Is 20 miles in under an hour a realistic goal for a MAMIL?

[Jon George]

I wonder where you ride to get those times of averages .

Ipswich. Four minutes from my house and I'm on a road heading into the countryside knowing the only thing that's going to slow me down are black 4x4s, murderously huge tractors and the thick mud both aforementioned vehicles leave in their wake. Even though other locals have a good go at culling me like badgers, pheasants and wood pigeons, I love where I live. Today was a great ride. London? - you have my sympathies.

 

[50000tears]

1 mile from my house and I'm in the countryside. It definitely makes a difference not having to stop/start

Here's one of mine ... http://connect.garmin.com/activity/454546878

Nice having such a flat route too. Even when I avoid the hills in my neck of the woods I couldn't find a 20 mile route with less than 1,500ft of climbing. Even laps as flat as I can find them still has over 1,000ft to climb for that distance and numerous traffic lights, junctions and roundabouts.

 

[Cuchilo]

Hmmmmm 4 seconds out of my house and i have a traffic jam . 4 minutes and i have a duel carriage way but only Twickenham CC are mad enough to use it

 

[Andrew_Culture]

It was so nice and I was having so much fun, I did 46, instead.



If I do any tomorrow, it'll be a short one - I need to recovery from today's over-indulgence!

And I should probably do some work

 

[Mike!]

I dream of a 20mph average, after months of illness and injury 18mph would be fantastic!

I need longer rides and more of them, I know that as my base fitness has all but gone :-(

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I dream of a 20mph average, after months of illness and injury 18mph would be fantastic!

I need longer rides and more of them, I know that as my base fitness has all but gone :-(

You're welcome to join us Mike! I must organise another unofficial CycleChat ride!

 

[Mike!]

You're welcome to join us Mike! I must organise another unofficial CycleChat ride!

Would be great once I've had a few more half decent solo rides as I'd hate to slow you guys up. I need a few tests of my knee mainly to see if it can survive 30 miles plus! Although I often wonder how to get away from the wife and two kids for that length of time....

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Would be great once I've had a few more half decent solo rides as I'd hate to slow you guys up. I need a few tests of my knee mainly to see if it can survive 30 miles plus! Although I often wonder how to get away from the wife and two kids for that length of time....

We tend to average a comfy 16

 

[mattobrien]

We tend to average a comfy 16

You're not mentioning that 18mph+ 100 miler we did

 

[Andrew_Culture]

You're not mentioning that 18mph+ 100 miler we did

only once!

 

[Jon George]

Okay, so I've decided to allocate every second Friday as the days I'll be attempting this. So, watch this space if you're any way interested ...

Today's effort - a bit blustery and cars appearing at country road junctions which are normally devoid of anything - on the #2 steed was 18.9. (May have to adjust the start line as today's finish - where I decided to pause and regroup - was at a lay-by notorious for naughty things. ) The most pleasing aspect was I managed to do it all on the drops - quite the achievement for me!

 

[mattobrien]

That's a brilliant result, well done. If you are hitting 18.9 at the start of March, then a 20mph average isn't too far away.

Are you GPSing / logging your rides anywhere? I for one would love to be able to see how it is going from ride to ride.

 

[4F]

You're welcome to join us Mike! I must organise another unofficial CycleChat ride!

Yeah we need another one, but this time on a day when it is not peeing down with rain and blowing a chuffing hoolie ......

 

[Jon George]

Are you GPSing / logging your rides anywhere? I for one would love to be able to see how it is going from ride to ride.

I'm afraid not - I've just repaired my Blackburn and don't yet have any incentive to change to GPS - but, hopefully, here's the link to the route from Google Maps.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.0...4s212560155393390438585.0004f1ae80ce810aa29ee

 

[maltloaf]

I only did a 17.5mph today but doubled my normal distance to 40 miles as I'm hoping to do a 66 mile route I've planned soon

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/456473837