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first century today!
Did my first ever century today, no plan, no prep,just me. I was doing my usual 45 mile route and ,despite the 12 knot headwinds, I was feeling pretty good so I thought why not do it again.
Total for the day was 106 miles with a 29 top speed and a 15.7 average . I went through a little "black period" at about 73 miles but found an ice cream shop with an outside table and ordered two double chocolate malts and a bottle of water, Bingo! I have a couple of pics but that is for tomorrow, sleep is now. |
Great job! Congratulations.
Yep, ice cream has magical properties to keep you going. I regularly do an organized century where they serve pie and ice cream at the 83 mile rest stop. |
Way to go, excellent job on completing your first 100, good write up too.
Bill |
Originally Posted by stanseven
(Post 18385339)
ice cream has magical properties
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Great job always remember your first century and sometimes they can be one of the best in terms of time depending on the the course and your experience. Putting a 100 in is just nice to say you can do it and the great thing is you probably can go much faster with prep.
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Way to go, Mike! :beer:
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Well thanks guys.
I have to say it was all about the seat. I recently bought a bike on Craigslist, (a Pinarello 4:13 Bill) and the seat that came on it is, just by coincidence, the most perfect seat I have experienced in all my years of biking. (for me) I bought an expensive set of riding pants with extra padding and that just didn't work all that much better for me until I bought this bike. On this seat and on this century I wore the thinnest, most worn out set of riding shorts I own and still no butt pain..I mean zero. It is a Sella of some type, all I know I am keeping this one until it rots out from under me. Having no seat pain is the key to spending those 6 + hours on the road and actually enjoying most of it. Well, the ice cream was important too. Mike |
Originally Posted by bykemike
(Post 18387080)
Well thanks guys.
I have to say it was all about the seat. I recently bought a bike on Craigslist, (a Pinarello 4:13 Bill) and the seat that came on it is, just by coincidence, is the most perfect seat I have experienced in all my years of biking. (for me) I bought an expensive set of riding pants with extra padding and that just didn't work all that much better for me until I bought this bike. On this seat and on this century I wore the thinnest, most worn out set of riding shorts I own and still no butt pain..I mean zero. It is a Sella of some type, all I know I am keeping this one until it rots out from under me. Having no seat pain is the key to spending those 6 + hours on the road and actually enjoying most of it. Mike |
Pics coming tomorrow, promise. Just remember, this seat works for me and may be a torture device for others, but y'all know that.
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Congratulations. Well done.
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Great job, my first century took a lot longer than that
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Ok, seat pics:
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...e/IMG_0139.jpg http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...e/IMG_0140.jpg Ice Cream shop! http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...e/IMG_0136.jpg GPS: (note: I wasn't sure this little Garmin would go to more than 99.99 so I saved that and had 6 more miles to get to my car) http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...e/IMG_0137.jpg |
Some seat thoughts and protection against karma:
This seat works for me now. There is no telling if it will work for me tomorrow, if the wind is blowing from the south or if I hold my mouth the wrong way it may start to hurt. |
Originally Posted by bykemike
(Post 18385269)
Did my first ever century today, no plan, no prep,just me. I was doing my usual 45 mile route and ,despite the 12 knot headwinds, I was feeling pretty good so I thought why not do it again.
Total for the day was 106 miles with a 29 top speed and a 15.7 average . I went through a little "black period" at about 73 miles but found an ice cream shop with an outside table and ordered two double chocolate malts and a bottle of water, Bingo! I have a couple of pics but that is for tomorrow, sleep is now. Did this on a cross country tour. 10 AM Mcdonald's stop Double Iced Coffee, then mixed it with a Large Chocolate Shake into two bottles. No problems with hills the next 4 hours. 109 mi for the day. |
I like the Sella Italia saddles. I have a little different model but have them on all my bikes plus a couple stored away. They change models ever so often so wanted to get some I liked.
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Comfortable saddles are critical. Get a duplicate / spare saddle this winter. Four or five years from now, the replacement model will usually not be the same shape.
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Originally Posted by jppe
(Post 18388861)
I like the Sella Italia saddles. I have a little different model but have them on all my bikes plus a couple stored away. They change models ever so often so wanted to get some I liked.
but for some unknown black magic reason it has never felt right, too soft maybe. Next step is to go over to ebay and find an exact match. |
Steve Hogg rates the Selle Italia SLR very highly.
I have a Selle SMP Pro, and it's a good seat for me. Although, if it has been a couple of weeks since I've ridden, I've got to get used to how hard it is. I've got a big butt (155mm according to a Specialized Butt-O-Meter), so if this ever gets to the point where it isn't suitable, I'll probably try the Selle SMP Extra. GH |
I figured out the saddle issue today. How dumb can I be? It appears there is no bottom to that particular well.
The Selle Italia SLR superflow that I love is, @ 140+mm, the widest saddle I have in my way too large collection of saddles that "didn't work for me"? Well crap, if I had been buying the right width years ago I could have saved myself a lot of pain. From the old memory vault I remember a Specialized Troupe that worked really well for me but I sold it with a bike and forgot about it. Thinking back I realize that saddle was just under 6" wide in the seat part (140 +mm?) I have been running about 120mm on all my saddles with a 110 Origin 8 still in the cabinet....I am just not a 120 guy it turns out. I don't know where I got that from. Oh well, better now. I am going to have a little saddle sale in the next day or so..for skinny ass riders. Mike |
Originally Posted by bykemike
(Post 18388468)
Some seat thoughts and protection against karma:
This seat works for me now. There is no telling if it will work for me tomorrow, if the wind is blowing from the south or if I hold my mouth the wrong way it may start to hurt. |
Originally Posted by bykemike
(Post 18401367)
I figured out the saddle issue today. How dumb can I be? It appears there is no bottom to that particular well.
The Selle Italia SLR superflow that I love is, @ 140+mm, the widest saddle I have in my way too large collection of saddles that "didn't work for me"? Well crap, if I had been buying the right width years ago I could have saved myself a lot of pain. From the old memory vault I remember a Specialized Troupe that worked really well for me but I sold it with a bike and forgot about it. Thinking back I realize that saddle was just under 6" wide in the seat part (140 +mm?) I have been running about 120mm on all my saddles with a 110 Origin 8 still in the cabinet....I am just not a 120 guy it turns out. I don't know where I got that from. Oh well, better now. I am going to have a little saddle sale in the next day or so..for skinny ass riders. Mike |
Late to this thread, so to OP.....FANTASTIC!!!!! :thumb: :thumb:
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