Biking in the Summer

Since the beginning of this month, I have been doing some biking at least once a week to work on my blue Diamondback Sorrento. It is actually an 18-inch frame, 21-speed, mountain bike with 26-inch wheels. I had bought it used recently.


Just yesterday, I decided to carry a hiking GPS, which I attached to my backpack to gauge my biking performance (I carried a backpack since I didn't have an on-bike side pouches installed like most bike commuters do).

So, with the usual light headwind, here are my slow-poke performance data for a one-way trip on a mixed street and trail pathway ;)

Trip distance: 16.56 km
Moving time: 50 min
Moving avg speed: 20.1 km/h
Max speed: 37.1 km/h

Surprisingly, I had probably achieved the 37 km/h max speed running down a short stretch of the steep hilly slope somewhere along the pathway (some places have posted speed limit signs of 20 km/h though). Nevertheless, there are still several bikers on their speed and road bikes passing me with ease.

Will see if I will improve on my slow-poke performance by summer's end.