"Participants say slower riding is a backlash to today's hard-core fitness world, brimming with boot camps and mud runs."

Average cycling speeds are hard to figure since bikes differ widely. But Ms. Peterson's group in Alabama says its riders mosey along at the low end of a range of 8 to 10 miles an hour. Over in Huntsville, Ala., the Spring City Cycling Club's "steady-pace fat-burning ride" touts an average pace of 15-17 mph...

I'm interested to see that I've been part of a movement these last 4 years.