Originally Posted by Dudelsack

No, but it might make a difference in your degree of comfort.

I've done two centuries this year averaging 12-14 MPH. You start early and plug away. I don't stop at SAGs for very long. On my second, which was board flat, I felt like I could have gone on forever.

Anyway, as I said, you're ready for a century, but if you blast off, you might be pretty miserable towards the end.