How To Increase Your Average Speed! 

I cycle solo 99% of the time. Weather permitting I start my rides at 1:00 AM and end about 4:00 am on rural (Texas) roads to avoid the traffic. I've found my average speed increase is directly related to the number of crazy dogs I encounter. Very informative video.

Awesome tips Luis, i’ve gotten so much better as a cyclist doing shorter 1 1/2 to 2 hour rides more often throw in a little weight training on my off days get good sleep and eat a clean diet, for me at 60 I’m at my all-time best right now, love your channel and stay safe out there!

@68 I’m doing my 3x 5 miles run a week, 31 miles bike ride and 2x4 miles of walk. A day of break gives me a real good energy again . Biking is still my favorite of all my exercises, I can pedal and cruise and at the same time enjoying the scenery. 😊😊😊😅 Great tips as always👍

Great Video Luis! Thanks for doing these videos. I’m learning a lot & enjoying them! 👍🏻👍🏻

I like how positive your channel is 😊

Last week I purchased an late 80s olmo steel road bike with down tube shifters, the type of bike I haven’t ridden for over 20 years and it surprised me!!! I found it a solid ride freewheeling down hill and smoother peddling with 170mm cranks instead of the 172.5 I have on my carbon bianchi, I also found it extremely comfortable and it carries speed better than the carbon bike for me as a 160lb rider and it makes me work harder because of the gearing!! 53/39 and 23 at the back which brings me to my point, I did my usual 50 mile loop with 3 thousand ft of climbing the fastest so far this year!!!!! which left me scratching my head 🤣 🇬🇧

I enjoy your videos very much. This one in particular is straight, to the point, and it held my attention.

Luis, just found your channel, so happy I did! Great tips, keep up the great advice and riding 👍

Great video! Thanks for the tips 👍🏾

I ride my bike everyday. 10 miles to work 10 miles back. Ride to the park, to the gym. Solo. I've yet to ride in a group. I enjoy giving the bus a two mile head start and running it down. Soon I will put a cpu on my bike, get a sleek jersey, get some cycle shoes, get a carbon frame, experience shimano di2 for the first time. But for now I'm still learning. Still growing. I just love riding! At my fitness level, my engine, and how I approach cycling. I'm actually afraid of what I might do with a high end bike. I might just set a course to GA and ✌🏾🚴🏿‍♂️ really love your content. Thanks for your knowledge and insight.

Thank you for the recap at the end. I appreciate your nonjudgmental and easy going nature. You reminded us to just get out and ride🚴🏾🚴🏾🚴🏾🚴🏾 Ultimately this is what will help us ENJOY the sport!!!

I really appreciate your mindset and I love that jersey.

So true ! This makes me feel better I enjoyed your insights!

Sooo glad RU-vid suggested your channel!

Good information as usual. Keep on educating and inspiring I appreciate the knowledge you share with us.

I'm definitely coming back to this video for reference. Thanks!

Luis, I came across your channel a few days back. Looking forward to future content, watching the channel grow, and more helpful videos such as this. Take care!

Awesome advice... I'm glad to be doing all of those techniques.

Thanks for sharing

Thank you Luis, this is excellent content. Both the video footage is pleasant and a joy to watch, clear and engaging, but the content of what you are sharing is most beneficial to beginner cyclists. Thanks again big time... Please keep these coming. Also the length is spot on as well.

Thank you so much for this very interesting and useful video .

More quality content; I personally have found that diversifying training helped me a lot. So getting on the treadmill once a week and doing fast short intervals of running just hit my cardio from another direction and gave me more gas in the tank

I'd like to think I knew all this stuff, but the way you spelt it out and talking about pedal efficiency, really makes sense. Tomorrow's ride will be longer slower and constant pressure 🙂

love this. def agree with eating right. when im undercarbed i just bonk too quickly. the feeling of being fueled is a night/day difference. also def agree with people not knowing how to gear properly. in NYC i see dudes climbing up bridges doing like 40rpm and im like brooo wht r u doing lmfao. i used to obsess over speed when i first started cycling but now i kinda dont care anymore. so long as my resting HR stays low, i know i'm pretty fit. thanks for the video!

Good stuff. I think staying on the drops for a longer percent of my ride helps as well being a but more aero.

Great tips! I have to say that I feel some envy for you guys riding on those flat Florida roads with nice smooth pavement. Where I ride, roads like that are non-existent and there's the rough and hilly terrain at the base of a volcano...Intervals for me mean dealing with those hills. Increasing one's average speed here is a tough process...You might be able to go up the hills a bit faster but with the roads being so crappy, you never get to go much faster on the downhills.

Great tips!!!

Simple ,sound advice without high tech BS 😊

Very informative video. 👍🏻

Hi Louis, Man I love your videos and I try to follow everything I can remember when I ride. I usually don’t get to ride more than once or twice a week. I will definitely try to do more solos. Thanks so much for your insight and inspiration! BTW, I’m from Central Florida but live in Atlanta now, hope to one day catch you on the MAAC One Love.

