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Post by pedaldog on Jan 21, 2006 18:54:32 GMT
One that always gets me wondering!
You ride for 12 miles in 1 hour so your average speed is 12mph.
If you ride 12 miles in 2 hours but you spent 1 hour in a cafe, do you say you did 6 or 12 mph when you're talking about it?
I always look at total time taken in the day but I spend a lot of time stopped with coffee so I might have days when I average 8mph. I hear people talking high speeds but are they not including stop time..... Just wondering.
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Post by yorkshireman on Jan 21, 2006 19:26:26 GMT
My computor gives the average based on actual riding time, but shows time elapsed as total time from start to finish
Colin N.
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Post by pedaldog on Jan 22, 2006 10:17:24 GMT
COMPUTERS!!!!!!
Sounds like "Technology" to me does that!
Which bit of Yorkshire by the way Colin? I originate from Leeds and spent a lot of time living near to Wakefiled before i moved to Lancaster.
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Post by gary on Jan 22, 2006 18:06:46 GMT
I am just trying to work out if I stop for tea more than I ride and if I do stop for tea that often will I ever do any miles inbetween teain and p--ing
gary t
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Post by pedaldog on Jan 23, 2006 18:08:34 GMT
I admit that even for a short ride of 10 to 12 miles I take two s/steel flasks of coffee and ALWAYS they are empty when I get home. Cycling is an excuse for drinking coffee in different places.
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Post by maximillion on Jan 24, 2006 18:00:50 GMT
ay up!!!just come back from a ride over holme moss and i wish i'd took a flask cos it was well freezing,wont be doin that again in a hurry ha ha ,get yourself a computer mate
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Post by cycleman on Jan 24, 2006 19:22:47 GMT
i am afraid it means your ave speed was six mph however fast you drank your tea during the stopped hour. but do not worry, it's quality not quantity that matters  . |
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Post by moriarty on Jan 25, 2006 18:07:42 GMT
Live on Teeside and have ridden to the Lakes/Dales/NY Moors over the years and the average speed always seems to work out at 10mph for 50 mile plus rides.
This is taking into account snack/drink/pee/effing and blinding up the Pennine climbs , and easing numb backside stops.
Not into bike computers but can rely on this timing.
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Post by gary on Jan 25, 2006 19:06:01 GMT
Cannot wait for the summer just a small beer by the canal and a fresh ham sanie ohh and maybee a few miles just to keep the fat off. And if I got abit more the wind in me hair
I promise to pick up the average this year.
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Post by lescargo on Jan 25, 2006 20:49:17 GMT
Wrong question! It should be how slow? My answer would be VERY!
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Post by pedaldog on Jan 26, 2006 18:58:10 GMT
and maybee a few miles just to keep the fat off. And if I got abit more the wind in me hair quote] Point the first... Got to GET the fat off before I can keep it off! Point the second.... I have had my hair at Number zero cut on the clippers since 1979 so I get the wind on my scalp! |
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Post by mlj on Mar 3, 2006 16:59:43 GMT
Back to the definition: an elapsed time average is the average speed for the time the wheels turned; the average speed for the journey is taken from the journey time - which includes stops. This is what the Audax riders use (computer runs while drinking tea!) as the ride must be finished within a minimum of 10km/hr or 15km/hr depending on classification. Incidentally, the maximum permitted speed for Audax is 30km/hr - if you're very fast you can drink lots of tea!!!!
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Post by pedaldog on Mar 4, 2006 7:52:25 GMT
I go with the "Journey Time" thing.
Average speed really worries me about as much as something not very worrying at all!
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