There is no definitive answer to that question. It depends on many things including:mike7382 said:I was wondering whta a good average speed is? Also what a good one is going up a steep hill? Use Km/h or m/h i can convert them.
I'll pile on here as well. Trying to make every ride faster than the last, or to hit some arbitrary average for every ride you do is just a prescription for failure and burnout.mike7382 said:I was wondering whta a good average speed is? Also what a good one is going up a steep hill? Use Km/h or m/h i can convert them.
I would guess these numbers for a reasonably fit person:mike7382 said:I was wondering whta a good average speed is? Also what a good one is going up a steep hill? Use Km/h or m/h i can convert them.
sparkywowo said:I would guess these numbers for a reasonably fit person:
10-12 mph very easy
15-16 mph easy/comfortable
18 mph getting hard
20 mph pretty hard
25 mph very hard
30 mph all out
I imagine most people consider 15-16 mph a slowish and comfortable pace, and 18-20 mph a brisk one.
Hills, steep hills...
5% grade, it's a hill, but it's not going to kill you, probably 10 mph and you are going pretty hard
10% grade, it's a hill, and it's steep, probably 5 mph and you are going very hard
15% grade, it's a hill, it's very steep, and you are walking up.
mike7382 said:I was wondering whta a good average speed is? Also what a good one is going up a steep hill? Use Km/h or m/h i can convert them.
Kona_Blue said:I ride regularly with a group of Triathletes and when we average over 30kmh on an undulating course, we think it was a good ride. However, we are often passed by a larger group of much faster cyclists that would consider us to be a traffic obstruction as they whoosh by.
So, I guess it's all relative.
One persons hill, is anothers Mont Ventoux
I have a little game I play with myself when climbing. My computer tells me slope, so I try to keep a speed such that speed x slope = 60 or more. So, 6 mph min. at 10%, or 10 mph at 6%. The "60" is arbitrary, and you might find a different number to be appropriate. It doesn't work very well at slopes less than 5%.mike7382 said:I was wondering whta a good average speed is? Also what a good one is going up a steep hill? Use Km/h or m/h i can convert them.
mike7382 said:I was wondering whta a good average speed is? Also what a good one is going up a steep hill? Use Km/h or m/h i can convert them.
A good average speed for my sister is around 10 MPH for 5 miles. A good average speed for me is around 15.5 MPH for 50 miles. A good average speed for a decent club rider is 20 MPH for 100 miles. It's all relative.mike7382 said:I was wondering what a good average speed is?
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