Full throttle?

[Matthew_T]

When riding normally, do you try to go as fast as possible, or just casually coast around?

I try to keep a steady pace (17/18 mph on flats and 25 mph with a tailwind).

But what do other cyclists do? Do you puch yourselves as far as possible, or just maintain a leisurely pace?

 

[gbb]

99% of the time, i'm always going as fast as i can, given the distance i'm going to do.

For me to ride steady, it rarely happens although a couple rides just lately have been just that, a pootle. Very enjoyable as well...mustn't get to like it too much

 

[HLaB]

I like to vary it depending on where I am, how I feel etc., full throttle or cruising when the conditions are right.

 

[gaz]

Depends on the type of ride i'm doing. If i went full throttle then I would only do a few mile ride, but that would be at +30mph.

 

[ianrauk]

I like to vary it depending on where I am, how I feel etc., full throttle or cruising when the conditions are right.

This...^^

 

[Broughtonblue]

All depends on what type of ride I'm doing. If I'm only out for upto an hour I will push myself especially on hills, if I'm on a 2 or 3 hour trip I just try and keep a steady pace up

 

[al78]

I go at a pace that I could sustain for a period of several hours. If I tried to go full throttle I would very quickly burn out and end up having to use the car, so it would be pointless.

 

[2Loose]

Depends on conditions - mine, the roads and the weather. And if I can see someone in the distance to chase or not

 

[snorri]

just casually coast around?

 

[mr messy]

When feeling good its hard to throttle back. Speed is king. If you don't blow up you're not trying hard enough

 

[Canrider]

You've already answered your own question: steady pace. Beyond that, +1 to what al78 said, assuming we're not talking about short commutes, blasts across town, racing to the X to do Y before Z shuts, etc.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Commuting I ride easy most of the time. Sunday rides, if I'm on my own, I'll push on a bit, if I'm with a group I'll travel at the pace the group is going, if I can sustain it, if not I'll drop of the back and finish at my own pace. If I'm doing more distance than I'm used to I'll ride easy.

 

[smokeysmoo]

Depends which bike I'm riding. If it's the winter bike with it's panniers, nice and steady is the order of the day, if it's the CAAD10 then it's generally a frantic fast as you can affair, and if it's the Spesh Langster it tends to mirror the CAAD10 as much as commuting allows until my legs can cope anymore

 

[stevetailor125]

Depends on the type of ride i'm doing. If i went full throttle then I would only do a few mile ride, but that would be at +30mph.

If I did 30mph on my old hybrid it would shake it to bits lol, usually I do about 19mph on the straight

 

[BrumJim]

After a big ride, the commute into work no longer excites me, so I ride relatively gently.

Bored, frustrated, happy, needing a challenge, or someone ahead of me, then its full throttle. Which is far too often.