This year is off to a slow start for Chicago area bike riders. The road and weather conditions have not been very conducive to outdoor bike rides. Thus, the fitness level of our group is far below our last year's peak. It makes our claim to be a 20+ mph group seem like puffery. The pace on our early spring rides has been fast enough to get our bike computers to round up to 20 mph, but we're probably riding mostly at a pace that is just under 20 mph. Presumably we will be back to a 20-23 mph within a couple of months once we get more miles under our belts and our fitness level improves.
If you put in a fair amount of time on a trainer over the winter, but are not ready for a 20-23 mph ride, come get fit with us with one of our April weekend rides while we're still burning off the winter layer of fat and just barely holding a 20 mph pace.
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