What's your average distance, pace, etc?

**alpinerabbit** · 10-09-2008, 12:47 PM

I have a couple of favorite rides.

the 1:45 evening ride has 2 hills and a nice stretch of flat, or alternatively another two hills (35K)

the 2hr scenic ride has one major hill and coffee at the top of it. (40K)

the 2:30 round of the lake is almost flat. (65K)

then I do a couple rounds of ~100 on weekends, and we've mapped out a century route.

Then there's the 90K ironman route that we do sometimes.

I've logged a surprising amout of km this year with mostly weekend rides - so most of them must have been in the 100k range.

average pace - 20kph for easy, up to 26kph for flattish.

**aicabsolut** · 10-09-2008, 03:38 PM

Flat rides (30-70 mi) with maybe 600 feet of "climbing" (overpasses) are around 18-19mph average solo or in a small group, 21mph in a big group.

Lightly rolling rides, like my weekly 50 miler, are something in the 3000-4000 vertical feet range, averaging around 16mph for "slow," 17-17.5mph solo, and 17-18.5 in a small to mid sized group.

"Hillier" rolling rides (steeper grades and lots of little climbs with a few longish ones that take it out of me quicker than what I consider lightly rolling), may be more like 30-48 mi and closer to 3000 ft than 3500 or 4000. Average speeds for me (typically solo on those roads) are around 15.5-17.5mph.

Then there are mountain rides of 45-60 miles (in a group technically, but many of the miles are too difficult for me to keep up with the guys enough to get much drafting benefit, and I'm also slower on descents). 4500-7000 feet of climbing. Average speeds from about 15-17mph (the 17mph ride involved a good sustained stretch of a rotating paceline around 20mph).

I have definitely gotten faster on certain terrain in the 2 years I've been cycling. These are my more recent numbers.

**fastdogs** · 10-09-2008, 03:58 PM

I usually ride 8-10 miles during my lunch break, on the road. usually average a great big 10 mph. I have ridden as much as 30 miles on flat crushed limestone trail, again average 10 mph. I ride my trek 7200 hybrid.
I prefer to ride my mountain bike, but never check my average speed on the trail. 4-14 miles depending on where I go.
vickie

**Veronica** · 10-09-2008, 04:26 PM

My 8 200 Ks (125 miles) this year have ranged from a low of 12.4 (40 miles of brake rub will fry your legs) to 14 mph. All have had more than 6,000 feet of climbing.

For the bike leg of my triathlons I've averaged 17.5 mph on a 25 mile flat course. 22.1 mph on an 11 mile flat course and 16 mph on a hillier 56 mile (1600 feet of climbing) course. That's all after swimming of course.

No drafting on the tris, very little on the 200Ks.

Veronica

**7rider** · 10-09-2008, 04:33 PM

My commutes are 15 miles round trip, on generally flat roads, and I average about 13 mph for them (that accounts for a lot of stop-and-go riding and weaving around the downtown areas).

My group rides are on "rolling" terrain, generally 30-40 miles, at anywhere from 17-18 mph average. I'll gain anywhere from 1800 to 2500 feet for those rides, usually.

I just hit a personal best on a FLAT century - 97 miles at 20.6 mph.

According to my Bike Journal account, my "average" ride (total miles / number of rides) is 23.2 miles at 15.1 mph, and I've gained a little over 1,000 feet each ride. I'd say that's a pretty fair assessment of my year. FWIW, my average HR was 142 and max HR was 189!

Oh, and I've been riding, more or less, for about 15 years now.

**jobob** · 10-09-2008, 04:40 PM

One of the most memorable TE threads

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=7968

**Madride** · 10-09-2008, 06:42 PM

Most of my rides are very hilly around 20-25 miles and I average about 14 mph on those. If I climb the pass near my house It is about 5 miles to the top and it takes me about 40 minutes to get there so I average around 10 mph on those rides. On the rides that are more flat, although it is near impossible to find any where flat where I live, I average around 16-17mph.