How many miles do you go per hour? I have no one to compare too. Please tell me.:D
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How many miles do you go per hour? I have no one to compare too. Please tell me.:D
When I go out, my average tends to be around 11-13 mph. That's mostly on flat roads. I'm not fast.
However, I can push that up to 20-25 but just not for very long. :p
Mel
Commuting: 14-15 mph
Recreational Rides: 15-17 mph
average on 1 hour rides on a 22 pound road bike.
I think I'm about Mel's speed. But it took me a while to learn how to read my bike computer (actually a trekking computer). It computes the other way 'round. I was really puzzled that I was going slower the harder I pedalled, then I realized it was giving me minutes per mile, not miles per hour. Woops. :o Don't tell my engineer DH or engineering student son.
So, yeah, last ride I was doing around 5-6, which means 12-10. On a downhill or spurting on a flat I could do better, even down to 3 :D, but then I bailed out on hills and walked :rolleyes: , so I guess my average is around the 10-12 I was doing on flats. Which means the Cindy will take me at least 6 hours. :eek: But ... I think I can maybe keep going that long at that speed. I've never had or loved speed, but usually done better at endurance. 'Course, I only know my endurance from hiking and lap swimming, but I'm counting on it holding up on a bike as well.
bikeless, this just means for the Cindy we can all stay together. ;)
Mel
Oh yes! Please! :) :) :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Melody
I was so afraid I'd be just trundling along last and alone and bored, not even music to keep me going like at spin class. :( I considered listening to music on one ear with an mp3, but even on just one ear it's not good road safety practice. Much better to have company. :D
:D Definately. We'll just gather all the slow riders. ;) :)Quote:
Originally Posted by bikeless in WI
Mel
It all depends on the type of terrain.
Here's my data from my 69 mile ride today. I hit my lap counter at various places on my ride. My goal on this ride was to keep my heart rate below 165 (my 80%) so I was actively trying to NOT hammer.
The first number is distance for that lap. The second is average speed. The third is the % grade. The last is average HR.
9.6 miles, 13.6 mph .2%, 156
6.8 miles, 12 mph 1.2%, 160
9.2 miles 8.5 mph 2.6 %, 164
20.6 miles 14.1 mph 1.1 %, 156 The beginning of this section has a long downhill, where I hit 44.3 mph.
2.6 miles 5.5 mph 6%, 168
3.1 miles 7.2 mph 3.6%, 164
4.6 miles 5 mph 7%, 169 - the last quarter mile of this is a 17% grade!
12.1 miles 20.4 mph, -5.5%, 118, yes that's a negative percent.
Overall average speed of 11 mph, with over 6500 feet of climbing, average HR 157. Because this was a point to point ride it had much more climbing than descending - 53% to 22%. 25% was flat. The steeper the grade - the slower I go!
V.
I normally do around 12-15 mph, so I'll be joining in the slow riders club too!:)
However this weekend, coming down the mountains near where I live, I did 43mph! Which is my fastest, and boy was I nervous as heck. :o
Hmm I think mine would be around 20kms an hour which works out to about 12.5 miles per hour. V is right it depends on the route I take sometimes I can be a little quicker if not as much climbing is involved and sometimes a little slower if the hills are whoppers (well whoppers for me).:)
today on my 100 miler I averaged 14.77 mph on a rolling course. I have no "real' CA style hills here- THANK GOD!! :D A climber I am NOT!! :eek:
Ooh boy, it really depends.
On the flats, if I'm feeling good I can sustain about 16-17' mph.
On the flats, if I'm feeling good and there's a tailwind or a very slight decline, I might hit 18-20 mph for a while.
Going up moderate hills 8-9 mph.
Going up very steep hills 4-5 mph - barely keeping the bike vertical.
The computer average at the end of almost any mixed flats/hills/stoplights ride usually says 15 mph. 14mph total average if I'm out of shape. On centuries and longer rides, it starts to drop down to 13 especially if I am having nutrition issues.
This thread is very reassuring, I'd always considered myself to be a somewhat pokey rider. Though, now that I think about it... until this past year when I finally upgraded to clipless pedals and trained for and rode the Seattle to Portland, I was in the 12-13 range for years. I guess my self-perception just hasn't quite caught up yet. :cool:
I''m a bit lost on the conversion to miles right now and am wondering if i go as fast as ya ladies.
Right, on the road i tend to maintain a speed of 20km/hr. I averaged that today...100km took me 5hrs..
Uphill...well...umm...it depends...steep icky hills...10km/hr
Off road..depends again..pea gravel slows me down...I try and keep my speed around 10-15km/hr. It depends on the track, if i've done it before, the climbs which i suck at,
I wanna go faster...man speed...not woman's speed.
c
14-16 mph average. Which means I ride 17-19, usually, but get slowed down easily by hills, wind, etc.
That would be on a Trek 2100 WSD with 650x25c inflated to 98psi, with a water bottle, carbon bottle holder, aero bars, two headlights, two taillights, a seat bag with two tubes and tools, Bento box full of snacks, very small frame pump, small cable lock and with or without a rack, big trunk bag, panniers, and 25# of necessities ;-) Oh, plus ~25# extra fat!
(I wonder how much the whole thing weighs? I probably don't want to know!!)
Nanci
Quote:
Originally Posted by Running Mommy
Technically, I'm not a climber either. When I had a bunch of tests done, I found out my power to weight ratio is too low to be a good climber. You can tell I've really let that change where I ride. :D NOT!
V.