Timed my 3 mile ride today...
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slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
That's a pretty good time. Relax and enjoy it. It isn't the Tour de France unless you want it to be.
BTW, welcome.
BTW, welcome.
Tojo
Über Member
- Location
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Use Strava on your phone and it will give you actual moving time and pause when you stop and will work out your average and record your max speed also....
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
And then you can game the moving speed by hammering it up to the stops and slamming the brakes on... right up until the brakes fail to stop you in timeUse Strava on your phone and it will give you actual moving time and pause when you stop and will work out your average and record your max speed also....
It all depends where you're riding and what the conditions are. My moving average drops well below 10mph in town, but I've done 14mph for a rural round trip (carrying panniers of shopping on the return) taking it fairly easy mainly because there were few junctions where I needed to stop.
Cyclist33
Guest
- Location
- Warrington
And then you can game the moving speed by hammering it up to the stops and slamming the brakes on... right up until the brakes fail to stop you in time
It all depends where you're riding and what the conditions are. My moving average drops well below 10mph in town, but I've done 14mph for a rural round trip (carrying panniers of shopping on the return) taking it fairly easy mainly because there were few junctions where I needed to stop.
This is why disc brakes have become so popular on road bikes - it allows Strava junkies to brake sharply at the end of segments to make their times look better. That the discs scream like a banshee in the slightest presence of moisture also allows them to bellow out their presence as they pull up behind you at traffic lights.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Good advice until the "and then"
Nah. I just take it easy for the first half mile.
(And then the rest of the ride too, if schedules aren't pressing
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Struggling here - which one to put me out of my misery?
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
As long as you enjoy it and are getting fitter i wouldn't worry about it , i got overtaken twice by the same rider who was following a different route to a similar destination but i still enjoyed my ride .
ayceejay
Guru
- Location
- Rural Quebec
I stopped at a frigging stop sign today, my GPS told me I was too slow to record I'll never do that again. No worries I wear a helmet.
Hulk_slogan
Active Member
I've only recently got back on a bike. Can manage 10 miles in an hour 30 or there abouts, with a mixture of gunning it and then easy going. Im pretty unfit and have a few health issues which make it harder.
Put it this way, its more exercise than I would do sitting at home, it gets me out in the fresh (sort of) air and its enjoyable.
I just want to get a bit fitter and be able to accomplish 40 miles in a days easy riding as I'd like to do the c2c later this year over 4 days or so.
Keep it fun!
Put it this way, its more exercise than I would do sitting at home, it gets me out in the fresh (sort of) air and its enjoyable.
I just want to get a bit fitter and be able to accomplish 40 miles in a days easy riding as I'd like to do the c2c later this year over 4 days or so.
Keep it fun!
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
is there a rush
Easytigers
Guru
Keep at it...the speed and distance will creep up over time if just starting out
