What is your average commute speed?

[Johnny Jacob]

Just curious .. 

What is your average commute speed? And What is the maximum speed you hit during your commutes?

My average : 22 kmph over about 8 kms; Max is 31 kmph. And I ride a MTB (Trek 3700)

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[Ashish Nabira]

My speed is 20 for about 6 hours and then it drops gradually on my Trek 3700. On Road bike it's close to 25-27 on 5 hour ride.

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[Hari Krishna]

You commute for 6 hrs?

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[berkeleydb]

actually, if you read closely, he didn't say he it ends at 6hrs! ;)  -{db}.

[Pradeep Naidu]

My commute 26kms and avg in morning 24 to 25.5 and evening around 23..
Top speed 56
Road bike trek 1.2

regards,
Pradeep Naidu

On 7 Nov 2012 19:32, "berkeleydb" <dha...@gmail.com> wrote:

actually, if you read closely, he didn't say he it ends at 6hrs! ;)  -{db}.

On Wednesday, 7 November 2012 18:36:23 UTC+5:30, Hari Krishna wrote:

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> You commute for 6 hrs?
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> On Nov 7, 2012, at 6:35 PM, Ashish Nabira <ashish...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> My speed is 20 for about 6 hours and then it drops gradually on my Trek 3700. On Road bike it's c...

>> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Johnny Jacob <johnn...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Just curious .. ...

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[Shabs]

I commute 8 km one way and average about 25 in the morn n 20-22 in the eve...
Bike: Cannondale bad boy hybrid

[Darshan Bildikar]

My commute distance: 25 KM one way. Time taken in the morning (7:00 AM) 55 mins. Time taken in the evening (riding through some terrible traffic the last 7 KM, which isn't the problem at all in the morning)(1:15 mins) 

I ride a Trek 1.5 ( the one with the side stand that some people were making fun of today morning :) )

On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 9:32 PM, Shabs <shabar...@gmail.com> wrote:

I commute 8 km one way and average about 25 in the morn n 20-22 in the eve...
Bike: Cannondale bad boy hybrid

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[Vasu]

Distance - 15km

Avg speed - 30km/h.

 

On the way back the avg drops considerably because the stretch of road between Marathahalli and HAL signal is very bad.

 

(on a side note: Trek 1.5 with a side stand is a serious insult to the bike. Btw, who did you buy that bike from? There are only 4 such bikes in BLR, 1 or 2 in Chennai and 1 in Hyd. From what I remember the owners in BLR are - Aditya Yadav, Abhinandan Nath (bought from Doc D), Rohan and me. So, where did you get it from?)

[Vasu]

*there was one guy in Mysore who had it too - Anand Avati. Just remembered.

[Anand Devanathan]

This is an interesting thread.

I have 11 km one way. Time taken in the morning is between 22-25 mins. 

In the evening, mine is a paradox since I take lesser time. its usually between 18-20 mins. 

Max speed, 52.1 kmph, courtesy the downhill stretch on outer ring road.

@Vasu: Not sure if you'd tried some inner roads from Marathalli to HAL Signal - the current road work creates havoc on the main road. 

At Marathalli market junction, take right into the Karthik Nagar short cut. Around 100 meters from there, you will find a left turn that goes into HAL quarters, only two wheelers can go in that. Take that turn and go straight, you'll reach the other side of HAL quarters. Take right towards Basavanagar Bus Stop. Just before Amman temple, or Meenakshi wines which is more popular (sigh), you will find a left turn that goes into Annasandrapalaya. Straight into that, and you will reach the CV Raman Nagar main road. From here you could choose to join the HAL signal again, or take right and continue on Jeevan Bhima nagar road. 

Not sure if you've tried this, might help if you havent. People here dont see roadies so often, so you'd be a sight! Will try to complete a google map thing for this, might help others.

Regards,

Anand.

[Vasu]

Anand,

 

That sounds great! Will try it some day.

 

The problem is my return starts after 10pm and at that time I am never in a mood to experiment unknown roads. These days I have started taking Sarjapura flyover > Iblur road > Agara > Koramangala > Sony world > IRR > Domlur > I. Nagar 2nd Stg.

 

V

[Anand Devanathan]

Vasu,

These are residential areas and at 10 pm dogs are on the prowl and quite a few packs at that. So you probably are better off with your current route :)

Its a good alternative before 9 PM.

