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UtRacerDad 08-10-07 09:59 PM

Off to do my first Metric Century.
 
6:00 am in the morning to start my first Metric Century. Should be a fun ride and a fun time.

See you all tomorrow night. :)

Tom Stormcrowe 08-10-07 10:04 PM

Have a ball! You're gonna kick some arse!http://www.comicguide.net/images/smilies/rad2.gif

Neil_B 08-11-07 03:22 AM


Originally Posted by UtRacerDad (Post 5046466)
6:00 am in the morning to start my first Metric Century. Should be a fun ride and a fun time.

See you all tomorrow night. :)

Go for it!

UtRacerDad 08-11-07 01:47 PM

Finished the century, 70.51 miles (about 112 km) in 3.5 hrs, 19.89 MPH average, what a great ride :) :).

Caincando1 08-11-07 02:06 PM

Wow, that's MOVING! Congrats, at a pace like that, I bet you could easily go farther.

UtRacerDad 08-11-07 02:08 PM

If I would have slowed th pace to a 16/17 mph ave, I probably could have done the 111 miles, but the other guy that I was riding with had a hernia operation recently and a couple of broken ribs, and I didn't know if my knee would be able to handle the entire distance. So we decided on the metric century. But It felt great, and I'm still feeling pretty good, I'm sure I will be tired tonight.

(51) 08-11-07 04:40 PM

Damn! 20 MPH?!?!?! Do you have a motor on that thing?

zpl 08-11-07 04:42 PM

That's one heck of a pace for your first metric century. Congrats!

Scott

neilfein 08-13-07 06:34 AM

Great job! What kind of bike did you ride for the metric?

UtRacerDad 08-13-07 08:36 AM


Originally Posted by neilfein (Post 5056686)
Great job! What kind of bike did you ride for the metric?

I was on my Lemond Versillies, Carbon steel frame, I love the bike and the fit. I had to upgrade the wheels on it to stronger rims than the bontrager selects that came on it standard, but other than that I have had no problem with the bike at all, and I've put over a 1000 miles on it since march.

Black Shuck 08-13-07 09:53 AM

That's some serious speed work :-)

Miguelangel 08-13-07 05:04 PM

WOW GREAT! Congrats! Your average speed was awsome, it just proves you are ready for longer. What type of terrain did you do it in???

UtRacerDad 08-13-07 05:16 PM


Originally Posted by Miguelangel (Post 5060937)
WOW GREAT! Congrats! Your average speed was awsome, it just proves you are ready for longer. What type of terrain did you do it in???

Mostly rollers, next century (Sept 22) has a nasty 1000 ft climb then a couple of shorter climbs that aren't as steep. This is all to get ready for the Moab Century, that has a nice 3000 ft of climbing over about 7 miles.


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