Miles in one hour........

[ray316]

Forum members l'm interested to know how many miles in one hour would you normally do, l will start the thread off and say on l normally do about 15 miles so for me 15mph is good going.

 

[Glover Fan]

On a general ride ill average about 17mph. All subjective though ain't it really.

 

[4F]

Anything between 10 and 18 depending on distance, mood, weather, wind, company.

 

[Garz]

Subject to terrain, wind, humidity, time of day, street furniture (give way, traffic-lights) etc.

Be careful of e-peen here too. I can manage on an easy route just over 19mph average for a 23 mile course however in reality when I throw in tough climbs and some wind to boot I only manage 15mph.

In controlled conditions however and everyone turning up for a closed road for example it would be interesting what people would actually manage..

 

[som3blok3]

18-19 average. As mentioned on numerous threads though, head wind, road condition etc etc etc...........

 

[HLaB]

Forum members l'm interested to know how many miles in one hour would you normally do, l will start the thread off and say on l normally do about 15 miles so for me 15mph is good going.

If you dig up some of the old threads on the toppic you'll see there are too many variables, terrain, wind, solo/pack riding, length of ride, etc
FWIW, If I take my heavy hybrid out 15mph is good going on a hilly ride but relatively traffic free loop. On a road bike I'd consider that low, yesterday an un fit me on a relatively flat course (1464ft) was averaging 18.1mph for the first 20miles; mother nature decided to play a trick on me though which brought it down to 16mph by the time I got home (the wind was only a 6-10mph tail wind on the way out but it rose to a 21mph headwind and gusts of 30mph on the way back and I must of been crawling at 14mph). Whilst I know I've averaged higher, I would however be happy with around 16.5mph on a long hilly ride, so it swings in roundabouts (so as to speak).

 

[jayonabike]

Same here, my average on my own is around 15 - 16mph, though sometimes this goes down to 14-15 mph. When out with my son this goes down to 10 - 11mph, and I do a route on my Langster of 17.5 miles the quickest i've done it in is 18.1mph

 

[Moodyman]

Anything between 10 and 18 depending on distance, mood, weather, wind, company.

True.

Though it's a lot easier doing 15mph in one hour as it's doing 15mph over 3 hours.

 

[numbnuts]

I'm bloody old so mine is 11.5 -13 mph and most of my rides are hilly

 

[david1701]

10-12 but I only ever do hilly rides (and my bikes slow, and....................

 

[cyberknight]

On a good day i can average evens (20 ) but thats with no crap essentials on the bike thats i would carry on a commute with fresh legs .

 

[palinurus]

Anywhere from around 10, possibly even less, (touring) to 24 point something (time-trialling, haven't managed under the hour yet). General riding, undulating minor roads, usually in the range 15-18.

 

[Lisa21]

Oh dear. My avarage speed??? at the huuuge risk of being banned from this forum and relocated to snailsRus.com my avarage speed is between 8 and 10 mph

BUT, if i may redeem myself slightly, that is hilly, muddy, off road MTB miles. If I were to ride a road bike id prob avarage at least 40

 

[Hacienda71]

I just rode a 50 mile loop averaged 17 mph, on a 20 mile loop I can get my average over 19mph on a ten mile loop evens is comfortable. However if I go hilly in the Pennines I tend to drop 1 to 2 mph on my averages. Riding in a group I can add a couple of miles an hour. Length of ride and conditions make a big difference.

 

[summerdays]

Oh dear. My avarage speed??? at the huuuge risk of being banned from this forum and relocated to snailsRus.com my avarage speed is between 8 and 10 mph

BUT, if i may redeem myself slightly, that is hilly, muddy, off road MTB miles. If I were to ride a road bike id prob avarage at least 40

Can I join you at snailsRus? I can't even use the off road excuse ... I'm looking around too much, bump into friends or a hill etc.