How fast do you go per hour?

[Brandi]

How many miles do you go per hour? I have no one to compare too. Please tell me.

[Melody]

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.

Mel

[DebW]

Commuting: 14-15 mph
Recreational Rides: 15-17 mph

average on 1 hour rides on a 22 pound road bike.

[Duck on Wheels]

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. 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 , but then I bailed out on hills and walked , 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. 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.

[Melody]

bikeless, this just means for the Cindy we can all stay together.

Mel

[Duck on Wheels]

bikeless, this just means for the Cindy we can all stay together.

Mel

Oh yes! Please!
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.

[Melody]

Oh yes! Please!
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.

Definately. We'll just gather all the slow riders.

Mel

[Veronica]

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.

[allabouteva]

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.

[Trekhawk]

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).

[Running Mommy]

today on my 100 miler I averaged 14.77 mph on a rolling course. I have no "real' CA style hills here- THANK GOD!! A climber I am NOT!!

[Dianyla]

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.

[crazycanuck]

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

[Nanci]

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

[Veronica]

I have no "real' CA style hills here- THANK GOD!! A climber I am NOT!!

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. NOT!

V.