What's your average touring speed

[HorTs]

When I did my lejog I was doing 100m days at 10-11mph.

 

[Danny]

Another 10-11mph rider here.

The main things which effect my average speed are:

a) Hills and wind
b) How often I need to stop to check directions - can be a particular problem on small country roads
c) Getting lost (usually when I don't stop to check the map often enough)

 

[doog]

about 12

 

[briantrumpet]

I did this route at somehwhere north of 15mph over five days last summer http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1441823 on credit card touring - I had about 3kgs in a seat-post mounted saddlebag, and that was it. I take my hat off to those of you who take the kitchen sink with you.

 

[asterix]

On the touring version of the Raid Pyrenean the distance is 790km. If you manage this in the 10 days (240 hours) allowed you have to maintain an average of 3.29166666'. Allow 12 hours a day in the saddle then you have to do 6.5833333' km/h.

The unladen randonneur version is 720 km for which you have 100 hours, 7.2 km/h overall, or if you ride for only 50 of those hours, a modest 14.4 km/h - only slightly harder considering the reduced weight - will get you there.

So for mountainous stuff, assuming I haven't cocked up the arithmetic:
Laden: c. 7 km/h (4.375 mph) ;
Unladen: c. 14.5 km/h (9.06 mph)

 

[gbs]

just to confirm: my impression is that a rolling average speed of 10 mph (excluding cafe stops and other wicked deviations) is typical with significant variation for wind, hills and heat and, of course, load.