Nice tips Luis. I do need to get out and ride more.

Riding more segments near firing ranges has helped my speed increase :D

i get this question, a lot. i tell people get out on more rides. just doing the weekends "weekend warriors" is not enough. On group rides to counter being sucked in the vacumm of drafting i try to pull one lane but also asking the group if that is ok since others may want to take a turn at pulliing. And.. most of the time they welcome it.

One of my challenges is going up the hill like a mountain

I only ride solo, as with my running, it’s my headspace and concentrating time.

I just moved to the other side of the country called San Luis Obispo, and they have the most painful hills you can imagine. Some of steep ones rise for half a mile or so and are so, so painful. I just slow down when I can't take it, but would definately love see a video on that if your part of town has hills.

Awesome sunglasses!!!

It took me far longer than I want to admit to learn most of the stuff you went over in this video. I do bike handling drills in big, empty lots now and then. Ride as slow as possible down a long painted line, slow tight figure 8's, picking up a water bottle off the ground as I ride by, fast tight corners around islands...That sort of stuff. Knowing your strengths/weaknesses, and using power data to figure them out, will also open your eyes. For years I thought I was a climber because I was able to drop most of my riding friends on group rides on climbs. Once I nerded out on power data, I realized I have very good 5 minute power and I live on a sandbar with "climbs" that aren't really climbs in the scheme of things. I'm not a bad climber, just nowhere near as good as I originally thought! 🤣 We can talk about my awful sprinting on another video.

I'm outside doing lots of Z2/Z3 rides primarily and since I stopped the structured intervals I was doing on SYSTM at the start of April I'm actually fairly certain my fitness (FTP) has declined a bit.... I did an indoor workout yesterday and it was quite a relief to be able to just look at the screen, concentrate on some numbers, my cadence, HR and breathing without the cars, potholes, bad weather to contend with because outside I don't want to be looking at my Garmin for safety reasons.... decided I need to do 1 minimum, maybe 2 occasionally, weekly interval sessions on the indoor bike and pick the days when outside riding wouldn't be viable anyway(like tomorrow, rain and winds gusting to 45mph). It's made me realise just how valuable the Kickr setup is all year round...(only had it since November, sanity saver over the long dark winter and otherwise I'd have been watching TV getting fatter)....

I pick some Strava segments to do intervals.

I wish you could make a video with practical standard interval training. Thank you in advance .

Pretty much all my rides are solo so I can be in control of what I want to accomplish on my rides. It makes me stronger and more comfortable when I finally jump on a group ride. The best advice was definetly "just ride your bike more".. Great information Luis.. Thank you boss.

Appreciate your videos, feel like your talking to your audience one on one. Save this video to re-watch again later.

Excellent video. Nice cycling trail. Where is this located?

Luis, I need to buy a house in your area. I can not find roads with no cars in my area including my own neighborhood. I have to plan around rush hour and a number of other things to avoid becoming a target of road rage.

i like ur bike,im new to cycling from Ghana

I like your kit ,what brand are they and where to get them!

Gotta embrace the suck! Great video!

All great tips. I would add that if you aren't already wearing lycra....DO IT. Hands down the easiest way to gain speed without any extra effort. That being said I'm sure most people watching this channel are already wearing lycra/skinsuits so probably not a great tip from me lol

Very relevant video for me as a 58 year old cyclist. I am curious to know how old you are Luis and what is your average speed on a 50kms ride with total elevation gain of around 500 meters on an average day without too much of a headwind, say around 8-10 kmph

I like those glasses. Can I ask the brand?

@1:14 are they gunshots i can hear? Now riding down range... that would certainly increase my average speed!😜

You missed one. Body position on the bike aerodynamics

training on a roller for 2-3 sessions a week in a steady cadence will dramatically increase your speed on the road

would anyone know how I can increase my speed by 10% with all things being equal i.e, the bike I ride, the route I take, my body weight and things like road condition, etc. I ride with platform pedals and sneakers with a not too flexible sole. I was told that clipless pedals/shoes will help me increase my speed by 10% definitely, but I am sceptical so I am wondering what is that one thing I can change on my bike/buy within a reasonable cost that can help me increase my speed by 10%. Any opinion and personal experiences are appreciated.

Pastor Poullard is that you? 🧐☺️

Running red lights if there are no cars

I don’t like people enough for group rides

Lower the weight ofc 😂

2 to 3 hours

rider longer and ride harder, only thing that matters

“Don’t stop pedaling”

You are the engine but remember be kind to yourself.

“Manage your effort and don’t stop pedaling”..

ride with faster ppl

Okok but what is your average speed? Looks quite fast!

Rest. If you want to be fast, learn to rest. #1 problem with athletes in any endurance sport.