Pics or it didn't happen Mike

seriously those things must be freakin beasts to ride. I'd love to try one.

Hows about just seeing who's done the longest day on a C&V bike?

Or, we can weight the numbers by the original sale price in current dollars. I.e. you get more credit for a true century on a UO-8 or God forbid a Raleigh Record versus an International.

Need a special classification for Frankenbikes ...

What do I get for 30 miles on a '72 Varsity?

besides Hemorrhoids.

It's a slow "after-Christmas day" and I'm stumbling through threads I've not read before, this being one of them: I love this concept, btw!

OK, so I've done nearly all of my century (and longer) rides on C&V bikes. Most recently (i.e., checking last summer's ride log), I rode a couple of century+ rides on both my 1972 PX-10 and my 1988 Freschi Supreme. I did 80-ish miles on a 1984 P8, 62 miles on a 1976 Centurion Super Lemans (so, missed it by "that" much!) and two century+ rides on my O.T. Synapse. I guess I also did a "mileage-unrecorded" loaded shakedown ride with my '88 Voyageur in November also, that I'm guessing was in the 60-ish range.

Supported Century this summer. Best shape I've ever been in (commuted fal/l winter/ and spring with a 40 lb. 3 year old on the bike). Best shape I'll probably ever be in. Since this ride constitutes my glory days, I'll post it in whatever thread if find that's appropriate. :hiding:

4400' climbing. Rode 4 or so miles to/from start. Hi-Ten stock '81 Panasonic DX2000 (upgraded 6 speed rear to an old 7 speed rear hub when I had a new rear wheel built for it. oh yeah, and Spd pedals.) Front rack with a lunch bag tied to it and T-shirt flapping in the wind. The guys in the pacelines would break the leader's stones when I'd pull ahead.

6h10.

Left 20 minutes late and was first through the 50 mile mark. Was passed by a couple of guys when I bonked a bit at mile 94. Didn't really even draft anyone the whole ride and took the extra triple-hill detour where the route was marked with "Hard" and "Easy" options.

So 108 + 19 = 127.

Probably never to be repeated, considering I have no small child who fits on a seat to train with anymore!

I'll be attempting my fourth solo imperial century, tomorrow, on my '78 World Sports. I'm 58. I don't want to do the math.

At 22 degrees, Roberts road is as steep as it gets!

Good luck, seedsbelize. I'm envious.

Near-century today.

Bike: MBK Amateur, Columbus cro-mo frame and fork. early 90s, upgraded to 8-speed 105 STIs, rolling on Mavic CXP 23 rims/Michelin 28 tyres.

Route: from Lille to Bray-Dunes, on the coast just up from Dunkerque, and back to Lille

Weather: very light direct crosswind, bloody cold. My feet have only just thawed out.

86 miles of semi-C&V fun. I will claim it as my February century :-)

Those Michelin tyres are cr@p, I flat every single ride. This time I flatted in Bray Dunes at the turnaround point, so I got seriously cold changing the tube outdoors and had to stop in a very nice little minimarket (lucky to find one open) to warm up a bit.

There was a compulsory stop for fries too. And very nice they were.

Other points of note:
- the first time I can remember actually wanting to drink a Coca Cola. Quite delicious.
- coming into Lille was overtaken by an unlit VW Golf going 100mph+, followed by the police going equally fast. Very exciting.

And some stock photos of where I rode through today:

Armentieres:





Bailleul:





Steenvoorde:





Bray-Dunes:





And what I am currently drinking post-ride:

I did a C&V "double century" a couple weeks ago: a 200km brevet (125mi) on my '84 Trek 610. Do I get extra credit?

SP
Bend OR

Ooops... miscalculation. Make that a C&V "century and a half". Duh... Do I still get extra credit?

SP
Bend OR

Done
It somehow turned into 115
Thanks, noglider

Last summer I did a C&V 102 (bike 1973, mileage 65). I'd like to do a double age+C&V century next year, rider age + bike age + mileage = 200. The goal gets closer every year.

My last century+ qualifies, barely. Guess I'm in.

Yeah, me too! At 48, I'm younger than you, but my bike is older (40's frame with mostly 50's components). It all adds up to 210 or so.

Last summer I did a solo tour out to the coast on my 85 Centurion Pro Tour. First day I did 159 miles; about 500 miles in 5 days. Beautiful ride through blazing heat and coastal fog. Heres the terrain profile for that first day:



This year I hope to go trans-Sierra to Sequoia Natnl Park on my 1984 Sequoia.

Happy riding! - Jim

Very impressive.

Nice sense of holistic connectedness too, a century on a Centurion and Sequia NP on a Sequoia. I'm sure you planned it that way. Do you own a Fuji?

Hmm, next year I'll have to plan going Up 0.8 miles on my UO8.

LOL! I couldn't resist the Sequoia NP as a goal, it just makes too much sense from where I live. Plus a picture of my bike against a really big tree would be nice. A Fuji, hmmm.... OR... I would maybe do the P-R route on my 2010 Specialized Roubaix?

Jim

Believe me, you don't want to do the Paris-Roubaix route in anything other than a helicopter. Those cobbles.... a world of pain.

Barchettaman

I know, I shouldn't even joke about such a thing. I read your recent thread with rapt attention, Bravo!

Jim

Hehe,

Ok, so I recently put my 1913 Mead Ranger back together after it arrived from back east and after airing up the tires, and a once over I took it out and rode it for about 2 miles. Feels quite good actually !

So, 1913 or 99 years old + 2 miles= 101

You win!

last saturday I did a quick ride to town to do some things on my 88 centurion accordo. that ended up being a 46 mile day, big whoop. problem was I was planning on a 50 mile "shakedown ride" for a century the next weekend on sunday. so I get up the next morning and rode 8 miles to the meeting place and we rode a bunch, then I rode home after. total for that day was 73, so I almost hit it at 97 adjusted C&V miles. on monday night after the mountain bike groupride, I finally picked up the 1980 schwinn voyageur 11.8 I had been trying to get my hands on. frantically fixing the thing up for the weekend was my goal.first ride was 10.3 miles home on wednesday I think, then on saturday I rode it 8ish miles round trip to go fishing and loosen up. So my riding mileage on that bike was 18 miles when I started my first century ever on sunday morning. mileage for sundays century came out to 104. with the 32 year age addition that equals 136 C&V miles. Dear lord that Brooks Professional is comfy!

Did the Harmon Hundred on my 86-ish Ciocc. Much hillier than expected, but did 106 miles solo in 5:49 rolling time.

I built this bike up last winter and really have the fit dialed in. Super-comfortable over the long haul. Still had some gas in the tank at the end.