Originally Posted by ryand
The MS150 was awesome, but next year I am going to do the century ride day 1. It's all about training. The best training is with friends. Pick a destination for lunch, ride out there, eat lunch, take some photos, ride back. Remember your water bottle and some power bars, and tools in case you flat.
Oh, and Vonnegut rules.
Not only tools to fix a flat, but to fix other stuff as well. Never know what will go wrong 50 miles from your house, and the old city folk fall back of "hopping on public transportation" in the case of something big doesn't generally apply. Also, a lot of fit issues surface on a long ride and its nice to be able to adjust. Your seat angle or bar height or whatever may feel fine when you're only riding 10 miles at a time, but 60 miles in it could be a very different story. Nice to have tools to be able to flip your stem up or tilt your saddle down or what have you. I regularly end up fine tuning fit during a long ride, so if you drop me in the park, i may just be slowing down to adjust my saddle height! more likely though, its because i'm a slow piece of ****...
Also, gloves and double bar tape...those bare chrome drops don't feel so comfy after 40 miles...
Goal for Spring = full century on a track bike.
+hot chocolate with mini marshmallows on vonnegut. deadeye dick is one of my favorite books.