Cycle Complete :D

[£Josh D]

just got in from a 10.5 mile cycle as planned. uphills are a barstool, average dropped massively from them unfortunately didnt stick to the intended 15mph average: 13.8 instead. got beeped by some crazy mer. max speed 24.3mph.
10.5miles in 44:54:63 minutes, is this good for a first distanced cycle?

 

[ianrauk]

Well done you.. keep it up. 13.8 on a mountain bike for a first decent ride? Excellent.. you will be much quicker once you have a few more miles under your belt and even quicker when you get your road bike.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Nice one £JD!

You could always chuck the computer away - you'll never know the details then but you'll still know you've had a lovely bike ride!

 

[iendicott]

Excellent work, soon 10.5 will merge in 20, 30, 40 etc. To be honest riding in a group and you won't even realise you are doing alot more miles.

Keep it up.

 

[£Josh D]

tommorow 10.5 miles again, same route, aiming to do 15mph average speed instead of 13.8, 15 has been my target from the start and getting 15+ tommorow would be great, but aslong as i beat 13.8 i will be happy. cant throw the cycle computer away sorry dude its so good! im training for a 30 mile cycle if ya didnt know otherwise i wouldnt care about times, im stamina building at the moment just increasing the time it takes me, next we i am looking to do 15ish miles my mate knows a decent route, but only if i have this route average speed 15+, will let you know how i get on tomoz, thanks

 

[Norm]

im training for a 30 mile cycle if ya didnt know otherwise i wouldnt care about times, im stamina building at the moment

That post raises a question or 12.

• What's the deal with 15mph? Is 15mph good and 13.8mph bad? Is there some nirvana which will appear when you have averaged 15mph?
• Is there any logic about the need to do 15mph over 10.8 miles which will make doing 30 miles any different?
• Is there a link between the speed / time at 15 miles to building stamina for a 30-miler?
• Is the 30 miler going to be a performance event?

Take it easy, chap, and enjoy the ride. Don't beat yourself up about the average speed over 10 miles because I reckon that will be completely irrelevant over 30.

 

[£Josh D]

at the moment i am doing short distance, setting a marker: 15mph average and trying to beat it in order of increasing my stamina, one i reach this, i will increase the distance set myself a marker and do the same again, no it isnt a erformance event i just dont wanna be at over the line, i would like to finish at a decent time so i ill treat it as a performance event, thanks guys

 

[Haitch]

Great news, Josh. But if you want to build up distance and stamina, do not concentrate too much on average speed.