Originally Posted by
ldesfor1@ithaca
check out the two randonneuring organizations in Mass. they run the Berkshire brevet series and the Boston brevet series respectively. they do rides that make centuries seems like a warmup... if that ever becomes an interest.
Believe it or not, the D2R2 Brevet is what got me interested in century rides. I rode it this year (metric version). I finished & survived (it kicked the snot out of me)! It was my first Brevet, my first timed event. Recreational mountain biking did not train me for this event. It was a seemingly endless suffer-fest.
After the event, the fellas that rode with me said I would have no problem doing a century ride, provided I got a road bike (I did the D2R2 on a hard-tail mountain bike). And that is the plan...