[Vasu]

Sorry just noticed the first post also asked for max speed during commute.

 

If I gun for it then I hit 48 - 50km/h speed between HAL police station and the signal after that. These days I don't ride that fast, thanks to the morons at  BBMP. At the end of that short downhill there used to be a speed breaker. These days they've removed it and the place where speed breaker used to be is rough. So no more riding fast on that stretch...

 

On the new route back from office I generally do 50 - 55 km/h between Ejipura and EGL on Inner Ring Road.

 

V

On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 11:04 PM, Vasu <mr.b....@gmail.com> wrote:

[Aditya Yadav]

I ride a pretty bad section of road but its alot of fun too. There is alot of slush alot of tiny roads and pretty short and steep sections and sharp turns. The tarmac is awesome one day and its slushfest on another (thanks to BBMP). But the best part is you get to see alot of kids of local BMX bikes jumping all over the place. My most usual route http://app.strava.com/activities/26982880

Commute Distance 13.3km - 17.8km depending on the route mood weather etc. I prefer to take the route with more traffic and slush. Its fun to piss off everyone stuck in traffic while you zoom past!

Average Speed - 20-25kmph

Top Speed - Hit 68kmph once while on my way back post midnight.

Vasu- If we can find the where the guy works, I can go and remove the stand one day. :)

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[Darshan Bildikar]

Add me to the list. 

2009 model with Sora shifters and Shimano Tiagra. Good a good deal at Jayant cycles. 

Insult to the bike! Oh please! It's a machine. Machines are merciless and they deserve to be treated mercilessly. And a side stand makes sense to me at least because I ride my bike everywhere :)

Darshan

On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 10:36 PM, Vasu <mr.b....@gmail.com> wrote:

[Darshan Bildikar]

I work in Brigade Gateway. I welcome you to come over and try to get rid of my bike stand ( I won't let you of course ); apparently I'm the only person who seems to commute by cycle here, so it'd be fun to meet another fellow cyclist :)

Darshan

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[Aditya Yadav]

OT- I want to climb Brigade Gateway by stairs. I guess its the tallest building in Bangalore now. Any idea if we can do that? I used to go up the Utility Building.

While we climb the building we can get the stand off the bike and figure out how you can park it without the stand :)

I ride the same bike to office and I have no stand and neither does Vasu.

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Aditya

On Wednesday, November 7, 2012 6:16:07 PM UTC+5:30, Johnny wrote:

[Hari Krishna]

Most ppl here treat their bikes as if they have a soul. Not just a machine.

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[Darshan Bildikar]

Pfft. I'm apparently not one of them. 

[neelz]

somehow by feel, it has...it got puncture when had no option to ride for two days, trying to get attention ;)

i generally love to drench in rain...in college, one dark (no electricity) rainy night (that time, had a very old one), the chain got jammed suddenly at the gate, and got stuck for 2 or 3 mins, happened once in two and half year. After reaching the place, where used to sit, saw...was smashed by a lorry which skidded from the highway just 4/5 sec back...the driver was about to come out...so helped the helper and driver to come out and kissed her to save my life :)

somehow i have similar feeling with my motorbike, camera, lappy and some non-living objects also.

[Ashwatha]

One way distance is 19 km. Average speed in the morning is about 20 kmph, average on the return ride is about 18.5 kmph. No idea of the max speed, but somewhere around 40 kmph I imagine.

Btw, Darshan: You are not the only one who commutes by cycle to Brigade gateway :-). I am a bike commuter too, and often see your bike parked next to mine on the 3rd floor parking area. 

[Prashant Kumar]

My Average is around 24-25 Kph over 11 KMs (one way from HSR Layout to Electronic City). 

Max I have touched is 45 ( thanks to downhill while coming, near old Volkswagen showroom ).

I ride a Ryders Neo.

(Prashant)

[Aditya Yadav]

Aswatha- Can you take care of the stand?

On Wednesday, November 7, 2012 6:16:07 PM UTC+5:30, Johnny wrote:

[Ashwatha]

Hmm .. not sure if I would do that, now that Darshan knows how to find my bike!

But since you plan to climb Brigade Gateway by the stairs (to answer your earlier question, you can do that), ping me when you are here and I can point out Darshan's Trek to you :-)

[Darshan Bildikar]

:)

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[Mahesh Kumar]

Distance. 19 Kms one way - 

Vidyaranyapura to CMH road (I-nagar)

715am start -average 23kph- 50mins ride ( approx)

610pm start - average 15kph- 75mins ride ( approx)

Btw, it takes slightly more time by car. 

