How fast do you ride? (Page 4)

Honestly.....about 16mph on my training rides.  Knowing that tells you nothing, though.  I live in a really hilly area.....and I'm not pushing it at this stage of my trying only to build base miles.

Riding in Fl (there on bus.), I found it pretty easy to avg. 18+mph..  NO HILLS!....lol.

If I could avg. 18mph in my first two events, I'd feel like I was LA.

Varies considerably, but not all that fast.  2 races I did last year w/ some hills averaged just under 20 mph, which I think was around 30-40% in my AG (M40-44).  I'd like to get that up to 21+ mph and 20-25% on those courses, but riding gains are much less of a priority this year than bringing my run along so that I'm no longer a BOP runner.  Might replace the cheap training wheels I ride on and see if I can buy a little speed at the races, though building the engine is a surer bet.  If I can bring my run from 70+ percentile down closer to my bike by the end of this season, then I'll refocus on the bike at that stage.

Training rides are all much slower than that, because of stops, mounts/dismounts for barriers, substantial climbing on most routes, and varying levels of fitness throughout the year.  Depending on the ride, the day, etc., I might be 14 mph, or up to 19-20 mph if with a group and more flat.  Today was 16+ mph with 3k feet of climbing, 6 dismounts and numerous stops over 20 miles.  My shortest route has ~2k ft. climbing and over 30 stops in it, which eats into speed considerably, so 14 mph on that isn't half bad.