Still waiting for my bikes4work voucher (4 weeks and counting grrrr) so still waiting to buy my Spcialized Secteur Elite. In the meantime been out training a bit on my creaky old mountain bike. Started with 5 miles, then 10, then 13, a few 15s, 17 and today 20 miles. Average speed has crept up to 14 mph (started at 11.1!) so getting better. Two old boys on road bikes glided past me up a hill today, a nice reminder that plenty of training required but I console myself that I'm riding a tank!
Up to 20 miles
- Thread starter DaveW
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paulw1969
Ridley rider
- Location
- Long Eaton, Notts.
you'll fly when you get the road bike
- Location
- Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Average 14mph on a mountain bike. I hate you!
Seriously - Well done. 20 miles is good going.
Seriously - Well done. 20 miles is good going.
Probably spoke too soon, did 22 miles this morning and only managed a 13.3mph average. Loads of road bike riders out in the lanes today and I did manage to keep up with a group of about 10 of them for 5 miles or so, until we came to a steep climb at which point they disappeared rapidly into the distance! Can't wait to try a road bike!
