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Splitting a century

Old 02-03-12, 12:58 PM
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Call it whatever you want to, but for those of you new to LD cycling, do be aware that there are two conventions that you'll find many riders adhere to:

1. A ride of any length only gets reported as being of that length if it's relatively continuous. This is fuzzy, of course. Most people would not report two, 50-mile rides separated by 8 hours of sleep as a century ride, even if the rider reported the 8 hours of sleep in his or her total time. As I indicated above, I'd count your ride. A 3-hour break isn't out of the ordinary. Others wouldn't. That's cool.

2. On a related note, most LD riders expect that in reporting "how long it took to do the ride" that the rider is reporting the total elapsed time from start to finish. Any Fred can ride a "5 hour century" if he counts only his saddle time. Reporting only saddle time (and the related sin of talking about "average speed," a truly useless metric) is something for the Road forum, not here in LD.
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Originally Posted by znomit
The rules are you can't take off shoes or helmet during the break.
Damn - I've never completed a century by this definition. When I stop, the helmet comes off 80% of the time.

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Originally Posted by k7baixo
Damn - I've never completed a century by this definition. When I stop, the helmet comes off 80% of the time.
Keep trying! You can do it!
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Originally Posted by brianogilvie
+2.

Either way, you can say that you rode 100 miles in a day. Does it matter what you call it?
This.
If I were keeping score, I'd give you credit for a century. I regularly take off both my shoes and my helmet during stops.
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Originally Posted by Chris_W
It would go down in my logbook the same, regardless of how many hours break I had. My log book only has columns for each day for distance ridden, rolling time, and total ascent. As long as it's done during the same calendar day, it would therefore not matter to me.
That is how I do my rides.
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