Is 25 km/h average speed good? What speed should I aim for? So, I recently got into road cycling and have been riding for a few weeks. My average speed for most of my rides is around 25 km/h for the first 40 km and drops to 15 or 20 km/h for the next 20 or 30 km. I want to know if the speed that I'm riding at is considered as "slow" or "walking pace" or is the speed that I'm going at pretty good. I'm not sure what speed I should be aiming at.

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I am preparing for long distance rides, mostly flats more than 80&nbsp;km. So I want to know what speed I should be aiming for, not to win, but the speed that one should ideally be at.
There is no such thing as an ideal speed you should be aiming for.  It doesn't matter how fast you ride, there will always be faster riders, and there will also be slower riders.  The main thing is that you give it your best and try to enjoy your ride.

At events here in the UK it is typical to see riders averaging from 16-35km/h and everything between.

Edit: Advice above is for a typical sportive ride - if you have intentions to race things are a bit different and you should expect to need to be able to hold a bunch travelling at 35-40km/h for 2hrs for entry level road racing.