Re: RE: RE: Re: RE: Re: Average speeds

On 5/15/2025 3:28 PM, cyclintom wrote:

On Thu May 15 19:04:44 2025 cyclintom  wrote:

On Thu May 15 12:13:46 2025 Zen Cycle  wrote:

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Funny, I've claimed exactly the opposite. From my link above:

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That Zwift "ride" is a "virtual ride".Anyone can fool that. Why does the Strava ride say that I am blocked?
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So your tears are all about telling us that you're really riding like a Cat 1 30 year old while the truth is something entirely different.
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Meanwhile. I got two days of 7 and 8 hours of sleep and averaged almost 11 mph for a 30 mile ride. It was flat, but I'm not telling people that at 65 I'm averaging 20 mph for the year so far which for you is 600 miles.

 I should also add that those speeds are for the AVERAGE rider and you can expect a 10% variation among riders.

That makes absolutely no sense. Have you been taking word salad lessons from trump?

Today, I had some sort of club come by. I was near my coffee stop and they were just heading out. They were all in their 30's and 40's and they were making pretty good speed. On the way home I passed the same group on their way home. Their speed was considerably reduced  and half of the pack was sagging off the back. I have no idea what route they took since the place I passed them on the way home could have been a climbing course or a flat route. These guys were averaging just about what the numbers from my references said.

I've ridden with plenty of pros taking it easy. It's called zone training.

But Flunky is averaging 20 mph over 600 miles.

Sure, in 1 to 2 hour segments. And?

Before my initial injury I was probably averaging about those reference numbers as well and at that time I was in the front quarter climbing with the club. When my injury occurred I was 65. I lost a little over two years to the injury before diagnosis and treatment. Then it took me about three years to get back up to my level which was again in the front quarter of the club on climbs and dropping everyone by a LONG way on descents. Then I would ride with the back quarter on the flats.
 Flunky, you know, a Grmain 830 can be had quite cheaply these days. So WHY don't you get one, record a ride and post it since whatever you're going does not match real life?

Oh, you mean like this?
https://www.strava.com/activities/14256779418
"Garmin Edge 530 "
Or this?
https://www.strava.com/activities/12716381377
"Garmin Forerunner 745 "
The tracking devices are listed on the right of the individual activity page.
Before the Garmins I was using a Suunto Ambit3
https://www.strava.com/activities/5485198113
For a long while I was using a Polar 720 and posting to Strava with my phone app.
https://www.strava.com/activities/1139611450
that's real life tommy - you should try it some time.
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