Yep. I've got a single-speed and carry an extra chain. I can't shorten the chain any more than I have it and get the gear ratios I have on it to fit. Ask me how I know.....

When you are 30 miles from the car, it comes in handy. Believe me when I say this....it beats fooling with a chain tool, breaking a chain, removing the derailer and praying that some combination of gearing will give you SS.

When you start playing on things other than the newbie trail Pcad, it will make sense.

you all need to HTFU and sign the F up for the 1,200km Gold Rush Randonnee next year! i'll prolly be there.

You're taking a big bet there. He's old and a Mets fan. He's used to losing.

My friend will probably be there too. I called that ride a 200K. He called it "Wed".

you're obviously in the wrong forum. this is more your style.

^^broken link

WRONG about the slow part.

http://www.granfondocycles.com/coolstuff?id=50067

I rode with Jeff Bauer this year. He's a RAAM finisher this year. He did RAAM duo FIXED gear. The last time I saw him he was geared and was cruising at 25+.

Jeff Bauer would crush your soul before breakfast.

His 2008 partner in RAAM is doing 2009 RAAM solo. Kevin Kaiser is his name.

Heck...the Gran Fondo women would crush most of the guys on this forum. It took almost 90 miles before the last female fondo rider was kicked out of a 4:33 century.

Vague attempt and Botto humor?

That will never, never, never, ever happen. Where I ride my MTB the longest walk I'll have back to the road is 2-3 miles. Then I call a cab.

You MTB dudes are all friggin stoners. Besides, I'm a motorcyclist. Our motto is Nuke and Pave.

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unsurprisingly, you're as humorless as ever.

I wasn't laughing. Maybe you should go get some expresso and go shave your legs.

whoosh.

lulz, i love that site.

blotto, it's ok to be scared of long distance riding. most roadies are, so you're not alone in this.

You are confusing scared with having a life. Riding a long distance is not a big deal.

I didn't realize there were national rankings.
I'm 673rd for women nationally for crits cat 4. I don't know how I ended up ranked higher than anybody.

most roadies are posers anyway.

you rode more than the others lower than you?

When he was bragging about being 632 in the nation...I thought that ment last?! who knew...

i did more than my fair share of long distance riding, long before you read that cycling was hip in a rapha catalog.

btw - my idiotic randonneur friend: there's no L in my login, unless that was more of your ****wit "i'm a long distance cyclists so i have none" attempts at humor. ;)

but riding your bike 40-60 miles at a time is a big deal?? uhh... because that's what the Roadie forum's posts are mostly made up of, last time i checked.

and considering Vireo's FC508 post went to 6+ pages, i'm gonna say that LD is a big deal, to some.

pssstttt. fred, move along. you're in the wrong forum. this is for you.

whatever you say, blotto.

you're funny, fred. :thumb:

I wasn't bragging. By definition being a Cat4 means you don't have much to brag about. Merely pointing out that your assumpiton that I don't race is incorrect. And for the record for men Cat 4 it goes to 3642 spots, so at least i'm racing more than a fair number of folks.

Your Fredosity is like a living entity unto itself. You have been reported to the Road Nazi Brain Trust. We have our eye on you Matt.