Completing a Century on a Hybrid/Comfort bike (26", 1.95 tires)
Hello, everyone!
I have big dreams of completing a century in 4 months. The only bike I have is a Raleigh Venture "Comfort" bike, with nice fat 1.95" tires. Aside from training, which I recently started, I use the bike for riding around my area with my children, and on occasional somewhat long and very casual rides with grown up friends.
Is there any way to complete a century with those tires? Or are 1.95 way too slow and require too much effort? I'm on a somewhat tight budget, and don't want to invest into new tires unless I really have to.
I've done some reading, and some online resources say that 25mm is an absolute maximum for a century, while others say that they've done centuries on mountain bikes.
This would be my first century, so I have no personal experience, and am a newbie in ultra-long distances.
Thank you very much for your advice!
Elana
Last edited by elanamig; 03-18-13 at 11:06 AM.