I Ride a Trek 7100 

Cheers!! 

Mahesh 

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On 09-Nov-2012, at 12:05, Vivek <vivek.g...@gmail.com> wrote:

Distance 6 kms (one way)
avg speed 13 kph (max 18 kph)

From old airport road To Bagmane Tech Park

Started cycling after 12 years. I ride hero swing.

Best part is that it use to take 25-30 mins to travel the distance on my bike(pulsar). and now it takes max 20 mins on bicycle.

-Vivek

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[Aditya Yadav]

Here is a comparision I did sometime back for the commute time by car and bike.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151819228295752&set=pb.677505751.-2207520000.1352477749&type=3&theater

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Aditya

[Johnny Jacob]

Exactly! Commute by bike is very predictable. My 25 minute ride is 25 minutes no matter which time of the day ...

There are days when I thought I was speed daemon and days when i felt like a leisure commuter.. But it has always been 25 minutes.

On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Vivek <vivek.g...@gmail.com> wrote:

Distance 6 kms (one way)
avg speed 13 kph (max 18 kph)

From old airport road To Bagmane Tech Park

Started cycling after 12 years. I ride hero swing.

Best part is that it use to take 25-30 mins to travel the distance on my bike(pulsar). and now it takes max 20 mins on bicycle.

-Vivek

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[Darshan Bildikar]

And the worst thing is no car wala will believe this when you tell them. Or they don't want to believe it :)

It takes me 1 : 35 mins by car and 55 mins by bike.

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[Vasu]

Well, there is a diff between top speed and avg speed and most people ignore this. 

[Aditya Yadav]

Race them next time.

[Shreyas Kumar]

My commutevused to be 30kms and I used to take 1 hour both ways with rolling terrain and couple of 12 % gradient climbs of 300 to 400 meters thrown in. Route was jp Nagar 7th phase to Peenya via vasanthpura-rajarajeshwari nagar-bangalore university-outer ring road-sunkada katte.

Route was awesome and I always used to race against time. Fastest I had done on this stretch is 54 minutes. Most of the timeon trek 4300 and sometimes on the fuji. Max speeds have been upto 60kmph.

Last week did ooty via kothagiri. On the Way back max speed was 76kmph. Raced an Alto guy showing off after the downhill and overtook him at 67kmph with his mouth wide open.

[Johnny Jacob]

Woohooo!! 

 

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[Sunil Raghavan]

Hey Anand,

I dont commute, but I do a circuit around the old airport as a 24 km morning ride sometimes - the stretch after Marathalli to the HAL Airport entrance is the low point of the ride because of the poor surface, so I am really interested in the back road you mentioned. Could you please make a google map of the route and post a link.

Thanks,
Sunil

[VaB]

Hi All,

I ride a riverside 1 (btwin), avg speed 28kmph top speed 37kmph (straight road) distance anywhere between 11-20 kms.

But i had 1 question, i feel i was able to ride faster on a firefox road runner (18gears) than on this riverside 1 (21gears). Could it be because of gears ???
I usually ride on 3x4 - 3x6 on both the bikes and both are hybrids.

Thanks,
Varun

[Vijay]

Gear ratios would be different 

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[Nayan Patel]

My average speed for city commutes has been ~18 kmph.. If I am in a real hurry to reach somewhere, then max I have done is 23kmph over 18 kms.. 

The top speed that I ever reached on my Trek 3700D is 48 kmph (think it was somewhere on the IRR)...

I feel its really difficult to maintain even 20 kmph in the city consistently. Hats off to those who clock average speeds >28 kmph ..

On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Johnny Jacob <johnn...@gmail.com> wrote:

Just curious .. 

What is your average commute speed? And What is the maximum speed you hit during your commutes?

My average : 22 kmph over about 8 kms; Max is 31 kmph. And I ride a MTB (Trek 3700)

//Johnny

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[Quizling]

This thread is giving me a complex. Even on early morning rides my average seldom exceeds 20 kmph. However, occasional glances at the cyclocomp indicates I do a reasonably brisk 25-27 for much of the ride, with a maximum of 30-32 (on seemingly level ground). I guess the involuntary slow-downs and halts add up. In traffic my average speed drops to 15-17 kmph, depending on the time of the day. I ride both a hybrid and an MTB with slicks, and I don't find a significant difference. 

