Which category do you fall into?

[hoopdriver]

Me too. I hardly ever get much air time anymore when I hurtle over the crest of the Tourmalet in 53x11...

 

[MikeG]

Surely we should be looking to break 50mph down hill, i'm 0.4mph off it.

I start to get a bit dizzy at 30mph, and at 35mph I need one of those saddles with a bit missing from the middle. Above 35mph means a brake cable has snapped.

 

[Jimidh]

It depends on what i’m doing.

It’s pretty lumpy round here so if I head into the borders i’ll be 17-19mph depending on the climbs.

Head down the East Lothian coast where it’s pretty flat and i’ll be 20mph+.

Off road could be as low as 10moh up to about 15moh depending on the terrain.

All good fun no matter the speed.

 

[Dave 123]

Road bike- 16-17.5 mph
Tandem- 12-15mph
MTB- 10 on cross country rides.

 

[Hacienda71]

According to Strava I in the last seven years I have averaged 18.5 mph across all cycling mtb/road/commuting/racing etc. During that period I have covered 41k miles and climbed over 1.5 million feet. I am slower in the winter than the summer and am faster when I ride more and weigh less.

 

[Aravis]

I did a couple of team triathlons this year where I rode the bike leg. I was in the 15-20 group for those but I'm not counting them as they were (a) short - 20 and 40 km and (b) I was trying, which meant I lost my usual air of untroubled insouciance. This is not just undignified, it is downright cheating. I kept my mudguards on though. I do have some principles.

I thought you were older than that.

I'm not happy with this poll. It should've been done in kph, so that I would've snuck nicely into the bottom of the 20-25 band.

 

[Vantage]

I've read every reply to this thread so far and can confirm that I'm slower than all of you..........


8.5mph avg!

 

[nickAKA]

Just squeeking into the 15-20mph on longer rides locally, mainly down to the hills.

 

[The_Weekend_Report_Guy]

Actually 5kmh bands are quite good. Nearly everything I do is in th 20-25, regardless of distance or terrain. But there are a few outliers. Really very hilly rides drop down into the 15-20 band. Really flat or trying hard go into 25-30.

0 - 5 kph /0.0 - 3.1 mph
5 - 10 kph /3.1 - 6.2 mph
10 - 15 kph /6.2 - 9.3 mph
15 - 20 kph /9.3 - 12.4 mph
20 - 25 kph /12.4 - 15.5 mph
25 - 30 kph /15.5 - 18.6 mph
30 - 35 kph /18.6 - 21.7 mph
35 - 40 kph /21.7 - 24.9 mph

Using this and around here most of my rides are between 20 and 25 km/h.. Then there is groups ride where it goes to 30 and above and the less mountainous rides. Any ride over 50 km I come back home with almost 1000 meters of climbing..

Love the mountains but man it is hard work for sure..!

 

[Aravis]

As in "old enough to know better"?

I'm not sure I'll ever be that old.

No. My bad. I should've highlighted "15-20".

It seemed funny at the time...

 

[Skibird]

10-15 (13-14 usually) on MTB with reasonable hills.

 

[T675Rich]

Depends, to work I could put myself in the 10-15mph but home 0-10mph..

 

[SpokeyDokey]

10-15 mph - around 14mph is more like it which I think is ok for an older, and lazy, cyclist in the Lake District.

 

[fted33]

14-15 average due to the headwinds in West Norfolk. I was out at lunch time on a 12 mile sort of square route and had a headwind on each leg of about 12 -15 mph. Hows does that work or is it only in Norfolk...

 

[Oldbloke]

All of them; offroading in hilly forest, 12 kph, windy and hilly road rides usually 23 kph, warm, calm days on road 25+ kph.