Originally Posted by
Machka
It sounds like a good experience all around ... when you start doing longer distances, you start experiencing things like the headwinds going both ways, bicycle helmets that hurt, etc. ... and you figure out how to deal with them before you get to even longer distances.
About the 64 mile ride ... see how you feel today, eat and drink well during the day, and if you feel like you might be up to it, give it a go.
Thanks for the encouragement!
Actually, we're going to wait until next week for the ride. Not because I'm not feeling up to it, but because we're experiencing a deep freeze down here in Florida. It's definitely not as cold as you Northern folk get, but it's cold to me! So we're going to wait for our next day(s) off and both go then next week when, hopefully, it's warmer out.
One thing that's kind of bothering me. Tonight I went out in the garage and checked out what gear I was in and then calculated my gear-inches on Sheldon Brown's calc. The gear I tend to ride in the most is a paltry 40 gear inches (26x18). That's making me wonder if I'd have enough time in 1 day to do 100 miles. I'm thinking I ought to start working a little harder in tougher gears and get my speed up a bit... I'm 80% sure I have what it takes to get that 100 miles done. I'm just not sure if my speed is going to cut it though.