> On Wednesday, 7 November 2012 18:16:07 UTC+5:30, Johnny wrote:

[deepakvrao]

Giving you a complex? My commute speed is about 10-12kmph.

[VaB]

Hey,

few observations.
> I ride on weekends/holidays thus no office rides
> Ride on the Sarjapur ORR to Decathlon route so zero traffic and straight stretch...
> ride without halts and cycle a little harder as it is meant for exercising

I hope this clarifies why my stats were a bit higher... plus tyre pressure is about 70psi 700 38c.

Regards,
Varun

PS: BTW anyone knows where can i get innova tyres and the pricing for them. I had gone to commercial street no one had any idea about 622mm (they had 630 or 635) probike said i need to order and wait for 3-4days and will cost me Rs 640+360=1000 each (tyre/tube).

[Naveen Mahadeva]

Hey all,

 

       I do 17 kms one way to office in around 50 min, say 20.5 kmph average, with some traffic and signals . I take it a little easy too, so that I should'nt be sweating like a pig at office, but I do :P. My brother and myself used to touch 27kmph average speed in our morning rides of 25kms . That was starting at 5, so no traffic at all .  

 

We ride Trek 3700s ..

 

Thanks,

Naveen

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[Mohan Das]

I commute 15 kms each way from JP Nagar 2nd phase to Old Madras Road. It takes me 40 mins in the mornings (start around 6:45) and 60-75 mins in the evenings.

[nirmal]

+1 to quizling.

am to beginning to feel rather sobered down and not too grand of my apparently exalted cycling abilities after reading this post :/

woe to the fellow who began the thread :)

have been travelling for about 2 years now for a dist of about 15kms one way through the city and very rarely do i do it in less than an hour.

avg commute time wud be an hour(morning) and an hour an fifteen(evening) bringing my speeds to 15kph morning and 12kph evening.

seriously guys, tips please. how do you manage to maintain 20+ kph on regular commutes through the city traffic.

raises some qs. is ur speed gross (pun not intended), or net i.e. is traffic signal stoppage time accounted for ?

and is the avg an avg of cursory glances at the speedo ( which a small calculation shall show to be greater than as computed by tot dist/ tot time ) ?

nirmal

[Sunil Raghavan]

Most bike speedometers which show average speed measure only rolling averages. Endomondo allows you to decide whether to auto-pause on stops or not. Perhaps you should clarify what sort of average you guys are comparing, so this isn't apples vs oranges.

As for me, I dont often commute on the bike - and when I do, I go slow to avoid arriving in immediate need of a shower.

[Shreeju Narayanan]

The average commute speed depends on the nature of the route more than the physical capabilites of the rider. If the route is pretty straight with smooth roads and no trafficy intersections, you could ride real fast. People who take a shower after the ride can forget about being sweaty, and push hard. 

I commute on my hybrid from HSR layout sector 2 to Marathahalli (8.5km). Traffic free mornings when I am plan to take a shower at office, I average ~28 kmph. However when I want to skip the shower at office, I ride at average 20kmph. Return journey is always under 20kmph, even if I push hard, because of the traffic.

Shreeju

[Hari Krishna]

I used to commute at nearly 20-25 kph on my 5.0 :-) 

Depends on where the office (or dept in my case) is

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[Syamlal pullambally]

Hi Johny.

My average Speed is 26 KMPH about 11 Kms from BTM Lyout to IndiraNagar.

My top speed is 72 on the road.

On Wednesday, 7 November 2012 18:16:07 UTC+5:30, Johnny wrote:

Just curious .. 

What is your average commute speed? And What is the maximum speed you hit during your commutes?

[Johnny Jacob]

72? Wow! Which part of the route you zoom at 72??

//Johnny

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[Syamlal pullambally]

In between Ejipura signal and Embassy Golf Link.

[VaB]

Hi Shreeju,

Rightly said, the route matters. My avg was 28 and max 37 which was on my route from Sarjapur ORR to decathlon however when I went on Banergatta route it fell to 24-25kmph as I had to wait on the traffic signals. simple way to calc is total dist/total time no need to rely on the comp. Also, please ensure u configure the tyre size correctly in the cyclo comp.

Regards,
Varun