Rode my first century today
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Rode my first century today
I've been meaning to do this for years, but I either find an excuse not to, or I get everything planned, and the weather changes and ruins it for me.
I had no excuses today. Set off just before 6am, got home a little after noon. I probably would have been a little faster on a geared bike, but I decided to do it on my singlespeed at 79.1 gear inches. My legs are doing better than I expected they would (just barely), and my knees are fine. I think my lower back is most sore.
It was worth it. The last 10 miles were f'ing boring, though.
I had no excuses today. Set off just before 6am, got home a little after noon. I probably would have been a little faster on a geared bike, but I decided to do it on my singlespeed at 79.1 gear inches. My legs are doing better than I expected they would (just barely), and my knees are fine. I think my lower back is most sore.
It was worth it. The last 10 miles were f'ing boring, though.
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Great job!
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Good job.
I am hoping to do one myself this summer.
Last summer I did 73 miles to my Pop's house and then 73 miles home the following day.
That return trip really hurt. I think now I would just do 100 miles and then rest for a week.
I am hoping to do one myself this summer.
Last summer I did 73 miles to my Pop's house and then 73 miles home the following day.
That return trip really hurt. I think now I would just do 100 miles and then rest for a week.
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I think the hardest part for me was holding back. I typically ride 30mi +/- and I spend a good amount of that time standing and sprinting up hills (with that big gear I ride, I pretty much have to). Yesterday, I spent the majority of the ride trying to pace myself, and that made it a lot more boring. I felt great up to 60mi, then my legs felt like they were done. By 75mi, they were alive again, and I started riding harder since I didn't have much further to go. By 90mi, they were in worse shape, but mostly my mood had turned, and I just wanted to get it over with.
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Feels good, huh? I did my first one last month and loved it. Mine was a charity ride, so I had ppl to talk to which kept it from being too boring. Someone should invent a book holder that attaches to your handlebars haha
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I don't like riding alone, I can't imagine 100 miles alone. However, I just got a geared bike and will hopefully start doing some longer rides and maybe something close to a century before the end of the summer. Summer classes are keeping me busy now though.
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did my first century couple years ago in 114* heat most of the way (hotter n' hell 100).
riding time was just at 6 hours.
did it at 48/18 on my madison w/ bullhorns, mks sylvans, steel toe clips and chuck taylors.
man, was that stupid.
riding time was just at 6 hours.
did it at 48/18 on my madison w/ bullhorns, mks sylvans, steel toe clips and chuck taylors.
man, was that stupid.
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For my next century, I want to do this one: https://www.tourdashugel.com/
Mainly b/c it's free and i want to be able to wear the shirt, though
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I always think it looks better when the brakes on the end of the bullhorns too, but that's just a preference thing.
I've done a few centuries, but I'm not sure I could do them on a singlespeed. Depends on whether there are any mountains, I guess.
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Excused from what? Was that a response to me? Because I prefer brakes on the ends of bullhorns partially as a purely shallow aesthetic thing and partially because I am used to riding with drop bars.
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Another congrats! Extremely done. I've done a couple on an ancient 25+ lb monstrosity, but even it had gears. I'm currently looking for an FG that fits right, so I can give this a try. Thanks for the post and the pic!
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Oh hell no. Directed at the general fixie "culture" who lambaste anyone who puts tri/aero bars on. I have a set of tri bars hanging on my wall here and it would seem wise to put them on to do a metric century. I have drops and risers to choose from, no bullhorns.
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yeah...chicago is flat. And not nearly as hot as Texas in the summer. They don't call it the "Hotter 'n hell 100" for no reason...