GOOD TARGET TIME TO CYCLE 10 MILES

[jamesvillafc]

Let me know your times for cycling 10 mile on flat roads, i am looking for a good beginners time trial time / flat road with standard carbon road bike set up

[Si]

About an hour if you include the cafe stop.

[NUKe]

in what respect ? time trialling road racing commuting ? what type of bike, wind assisted, against the wind too many variables to give a meaningful answer

[meic]

About an hour without the cafe stop.

[gloomyandy]

Under 22 minutes with a number on my back and on my TT bike. No idea under any other conditions!

[jamesvillafc]

Sorry , just to be clear , i am looking for a good beginners time trial time / flat road with standard carbon road bike set up

[hamster]

As a beginner, aim to get under 30 minutes on a flat road in still air.

[gbnz]

I'd assume 20mph on a flat road, c/w unladen road bike, on any distance 20mph or under.

[landsurfer]

lol lol ... 23.36, R10/7, 531 steel framed bike (CONDOR) with Campag Gran Sport and the original Dura - Ace components ...(1986)...
OK 32 minutes this Sunday, with a tail wind, in the rain ..... and 30 years older ......
Love cycling !!!!!

[jamesvillafc]

lol lol ... 23.36, R10/7, 531 steel framed bike (CONDOR) with Campag Gran Sport and the original Dura - Ace components ...(1986)...
OK 32 minutes this Sunday, with a tail wind, in the rain ..... and 30 years older ......
Love cycling !!!!!

Thats great, at present i have started at 5mile and achieving 16 minutes , need to start pushing myself to 10 mile and aim for at least 30 mins or under.

[mig]

first TT? go out and have fun with it. record any time. beat it next time out.

repeat.

[tatanab]

As said above, 30 minutes (20 mph) is the usual novice target, quickly attained. Although to be fair it depends a lot on your age and experience. I rode my first 10 mile time trial in 1969 on a Raleigh 3 speed roadster with all steel equipment but with a pair of drops picked up off the tip. That machine weighed more than twice what yours does, yet I recorded a time of 28 minutes and a few seconds. However, I was 16 years old. Almost 50 years later I can just about do 30 minutes on a modern steel frame with alloy equipment at about 25lbs, but I no longer compete. These days people are judged by their 10 time, previously the standard was the 25 mile time.

Cynical me wonders that today people apparently need tri-bars, carbon fibre, pointy hats etc just to go 20 mph. Ignore me - - go and give it a try and enjoy yourself.

[landsurfer]

Just remember ... the only competition in a Time Trial ..... is you.

[david7591]

Why not just ride 10 miles and see what time you do. Then target improving that time with training.

[Mick F]

first TT? go out and have fun with it. record any time. beat it next time out.
repeat.

+1
Maybe aim for 30mins.

Flat?
Ain't nowhere round 'ere that's flat for ten miles, you'd be lucky to find a flat ONE mile.