as usual filtersweep offers the best advice ever. my additions:
1. don't go to a discount warehouse & buy 2 boxes of powerbars unless you really really like them
by the end you will hate powerbars more than anything else in the world
2. bring at least 2 of everything lycra. saddle sores will mess you up big time.
what do you call a saddle sore on your hand? the-worst-thing-ever.
bring an extra pair of gloves too.
3. if you have support bring a chair. after a long day nothing beats laying on
the ground with your feet up in the air while hooked up to an IV full of the blood
of race horses.
4. um I didn't see a brake on your write up. get one.
sounds like a good time
Originally Posted by filtersweep
If you are not a lycra fan, you might want to reconsider and buy some decent gear. I prefer bibs- with a quality pad.
I good pad in a bib with a good fit on an ass that has spent hours in the saddle shouldn't arbitrarily require it- however, the crew that went applied it with a trowel.
Again, it is less about biking/performance and more about being able to tolerate long hours in the saddle. Some people will take 8 hours to finish a century, with all the stops, the pace, etc...