![]() Riding in a group can be a sure-fire way to improve your average speed. Pedal moreĭrafting another rider – or riding with a group – is a sure-fire way to improve your average speed. BikeRadar’s tips to improve your average speed 1. ![]() The winner of the Tour de France consistently averages 25mph/40kph riding more than 2,000 miles/3,500km over three weeks, although they do have help – read on to see why riding in a group matters. Since it takes eight times as much effort to overcome air resistance at 20mph as it does at 10mph, that’s a big increase in power output. To hit an average speed of 20mph/32kph, you’ll probably have had to put in lots of systematic training. Ride consistently and get fitter, and you should be able to maintain a mileage per hour in the mid-teens (around 15.5mph/25kph) over several hours – Strava reckons that’s the average speed for rides logged. A beginner might struggle to keep up an average speed of 10mph/16kph over an hour or two on a road bike. ![]() Where you ride matters too, because hillier terrain will often bring your average speed down, as will riding into a headwind and wet weather or tricky conditions.Įven how smooth the tarmac is can make a difference – pros used to racing in continental Europe have been known to complain about how much slower the tar-and-gravel UK roads are when they ride the Tour of Britain.Ĭrucial though is your level of fitness. You’ll typically go faster on a road bike with drop handlebars and skinny tyres than on a flat-bar hybrid bike with chunky tyres or a mountain bike designed for riding off-road. What is a good average speed? As always, it depends on a lot of things. Let’s start with a question that many riders often have. Tour de France riders consistently hit an average speed of 25mph/40kph and above, but what about the rest of us? Thomas Samson / Getty Images
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