Originally Posted by
RobbieTunes
16mph on that route is getting right along. Then again, I don't want to be done at noonish. I'm not driving 1200 miles to race anyone.
Robbie, I think your math may be metrically challenged. That would be 16km/h, or about 10mph. Point being, this guy does a lot of riding/climbing, and if it took him nearly 6 hours, it would take me 7, and I don't care to be on a bike that long. I have done other 100k events, but with less climbing, and finished them in around 3.5 hours. That's about as long as I care to be on a bike. My longest ride this year was just short of 100k, solo, with about 2000' climbing, some grades just over 10% . That took me about 3h50m.
The ride sounds very cool, but beyond what I consider fun. Anything over 4hrs, and my enjoyment level plummets considerably.