Average Speed!

[cyberknight]

Average speed over distance not up a hill dur

Ahh you said around hills so it was confusing , mind you a club member of mine can average 18 mph on a strava KOM segment where most of us are about 13 mph in the top 10 .

 

[cyberknight]

Hooked up with strava i am 8th out of 600 people on one segment well pleased but i did have the wind behined me will try and get first when wind is around 25mph that should push another 5mph for first

I just found out i have a KOM !
http://app.strava.com/segments/3738439
And heres the hill in question, in my defence i only ever go up it in full commuting mode on my virtuoso with rack, gaurds,lights and 2 loaded panniers !
http://app.strava.com/segments/1045328

 

[ianwoodi]

What i mean i could never go up hills at 20mph and around here every time you head out you are on a hill and i live on a hill so what i am saying is its a average speed over 40 miles with hills

 

[SpokeyDokey]

You lads and your Strava - any excuse and you'll whizz a link in on any thread!

I might start a thread on pineapple growing and see if you somehow slip a loosely related link in on that.

In fact I think I will, it's raining and I am bored.

 

[ianwoodi]

Thats not a hill

 

[Supersuperleeds]

You lads and your Strava - any excuse and you'll whizz a link in on any thread!

I might start a thread on pineapple growing and see if you somehow slip a loosely related link in on that.

In fact I think I will, it's raining and I am bored.

Pineapple you said?

http://app.strava.com/segments/1423523

 

[Mo1959]

You lads and your Strava - any excuse and you'll whizz a link in on any thread!

I might start a thread on pineapple growing and see if you somehow slip a loosely related link in on that.

In fact I think I will, it's raining and I am bored.

Well...........you do get pineapple segments

 

[cyberknight]

Thats not a hill

A hills difficulty is not just based on the steepness but how hard you ride it

 

[ianwoodi]

pinapple is not a hill its flat but not a bad speed might be able to match it on a good day

 

[chernij]

So I have a hybrid bike (pretty rubbish one at that) and a good average speed for me (over 30 mile distance) is 13mph. Would changing to a road bike make a lot of difference, or is it simply a case of increasing my time in the saddle per week? As in, will I see much of a difference if I stick to the same bike and simply work harder, and will changing to a road bike give a decent boost?

 

[ianwoodi]

Go to a road bike you will find a big differance in speed you should manage around 15mph over 30 miles

 

[HLaB]

Strava will work out your avg up a hill if its a segment, as so many are.
I did this over a mile last with a light uphill gradient of 0.5%
However the 15.3mph it says conflicts with the 19.6mph in the table.
http://app.strava.com/activities/54709572#995715120

I know my mate Craig is super fast but 35.5mph up the Dunfermline DC when AB (another super fast rider) is only (only ) 22.6mph; when you click on Craigs ride its 19.8mph, slow for him but more realistic Its a similar story for the KOM but even more extreme, 44.2mph shown and 11mph in the details; I'm dubious of his top speed though but on the whole its looks to be another dodgy segment but outside the top two it seems reasonable

 

[HLaB]

Pineapple you said?

http://app.strava.com/segments/1423523

I know that segment well; its like the Cambridge Fens in miniature; very flat and exposed.

 

[DiddlyDodds]

I used to know what my average speed was a few years ago , now I never bother looking.

It makes no difference what speed you go there will ALWAYS be people that will pass you, and there will ALWAYS people you pass.
Now I just need to know I will actually get up the hill, and not how fast I get up it

 

[chernij]

Go to a road bike you will find a big differance in speed you should manage around 15mph over 30 miles

Thanks - is there that much of a difference between the cheapest road bike (no idea how much - where's the best place to look?) and a middle-of-the-road one?