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09-07-2006, 07:37 AM #1
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09-07-2006, 07:51 AM #2
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Woo-hoo--high-fives all around! You're an inspiration to me.
I know just what you mean. I rode by myself for years and never could break the amazingly sluggish average speed of 12.5 mph. But just lately I've been riding with assorted others more often, and now I'm up to somewhere between 13.5 and 14 mph! Not fast for a lot of readers of these forums, but for me--it's like breaking the sound barrier!Bad JuJu: Team TE Bianchista
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09-07-2006, 07:59 AM #3
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AWESOME!!!
Keep at it. The more you ride, the better you will get!
It seriously took me a solid year of riding to get up to a 15 mph pace.
Riding with other people will make your average faster. My boyfriend really didn't seem improvements in his speed until he started doing a weekly group ride.
Plus, the fear of being dropped and lost, really can motivate your legs to MOVE FASTER!"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather, to skid in broadside thoroughly used-up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: WOW WHAT A RIDE!!!!"
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09-07-2006, 08:14 AM #4
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Meaningful comparison of mph speed depends a great deal on how many/how high hills and inclines or even how many curves and turns there are in your ride- is that correct or am I missing the boat?
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09-07-2006, 08:22 AM #5
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Thanks everyone. It's nice to have others appreciate your accomplishments regardless of how small they are.
Comparison between others - that's true. But I ride the same 4 or 5 routes all the time and my avg speed as a rule has been between 14.2 to 14.8 mph. Getting my avg speed up to 15 mph on any given ride is my goal...so anytime I can get over 15 mph avg I'll be happy. But seeing 15.6 was just way beyond my expectations.Meaningful comparison of mph speed depends a great deal on how many/how high hills and inclines or even how many curves and turns there are in your ride- is that correct or am I missing the boat?As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence." ~Benjamin Franklin
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09-07-2006, 08:25 AM #6
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Going with JuJu's post "...never could break the amazingly sluggish average speed of 12.5 mph..." I've had some rides in the San Gabirels and San Bernardino Mountians that I would have been estatic to have a 12.5 average
Originally Posted by Lisa S.H.
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