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Our Ride Categories and Speeds

Our Ride Categories and Speeds
Class Ave MPH* [Moving] Cruise MPH** [Flat Terrain} Use of AERO BARS is prohibited. You can have them on your bicycle. Just save their use for a time trial or solitary ride. Use of EARBUDS/PHONES are also prohibited. Leaders are expected to ride within the paces shown.
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AX 23+ 26.0 and up For EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG cyclists. Must know how to ride safely in a pace line. No obligation to wait for stragglers. Few stops. Any terrain.



A+ 21.0 - 22.9 24.0 - 25.9



A 19.0 - 20.9 22.0 - 23.9



B+ 17.0 - 18.9 19.0 - 20.9
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B 15.5 - 16.9 17.5 - 18.9 BRISK TO VIGOROUS. Hills likely. B rides may use a pace line. C+ rides have stops as
needed. Group will wait for stragglers on
B and slower rides.
B- 14.0 - 15.4 16.0 - 17.4
C+ 12.5 - 13.9 14.5 - 15.9
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LEISURELY TO MODERATE. Stops as needed.

For riders who ride at this pace, and riders with little or no experience. Group will wait and assist with non-major mechanical problems. D+ rides may have hills. D rides usually have no major hills.
C 11.0 - 12.4 13.0 - 14.4
D+ 9.0 - 10.9 11.0 - 12.9
D up to 9.0 up to 10.9






NOTES: *Average speed means average while moving. **Cruising speed is the speed a cyclist should be able to comfortably maintain on flat terrain. We will try to help, but there is no obligation to wait for a cyclist with a major breakdown.

Interpreting the table:  Speeds listed are the numbers preceding the decimal in an odometer reading.  20.4 mph average is therefore an average for an A ride and  16.6 is an average for a B ride.  The same rules apply for cruising speed which should also be observed by Ride Leaders, regardless of eventual average for a ride.
  Rides are road rides unless otherwise noted.
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Updated 6/5/2025