.

But if we're just having pissing contests about how good our wives are - I reckon mine' faster than yours even 6 months pregnant.

Wobblehead

jibberjim wrote:

saunaboy wrote:

Basic questions - is this fast? What is the usual club standard for women?

Is there a club standard for women? Surely they just tag along with the groups the same as the club standard for men?

Are you fast? Can she drop you? If she can she's fast. Are you slow? Can you drop her? then she's probably slow. Otherwise just ride your bikes - if you want to find out how fast or slow you are go do a Race or TT.

But if we're just having pissing contests about how good our wives are - I reckon mine' faster than yours even 6 months pregnant.

maryka

jibberjim wrote:

But if we're just having pissing contests about how good our wives are - I reckon mine' faster than yours even 6 months pregnant.

Saunaboy, if your wife is up for giving racing a go, the LWCR has some meet and greet rides over the next couple of weeks. All she needs is a road bike, a reasonable amount of fitness, being comfortable riding near others and an interest in bike racing. It'll be a good way for her to find out how fast she is in a pretty relaxed environment too.

http://www.londonwomenscycleracing.com/

rake

dont seem a bad time this weather. its easy to loose half hour in town.

danowat

Womans bronze standard for a 50 mile TT at our club is 2:35 (19.4mph)

fish156

jibberjim wrote:

But if we're just having pissing contests about how good our wives are - I reckon mine' faster than yours even 6 months pregnant.

This could take some organising if the proposed JibberJim Road Race needs our wives to be 6 months pregnant in the race!

Sirius631

Who cares if she's fast! The question that must be ask is 'Is she a goer? Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more'. Blame Monty Python.

kell

Only men care about speed so much. If you're enjoying cycling and can see yourself improving, it doesn't matter what everyone else is doing. Are all cycling clubs so elitist? Surely there are faster and slower members in each club?

danowat

Whats elitist about going fast? :?

maryka

kell wrote:

Only men care about speed so much.

Wrong.

kell wrote:

If you're enjoying cycling and can see yourself improving, it doesn't matter what everyone else is doing.

Some people are more competitive than others. Posting on a forum asking for opinions on how fast you/your wife are strikes me as more competitive than not...

Why does whether you see yourself improving make a difference to how you perceive what everyone else is doing, by the way?

kell wrote:

Are all cycling clubs so elitist?

Nope. Don't think that this thread implied that either. But one person's confidence is another's insecurity I suppose.

kell wrote:

Surely there are faster and slower members in each club?

Yep, see above. Some care, some don't. Depends on the person and the club. Most club people cycle for enjoyment above all else, then racing, touring, competing, etc. come further down the list of reasons to do it. If you want to join a club, it's best to find one that matches your own principles and goals in cycling. If one strikes you as elitist and you don't like that, don't join them. There are plenty that value other aspects of cycling besides speed.

DCowling

Is your wife a beginner, as suggests in this part of the forum, if so then yes it is a pretty fast time

Lycra Man

My opinion is that your wife is quite fast, as sustainng an average speed of around 14.6 mph for 4 hours is not bad.

As others have said, standards of strength and fitness vary from person to person, depending on many factors - experience, how much training they have done at this stage in the season, whether they were pushing for a low time, their type of bike, the terrain, and so on.

So to be fair it's a rather open-ended question. Unless she wants to enter a 50 mile TT, in which case she's rather slow.

I'm not fast, which is why I enjoy riding Audax events.

Lycra Man

gmb

My wife is fast.....and loose (well she is from Sunderland) :oops:

Omar Little

mattshrops

Omar Little wrote:

now that gentleman on the right has a fine pro cyclists physique