Originally Posted by chipcom
Basically just ride as much as you can and try to increase your distance until you can do 50-60 miles a week or two before the century ride.
I'd say I average that if I commute only 3 of 5 days a week. Of course, the daunting thing is doing a week's + of riding in only one day.
I'm going to go try to do a metric century on my own tomorrow, hopefully.
Thanks for the words of advice so far.
While we're at it, I was looking at clipless...what's the difference between a "touring" shoe and a "mountain" shoe. (I think I want a shoe I can easily walk around in. I've seen guys attempting to walk in their "road" shoes...it is, needless to say, comical at times.)