Am I too fast?

[gbb]

A simple analogy, before my TB, I could average 18 over 50 miles solo riding at the age of 50ish. Very few people overtook me...so much so it surprised me when they did, then you realise, however fit you are, there's plenty that are fitter, you just arent generally on the same road at the same time as them.
18 is quite a good average, but try a TT, I suspect it'd see you somewhere near the back.

Used over a period of time, its an ok measure of overall fitness.
Even when I was averaging 15, you realised you are immeasurably fitter than 90% of your colleagues. You can be happy with that.

 

[Citius]

Yeh, but youve got to ride there...AND back....

Even so....

 

[blackgoff]

Even so....

Oh come on, give us a break lol

 

[ayceejay]

Whenever we go out in the car together and she allows me to drive I drive too fast according to her regardless of what the speedometer says. When I go out on my own I don't get this problem so I say you just have to choose who to listen to.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I've always had a slowish average. It's even slower now, since being hit by a car in April i'm constantly touching the brakes and i wont do more than 30mph(going downhill of course) If only you could buy a computer than gives your uphill not just your overall average speed .

 

[slowmotion]

So I cycled 63 miles and got an average speed of 17.6mph on a road bike, most of my solo rides average 17-18mph but after talking to a friend who rides in a group he was seriously stating I'm cycling too fast, so I'm wondering what your average speeds are...

I don't think I'm too fast I cycle at a comfortable pace

I can't honestly say that I share your problem.

 

[helston90]

Join a local TT and see how you fair up against them and report back, then we'll know.
I thought I was fast on Tuesday night posting a solo 14.4 mile ride with 850ft of climbing with an average of 19.7mph, until someone I know on Strava smashed their local TT 10 course yesterday in 19:49 which is 30.3mph average. I had a little cry.

 

[I like Skol]

More importantly, are you fast enough?

 

[MrGrumpy]

Join a local TT and see how you fair up against them and report back, then we'll know.
I thought I was fast on Tuesday night posting a solo 14.4 mile ride with 850ft of climbing with an average of 19.7mph, until someone I know on Strava smashed their local TT 10 course yesterday in 19:49 which is 30.3mph average. I had a little cry.

I always think TT are under different conditions, I should try a TT myself to gauge where I would fit in suspect I would not be close to some fast riders and I can manage a 27 min 10 mile TT on a lumpy rolling road with junctions etc. However we are comparing apples with oranges here.

 

[lee1980sim]

I'll look if there's a tt near me and if it's plausible to do, but I fail to see how it would compare to day to day cycling, it's like comparing racing along the salt flats to average driving

 

[vickster]

If you think you are too fast, slow down. If not and you want to go as fast as really fast guys, join a club and ride with the chain gang...

 

[helston90]

Because your current average is based on your route on that given day in those conditions, get yourself a TT time and see where you are in comparison to people doing the same thing as you at the same time.
If you win we'll find another way to test you.

 

[puffinbilly]

I've had this accusation thrown at me as well - I was doing 4.5mph on a shared path - it's all relative.

 

[blackgoff]

I can't do less than 10mph in my bike it rolls that quick..

 

[Hacienda71]

I can do 0mph on my bike. Track standing