How fast do you ride?

[Stingray34]

I ride with deceptive speed: I'm slower than I look.

 

[jordan5000]

Well my bike just broke so I'm going to use my dad's road one and see how fast I can go on that, I don't think I've ever ridden a road one before.

 

[RedheadDane]

Can I just say ****ing slow and leave it there?
Yeah... yeah... I believe I can!

 

[Dalakhani]

Loaded question. Trails are often about technique and not speed. Road depends on terrain and bike (road v TT). I would average 32-36 km/h over a lumpy course (depending on whether I am doing tempo riding or intervals), and 30 km/h over a hilly course (1000m climbing over 80km). I don't have a TT bike, but 37-40 km/h shouldn't be unreasonable to hold for an hour. As an example, I am 43 yo and would come in the bottom 25% in a 100km road race in my area.

I'm the same age as you, and that fact makes me want to cry.

In that case, I'm really, really slow.

Steve