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Old 01-24-11 | 08:43 AM
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From: Monroe, Ohio. Cincinnati area.

Bikes: TIme RX Instinct Frame and Cannondale Synapse, HiMod1

Still Say I Don't Believe It Can Be Done

Uber...Can't be done! Just suppose you knew exactly where you were going to ride. Of course, you would have to spend a lot of time mapping routes BEFORE you started the first state. Even using the cross country routes would be difficult because some of them will not be close to a campground. Let's also assume you know exactly where you are going to stay...very difficult and you would have to commit to reservations in each state...campgrounds do NOT refund money.

Even if you could do all that before you left for your epic journey, there are other aspects that make it difficult...maybe impossible. As I said, I didn't do a century in my rides, but doing 2 or 3 rides in 2 or 3 days becomes exhausting after awhile. (Temper my assertions with the fact that I am 73 years old and have only been riding about 2-3 years.)

Nevertheless, doing a century in five hours for fifty days in a row would take more effort than you realize...no matter their age.

In the eastern part of the country you may only have to drive (or ride with someone else driving) for less than 100 miles to get to another state. But let's say you doing a century in any state around your home state of Texas (where I also live), do you really think you can drive from one end of Texas to the other and ride 300 miles in three states in three days. I doubt it. And, don't forget, you have to fly to Alaska and Hawaii and do 100 miles in each of those states all in 2 days.

I think you may be yanking my chain, because you can't be serious about riding with the wind at your back and downhill on most of your rides. I never could find any routes like that...but I did try. :-) It seemed like the wind shifted so I could know the joy of riding in a headwind - more than once at more than 30 mph! Oh and when I hit a 42 mile headwind, I did the smart thing...I turned around and headed home (motorhome, that is)...now that was fun...a 40+ mph tailwind!

Seriously, I still don't believe it can be done in 50 days. Ya gotta rest sometime!

Cheers,
Steve
P.S. Don't forget, I am one of the few who can really assess what it takes to ride 100 miles in every state...and it "ain't" easy no matter how many days you take.

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