What avg speed on a flat road?

charlie_potatoes

Simon Masterson wrote:

thegreatdivide wrote:

Simon Masterson wrote:

Who said that their average speeds were impressive, out of interest? Lots of accusations of willy waving, but this particular thread has been relatively free of it...

Are you serious?!

Entirely. At what point has anybody flaunted any particularly extraordinary speeds that they have achieved?

:shock:

displacedaussie wrote:

Teisetrotter wrote:

Arthur Scrimshaw wrote:

CiB wrote:

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And that was just page 1


Unless the above figures are in km/h :?: 8)

simon_masterson

Those are in centimetres per hour.

dodgy

thegreatdivide wrote:

I called it rolling.

Roughly 1000 feet ascent per 10 miles, that's not rolling.

To put it into context, the Fred Whitton Challenge, a notoriously difficult mountainous ride has approximately the same ratio of climbing to ride distance.

23.8mph at 1000feet per 10 miles is very fast.

thegreatdivide

dodgy wrote:

thegreatdivide wrote:

I called it rolling.

Roughly 1000 feet ascent per 10 miles, that's not rolling.

To put it into context, the Fred Whitton Challenge, a notoriously difficult mountainous ride has approximately the same ratio of climbing to ride distance.

23.8mph at 1000feet per 10 miles is very fast.

Look at the stage profile. The loop around Stirling is described as 'rolling'.

Regardless. I put two rides up - a pan flat stage which is what this discussion is about - and a rolling stage as another example of Pro speeds.

cheaterkiller

displacedaussie wrote:

Teisetrotter wrote:

Arthur Scrimshaw wrote:

CiB wrote:

104.

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What ever anyone else says plus 1. So if anyone replies to me saying "your speed plus 2" I will still be 1 faster than them.