15mph average

[mrP(Boonen)VT]

I never thought I'd be pleased the day I could average 15mph, but that's what I managed today, and it is my fastest ride to work so far, and felt really good

Guru P

[Dombo]

I always "adjust" for stoppage time at lights etc and take the average speed from the computer. That way a 21 mile ride over 90 minutes can be morphed into an 18.5 mph average through central London with which to impress my colleagues

[Marky Mark]

[quote="Dombo"]I always "adjust" for stoppage time at lights etc and take the average speed from the computer. That way a 21 mile ride over 90 minutes can be morphed into an 18.5 mph average through central London with which to impress my colleagues

[quote="Marky Mark"][quote="Dombo"]I always "adjust" for stoppage time at lights etc and take the average speed from the computer. That way a 21 mile ride over 90 minutes can be morphed into an 18.5 mph average through central London with which to impress my colleagues

[Marky Mark]

[quote="John the old'un

Years of experience Mark. /quote]

With or without stops John?

[John the old'un]

With stops Mark. By that I mean I use autopause. It's a clubrun, not a training ride.
The idea is to RIDE at an ave speed, so just ride at around 15 mph on the flat and let the hills up and down average out.

[mrP(Boonen)VT]

[quote]This means I could do fast sprints (if I wanted to) with long stops in between and then look at the figures at the end of the run and it would only average the sprints.

[Andrew G]

I always leave a bike computer on auto stop for convenience. I don't pay that much attention to it, it's just to give a guide and give some details for the ride as a whole.

Numbers on their own are meaningless.
My commute is normally at an average of about 15mph. I don't charge in just spin, it's a bit lumpy, there are lots of sets of lights . Sometimes it's quicker if I decide to have a bit of a charge on the way home, or the weather (wind) might alter the speed. A number on its own means nowt.

Mark, mainly down to experience. After a while you just know roughly how fast you are going at a given time or over a given period/distance. If you tried to check your computer all the time and keep it at 15mph from CSS to the cafe the ride would be a fair bit different as the terrain alters over the course of the route.