Your longest SOLO ride.
10-26-08, 12:00 PM
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Your longest SOLO ride.
I saw a similar thread in WW and got me thinking. Some of us like to do longer rides and some others like to do shorter faster rides. I personally prefer the distance over the speed, but that is not to say I don't like going fast.
In any case, post your longest SOLO ride to date, how long did it take, type of terrain (hilly vs flat), etc. My longest to date is 126 miles back in March or April of '08. Took 7 hr and change including the stops for refills, food, and just to stretch some, which is always a disguise for "I am hurting"!!!
By the way, my goal is t complete a 400 KM ride SOLO on my 40th birthday, which is still a couple of years away.
In any case, post your longest SOLO ride to date, how long did it take, type of terrain (hilly vs flat), etc. My longest to date is 126 miles back in March or April of '08. Took 7 hr and change including the stops for refills, food, and just to stretch some, which is always a disguise for "I am hurting"!!!
By the way, my goal is t complete a 400 KM ride SOLO on my 40th birthday, which is still a couple of years away.
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10-26-08, 12:02 PM
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About 120. After a certain point, I start missing human interaction (aside from motorists, of course).
10-26-08, 12:13 PM
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57miles three weeks ago. i just starting cycling 3months ago and i've never done group rides. i dunno what its like to do a ride thats not solo.
10-26-08, 12:46 PM
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About 160 miles from Gainesville to Kissimmee, FL during a heat wave in the mid-1980's. It is not one of my favorite cycling memories.
10-26-08, 12:47 PM
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Mine was 200 miles on hilly (over mountain pass) race course. RAAM qualifier. My time was approx. 12hrs30min. No drafting, but support was required. I was in the 55+ category at the time.
I'd love to try another one.
https://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c8...d400aSmall.jpg
I'd love to try another one.
https://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c8...d400aSmall.jpg
10-26-08, 01:10 PM
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500 miles in a foot of snow, uphill both ways, no stops. With one water bottle and half a snicker bar. I did it on my lunch break.
10-26-08, 01:18 PM
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10-26-08, 01:23 PM
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I think it was 85 or 90 miles.
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I mostly ride by myself mostly because all of my friends are a lot better than me haha. That and they hate me...
But for real, 28 miles
But for real, 28 miles
10-26-08, 01:53 PM
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ABout 80 miles, with 8500 feet of climbing. It was a long HOT day. It took about 6 hours.
10-26-08, 02:26 PM
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140 miles. I started late and and didn't bring any lights, hit some brutal headwinds and cut the ride short. It would have been around 180 miles.
10-26-08, 03:23 PM
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My longest solo ride was a 600 km brevet (39 hours & 30 minutes).
Here's the story of that brevet:
https://www.machka.net/2007/2007_600_RedDeer.htm
Prior to that my longest solo ride was 400 km brevet ...
https://www.machka.net/2007/2007_400_RedDeer.htm
Here's the story of that brevet:
https://www.machka.net/2007/2007_600_RedDeer.htm
Prior to that my longest solo ride was 400 km brevet ...
https://www.machka.net/2007/2007_400_RedDeer.htm
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10-26-08, 04:02 PM
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I did a solo century just to do it, took a little over 5 hours if I remember right? I haven't really done a ride that long solo since then, I prefer company for the longer rides (anything over about 3 hours in my definition)
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10-26-08, 04:04 PM
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202 miles for the UMCA Points Challenge. Fountain Valley in Orange County, SoCal. Up the SART to Chino and down through Temecula to Rainbow Pass. Thence to Oceanside and north on I-5 to cross the Marine Base. On up the Coast Highway to the Santa Ana River Trail and five miles past my turn-off and back to get the 202. Too dark to read the odometer by then so the extra 2 miles. High points? South of Chino helped a lady cyclist who was a bit lost. As we rode we were joined by another man who impressed her by saying he was doing 40 miles that day. And his reaction when I asked him to keep an eye on her as I was going back to orange County by way of San Diego County. That, and the faces of the motorists passing me on the Interstate.
10-26-08, 04:07 PM
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I did about 60 miles by myself. It was about 25 years ago. About all I can remember is that I went along the Hudson River from Troy past Albany, and then some. Then I returned home. When I got home, I figured out it was 60 miles somehow (can't remember whether I had an odometer, or just figured it out on a map or what).
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