Machka 

This is the thread for those who will not be able to complete the 2015 Century-A-Month challenge ... or those who want to do 1, 2 or a several centuries this year at whatever time works for them ... or those who complete their first century this year ...


The Century-A-Month challenge requires that a cyclist ride at least one century (100 miles) in each month of the year. But sometimes because of weather, accidents, or other commitments riding a century in each month of the year becomes impossible. And sometimes people get into cycling long distances partway through the year, but would like to join a challenge for motivation.

Even if we can't participate in the CAM challenge, it's nice to have a place to log our centuries (100-mile rides) throughout the year ... so here it is!



The challenge: Let's see how many centuries (100-mile rides), or longer rides, we can ride this year ... in any month of the year!!


Get ready ... get set ............... GO!!

Machka 

Bump ... for anyone riding centuries or longer ride, but not necessarily the CAM!

Machka 

Yesterday ... Friday in Australia but Thursday here in Canada ...

Rowan and I completed a ride we have been talking about and preparing for for a while. We rode a century (100 miles) on our Bike Friday Pocket Llamas (folding bikes)!

We didn't break any speed records, but ...

We set off shortly after 9 am and rode with my father about 14 km, then he returned home and we continued on ... to Hope. The route is a little bit hilly out that way, but nothing too significant. We flew into Hope with an increasing wind behind us, but knew that we'd be into it on the way back.

So we stopped at DQ for some fuel ... chili cheese dogs and blizzards.

Returning to our start location wasn't too bad at first, but the last 7 or 8 km were a slog ... right into that ever-increasing wind.

118 km complete!

We stopped for more fuel and then made a decision about where to go next. We decided it would work best for us to cycle into the wind, and then to return with a tailwind.

The route we chose zig-zagged into the wind so that sometimes it was, again, a slog, but other times not too bad. And finally, we turned around and cruised home. We would have done the trip home a lot quicker if we hadn't been as worn out as we were. The wind takes it out of a person ... and I was experiencing one particular fit issue which we'll need to sort out if we're going to entertain the idea of doing longer rides on the Bike Fridays.

Nevertheless ... our first century this year is complete. We did it in 9 hours and 40 min which is well within rando time
And along the way we saw ... planes and trains ... and cows, horses, goats, hawks, crows, geese, cats and dogs ...
Kept us entertained!

We also saw mountain views, fields of corn and blueberries, and lots of large trucks ...

Machka 

And another bump for anyone riding centuries this year.

bassjones

I've done two metric centuries so far and have my first Imperial on the schedule with one more metric+ planned between now and the Imperial.

Machka 

Have you been out to do the Imperial century yet?

Machka 

We have done our second century this year! It was a tough one with a decent amount of climb, all sorts of different weather, and headwinds coming in on the last 60 km.

The story is here:
https://www.bikeforums.net/long-dista...l#post18285609