Originally Posted by
wormblood
ok, thanks for your opinions guys. Junkyard, the closer I get to the day, the more i will be sure about this. umm just wondering, does or would, anyone know how much water i should drink, what and how much food i should eat, anything else?
Drink a lot, eat when you're hungry. Sleep when you're tired. It's really pretty easy. Recommend starting with short distance rides (maybe 40km) and working your way up to metric centuries, then 100 mile centuries. A 3000km ride is substantial but not un-doable. Once you get to the point where you can do back to back 100 mile days (160-ish km) I'd say you're physically ready. I know a bunch of folks who have riden coast to coast across the US which is about the same mileage, maybe a bit longer. I think the bulk of their days were 130 miles or so. I really recommend a road bike if this is going to be on paved roads. They're much more comfortable and efficient over long distances.