Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 466
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From: Toronto, Ontario
Bikes: '05 iro mark V, '04 specialized epic, '04 lemond nevada city, '96 KHS aero comp, '03 norco evolve, '01 louis garneau 2.1, '91 VeloSport, '09 Kona DewPlus
no fixies (I wussed out too) don't think I'd be able to do it on mine anyways as everything on that bike is really loose and sloppy, not much of a concern to me on my easy 12km commute to work during the week... but exhausted in the middle of nowhere I'd rather be on my roadie.
Met Oscar at the start (the only other bike forums member there I guess), but we got separated about 30km into the ride and I didn't see him again until at the Falls. 7 hours almost exactly to get there, slight problems with a cranky hotel manager, ate dinner, then too tired to walk much after that. Asleep by 9:30pm, awoke at 6, ate again. Left with Oscar at 7:30am for return trip. I flatted in st. Catherine’s and shortly after Oscars knee started to bother him at about the 65km mark, so we exchanged cell phone numbers incase of an emergency and he took a detour back and arrived about an hour and a half earlier than I did, and I rode along the original route mostly solo until the last quarter when I caught up with a couple of other TBN people. Return trip was again almost exactly 7 hours as well. 350km total. And I need to find a more comfortable bike seat, the one I have is painful to the point of complete distraction from the ride itself. Other than my butt I feel fine, could do another 170km tomorrow if I had too I think.
Next weekend the TBN does this same ride again (toronto-to-niagara-to-toronto)....only they do it in one day (double century). If anyone is interested. I'm going to be busy though....
that's about it, everyone else bailed I guess? or slept in?