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My bike is almost as old as me — at 60 yo I still ride and avg of 17 to 24 mph depending if the teens have gotten to me or not! I get to ride an avg of 25 to 50 miles per ride, 3 to 5 times a week Trying to loose that baby weight -LOL — I hope to get faster. Always have been competitive. We have mountain bikes, road bikes and hybrid bikes. We average about 11, 13, 15 mph on the same roads. The gears make a huge difference, as well as the weight and drag. When we want distance, we ride the road bikes.
Workout, hybrids. We did a 30 mile ride on the road bikes, averaging The calories burned estimate on Strava was just over on the hybrids and just under on the road bikes. That holds true in almost everything we do. We had a gravel ride that we hit calories on, about 54 miles. Our mile road bike ride was We had a fun ride one day where she was just feeling froggy and we hit 19 mph over the last 20 miles of a 40 mile ride.
That being said, I have found that varying the distance seems to do a lot for me. I do about 15 miles on my road bike almost every day 5 days a week , which really is a rather short distance for a road bike by any standards. I do this mainly because I want excercise on regular basis, but need it to fit my schedule, especially during the week. But on weekends or holidays, I like to do longer distances of about 45 miles or more. I have found that I regularly could improve my average speed on shorter distances after longer rides.
Maybe this helps some of you who are interested to put a few mph on top, if you are interested. If not, just be a happy rider and keep on going anyway! Have fun! John from Manchester. What a old fart community? I am 69 years old. I started riding about 12 years ago when I was still working. It was more for fun. I would average around 10 miles over several sessions per week. The bike was to replace jogging.
In December I suffered a heart attack while riding my bike. I crashed and burned on the road. Two stints and I made a full recovery. Currently, I am riding 80 — miles a week in 3 or 4 sessions. I start out with a mile goal. I ride mostly in town so my miles per hour. I take each ride as an adventure. I started at an average speed of I try to ride everyday.
Since the beginning of the pandemic I was furloughed and rather than sit at home wallowing in self pity I decided to take up cycling again. I have loved every minute of it. I started off slowly averaging mph doing short 20 miles plus rides in the winter months. I have since added a smart trainer to my training regimen which is so beneficial. It has improved my cadence, speed and endurance on the road. I look forward to the long Sunday rides which are usually about miles long depends on time constraints.
My average speed on these rides is I have started doing weights as well in the gym as I want to shift some of the weight to help me climb better. Cycling is as every knows, a low impact exercise so I need to mix it up. So anyone reading this and feels disillusioned, remember how I felt. Cycling saved me. He is the former cycling editor for Active. Turn on MapMyRun desktop notifications and stay up to date on the latest running advice.
Share it:. Be more aero. Instead of riding with your hands on the tops or hoods of your handlebars, you can improve the aerodynamics of your position and expose less of yourself to the wind by: Riding in the hoods. Tucking your elbows so they fall directly in front of your knees. Bending your elbows to lower your torso and achieve a flat back. Lowering your head. Watch your diet. Ride with training partners. Practice your bike handling. Here are a few things you can do to improve your skills: Practice track stands.
These are great for improving balance and coordination. Join a group ride.
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