Pale Rider
Legendary Member
I did some informal volunteering at the Durham Beast sportive at the weekend.
The ride is 52 miles and hilly.
Among the first riders to finish was a guy on a 29er mountain bike.
His time was about 2hrs 50m at an average speed of 18.6mph, which I reckon is a good effort on a mountain bike with knobbly tyres.
I offered a few words of congratulations and ventured he would be even faster on a road bike.
He said he is generally about 10 or 15 percent faster on a road bike, so would hope to crack 20mph doing the Beast on one.
Incidentally, 20mph would have made him first home because the guy who came in first averaged under 19mph.
I'm interested to read what others think of his time, particularly the hill monsters on here such as @Sea of vapours.
This strava link to the ride is a couple of years old, but it's the same route that was used at the weekend.
https://www.strava.com/routes/794299
The ride is 52 miles and hilly.
Among the first riders to finish was a guy on a 29er mountain bike.
His time was about 2hrs 50m at an average speed of 18.6mph, which I reckon is a good effort on a mountain bike with knobbly tyres.
I offered a few words of congratulations and ventured he would be even faster on a road bike.
He said he is generally about 10 or 15 percent faster on a road bike, so would hope to crack 20mph doing the Beast on one.
Incidentally, 20mph would have made him first home because the guy who came in first averaged under 19mph.
I'm interested to read what others think of his time, particularly the hill monsters on here such as @Sea of vapours.
This strava link to the ride is a couple of years old, but it's the same route that was used at the weekend.
https://www.strava.com/routes/794299