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Anonymous Mon 26 Dec 2016 00:25:38 No.1036301 View View Reply Original Report

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/n/ what do you think is/should be someone's average biking speed on different terrains/elevations?

For example, if someone is biking on a flat road, how fast should they be going? Uphill? Downhill?

When I go down my hill on my commute I hit 35-40 MPH, but on the way back UP it I only go between 7-8 MPH.

I ride on this flat section and was going like 16-18 MPH on a road bike, and this older Asian guy on this mountain bike who I passed downhill went past me like I was standing still and I felt like shit getting passed like that and like I suck at riding

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Dec 2016 00:32:28 No.1036302 Report

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Whatever speed they feel comfortable with

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Dec 2016 01:49:50 No.1036314 Report

Quoted By: >>1036325 >>1036337

Are you sure the bike wasn't motorised in some way?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Dec 2016 01:59:50 No.1036318 Report

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>>1036301
You're looking for an arbitrary standard that doesn't exist because there are too many variables.

Really, though, you sound like your real issue is that your pride is hurt because someone else is (apparently) going faster than you are. If so then that's a rather immature attitude to have and you'd do well to just get over it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Dec 2016 02:45:15 No.1036325 Report

Quoted By: >>1036611

>>1036314
tfw you buy an electric-assist bike just to do 50km/h overtakes on anyone who passes you to make them feel bad

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Dec 2016 03:53:52 No.1036337 Report

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>>1036314
no it isnt. its a meh looking mountain bike. it had a fucking kickstand on it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Dec 2016 04:35:03 No.1036340 Report

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>>1036301
I dont commute but for me doing anywhere from 20 to 75 mile rides I can average around 18-20+ mph on flats is pretty typical. 9-12 mph uphill 3-5% grades assuming I dont burn up my legs in the 1st few miles of that.. I try for a high cadence instead of grinding and downhill I have hit 50 mph but it really just depends on the hill and how much energy I want/can to expend instead of resting up.

Its going to be different for everyone and based on what they are riding and what kind of effort they want to put out. Dont worry about us cat6 pros passing you it means nothing to me.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 26 Dec 2016 12:29:10 No.1036384 Report

Quoted By: >>1036385

>>1036301
>/n/ what do you think is/should be someone's average biking speed on different terrains/elevations?
Climbing with Pantani's speed is the only option, bonus if you climb on the drops. Speed on flat doesn't matter, the important stuff is climbing, not cruising on the flats.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Dec 2016 12:33:21 No.1036385 Report

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>>1036384
Don't forget to eat shit and break your legs on your way down!

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Dec 2016 13:02:15 No.1036390 Report

Quoted By: >>1036396 >>1036644

>>1036301
It depends on a lot of variables just as other anons have said.

But generally a lot of people plateau after about a year or two of decent riding at:
28-32 kph on flats is an acceptable cruising speed without a headwind

Climbing is too dependent on gradient but
minor grades (2-5%) 15-20 kph
major grades (6-10%) 9-15 kph
ouch grades (11-20%) 5-11 kph
get off the bike grades (21%+) walking speed - 8 kph

Descents are a bit like climbing but are more dependent on course twistiness than grades, these are for slopes that have 300m of good clear road or gentle turns to accelerate into:
minor downhill 35-45 kph
major downhill 40-70 kph
yeah bb <-15% 60-90 kph

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Dec 2016 14:13:07 No.1036396 Report

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>>1036390
>walking speed - 8 kph

Congrats you're an olympic race walker.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Dec 2016 14:15:25 No.1036398 Report

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>>1036396
no, that is read as 'walking speed TO eight keypeeeych'

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Dec 2016 14:17:40 No.1036399 Report

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In humans power grows with mass but unfortunately not proportionally. On a slope where weight is the main force to overcome a tiny Asian man has a definite advantage over the average 6+ feet overweigth caucasian youngster.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Dec 2016 15:40:28 No.1036411 Report

Quoted By: >>1036412 >>1036414

>>1036396
>olympic race walker
While not a descent, I am sure I can manage at least 8km/h walking, and I'm pretty sure it's up to 10km/h.

But there's a guy at work, when he walks out of the metro it's something else.
It doesn't matter how fast I try to walk, he just cruises away from me.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Dec 2016 15:53:11 No.1036412 Report

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>>1036411
>I am sure I can manage at least 8km/h walking,
well probably not on a 21%+ gradient with cycling shoes and and bike to push anyway.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Dec 2016 15:56:25 No.1036414 Report

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>>1036411
>not a descent
Not on an ascent*

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Dec 2016 16:00:41 No.1036418 Report

Quoted By: >>1036419 >>1036476

>>1036399
I always wondered why don't asians are gud at cycling, even south americans who are poor are getting very good. Amongs all that asian population should be thousand of genetically excellent riders.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Dec 2016 16:13:57 No.1036419 Report

Quoted By: >>1036441 >>1036476

>>1036418
No cycling culture probably.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Dec 2016 20:06:29 No.1036441 Report

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>>1036419

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Dec 2016 20:32:29 No.1036446 Report

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My avg speed on flat land no wind is 13mph because I'm a badass :)

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Dec 2016 00:24:15 No.1036476 Report

Quoted By: >>1036498 >>1036645

>>1036418
Asian here >>1036419 is right, it's pretty much winning a (socioeconomic+exposure) lottery to even get your actual genetic lottery ticket.

There's a handful here and there but since they don't start as young or have access to the training/support of western cycling groups they don't perform as well. Also, racing events are few and far between unless you shell out serious dough (for an asian that is).

I'd like to consider myself relatively gud ~cat 3 powerwise (lol no national cycling body) and the general cyclist population is way behind the curve in terms of training focus and methodology. I know for myself that I'm not a strong rider but relative to my environment I'm already at the top 80th or 90 percentile.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Dec 2016 04:15:24 No.1036495 Report

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>>1036301

Your road bike is probably geared too high. I see it all the time, people like to run 53t rings with a 25t hero cassette to seem more pro, then get dropped on the hills by MTB'ers.

Comparing speeds in different locations/terrains is pretty stupid. There's way too many variables.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Dec 2016 04:21:34 No.1036498 Report

Quoted By: >>1036499 >>1036516

>>1036476
if you think you are cat 3 you are cat 6

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Dec 2016 04:24:11 No.1036499 Report

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>>1036498
what if I think I'm a cat 6

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Dec 2016 07:37:04 No.1036516 Report

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>>1036498
I know I'm cat6, but I can hang on to cat2s easily when I was out of country and riding buddies actually had cats to progress on. There is no cat system at all from where I am so it's obvious that I'll forever be cat6. chapeau

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Dec 2016 09:27:36 No.1036524 Report

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My average speed on a 50 mile zone 80% fthr ride is about 16-17 mph. I try to cycle into headwinds as much as possible. Also going up hills at a lower than comfortable cadence. Still slow tho.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Dec 2016 11:09:23 No.1036529 Report

Quoted By: >>1036532

>>1036499
you are cat 6

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Dec 2016 11:15:09 No.1036532 Report

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>>1036529
damn...

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Dec 2016 19:38:57 No.1036611 Report

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>>1036325
While doing a crossword and drinking a beer.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Dec 2016 23:26:26 No.1036643 Report

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>>1036301
flat road 21mph
uphill 14-18mph depending on gradient
downhill 30-58mph depending on gradient

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 27 Dec 2016 23:28:05 No.1036644 Report

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>>1036390
>minor grades (2-5%) 15-20 kph
>get off the bike grades

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Dec 2016 23:29:25 No.1036645 Report

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>>1036476
>cat 3
Doubt it.

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