Originally Posted by
Lycosa
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.
I'm a southerner ... and we're having a cold snap in the middle of summer today. It only got to 16C.
Originally Posted by
Lycosa
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.
Well ... it took you 8 hours to do 50 miles. That would be 16 hours to cover 100 miles. That's OK if you've got 16 hours to cover 100 miles.
I wouldn't change anything about how you're riding your longer rides, but pick a couple of your usual 20 mile rides, and start doing them faster.