whats your average speeds and distances?

[Angelfishsolo]

Id concentrate on increasing your distances if you want to challenge yourself, and you'll probably find you gain average speed naturally from that - worked for me!

 

[superbadger]

With that bike i would go to Rivington and back... Its a good distance and the hills are good training .

 

[craven2354]

Hills arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I run from them haha planning on doing some hilly rides soon but there hard work

 

[superbadger]

. You gotta face them sooner or later. What about Heaton park? Thats a good ride around.

 

[Hip Priest]

I have a 20mile loop on which I average 17mph (elapsed-time). But I'm chasing distance rather than speed. Will attempt 30 tomorrow.

 

[DiddlyDodds]

When i started riding 2 years ago i was 12.5mph av , 2 years on and i do the same roads at 18mph av

 

[Holdsworth]

I managed 11.5 mph over 48 miles yesterday over the undulating terrain of the mid-Cheshire ridge area, that was factors in 30-40 mins rest stop at the Tesco in Whitchurch and various other stop-offs along the way. I picked up some lovely plums , damsons and half dozen eggs at a roadside stall near Wrenbury which will go into a crumble with apples later, eggs were gorgeous scrambled and fried

 

[superbadger]

I managed 11.5 mph over 48 miles yesterday over the undulating terrain of the mid-Cheshire ridge area, that was factors in 30-40 mins rest stop at the Tesco in Whitchurch and various other stop-offs along the way. I picked up some lovely plums , damsons and half dozen eggs at a roadside stall near Wrenbury which will go into a crumble with apples later, eggs were gorgeous scrambled and fried

Sounds yummy . Thats the way to do it.... Cycle miles to a farm shop/stall and then 'fly home' to get cooking...

 

[Bobtoo]

I picked up half a dozen free range eggs a couple of weeks ago, five of them even made it home intact.

 

[brokenflipflop]

I have a really cheap road bike and 383miles wow most I've done so far is 25 haha planning to do 50 tomorrow

I'm a newbie, although I'm double your age

. I live in Walkden (NW Manchester) and ride along the A6 towards Chorley. Sometimes I just turn around and come back (25 miles total) but when I feel good I turn right at Adlington and cycle around the roads around Rivington and Anglezarke. Got to watch out though cos there are a lot of nutcases knocking about on motorbikes at Rivington.

I don't ride in a group although I'm doing my first sportive this Sunday so on Monday you might see my bike on Ebay

After seeing myself in the mirror with all my cycling gear on I don't think anyone would want me to join their group. I look a right pillock.

 

[craven2354]

After seeing myself in the mirror with all my cycling gear on I don't think anyone would want me to join their group. I look a right pillock.

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Why what do you wear? Haha

 

[Banjo]

If you have a limted budget then spend most of your money on a good pair of shorts. Cheap jerseys / jackets are perfectly useable but if you want comfort get good shorts. I have Endura shorts, middle of the range but very effective bum padding.

Re speeds. If you want to go fast ride short fast rides. Long slow rides will increase your endurance but not your speed. Ideally a mix of short /fast and long / steady .

 

[Willo]

If you have a limted budget then spend most of your money on a good pair of shorts. Cheap jerseys / jackets are perfectly useable but if you want comfort get good shorts. I have Endura shorts, middle of the range but very effective bum padding.

This. When I got my road bike 2 yrs back I spent 40 quid or so on some decentish Endura shorts and they are right up there among the best purchases I've made and are still going strong. With those I wore cheap Lidl jerseys and a light waterproof picked up in the sale and, while I splahed out on some flashier jerseys this yr, they served we well.

 

[The Brewer]

I managed 11.5 mph over 48 miles yesterday over the undulating terrain of the mid-Cheshire ridge area, that was factors in 30-40 mins rest stop at the Tesco in Whitchurch and various other stop-offs along the way. I picked up some lovely plums , damsons and half dozen eggs at a roadside stall near Wrenbury which will go into a crumble with apples later, eggs were gorgeous scrambled and fried

I was over that way last week and had a lovely ride up from Ellesmere through Whitchurch, Malpas, Chester. I stopped at Grindley brook for a bite to eat and watched the canal boats going up and down the lock staircase.

 

[twobiker]

I seem to average 11/12 mph whether I do 5 mls or 100 mls because on a longer ride I don't stop to look at the scenery so much.