What counts as a century?
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What counts as a century?
Hey guys, if you ride 100 miles in a day but stop a bunch do you think it counts as a century? I remember one day a while back where I had a morning ride before work, a lunch ride, an evening group ride, and then took a scenic route home after dinner. Total miles was like 85, could have done an extra 15 but i think it would have been weird to call it a century given that I left the house at like 6:30 am and came back at like 11:30 pm. Thats like walking 25 miles and saying you did a marathon
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100 statute miles, give or take.
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Hey guys, if you ride 100 miles in a day but stop a bunch do you think it counts as a century? I remember one day a while back where I had a morning ride before work, a lunch ride, an evening group ride, and then took a scenic route home after dinner. Total miles was like 85, could have done an extra 15 but i think it would have been weird to call it a century given that I left the house at like 6:30 am and came back at like 11:30 pm. Thats like walking 25 miles and saying you did a marathon
Many people ask how long of a break can be taken and still have it count as a single ride? It’s a trick question. It’s not time, it kit change. If you change any piece of kit, unless performed whilst moving…that’s a separate ride. This leaves a huge loophole for any who choose to ride shirtless!
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If you stop for more than 30 min for any reason other than a mechanical problem. You have to start over. I just made that up, but it sounds like a good rule.
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A century is 100 years. So if you can't ride that long it doesn't count.
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Now that you brought it up, I will now start combining my shorter rides and just say I rode a century over the course of a week.
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The OP example is 100% NOT a ride. It's 3 rides.
Going home after 50 miles for lunch does not qualify either. IMO.
All my centuries involve going to a town 45 to 60 miles away and having lunch, 45 to 60 minutes. Then I take it easy for another hour by riding slow sightseeing the town. On the way home I'll make another break for icecream likely. So I'll take 10 to 11 hours. My bikes are all heavy by any standard.
Going home after 50 miles for lunch does not qualify either. IMO.
All my centuries involve going to a town 45 to 60 miles away and having lunch, 45 to 60 minutes. Then I take it easy for another hour by riding slow sightseeing the town. On the way home I'll make another break for icecream likely. So I'll take 10 to 11 hours. My bikes are all heavy by any standard.
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If it's in the same day, it's a century. Walking 24 miles isn't a marathon because a marathon is a running race. A century is a 100 mile bike ride, not a race, who cares if you cut it up in segments? Actually, who cares what you or I or anyone else calls it? I call it a century to give myself a mileage goal for the day, I'm not putting it up on some Galactic scoreboard.
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Don’t know if its 100 miles in one day, but if your ride spills over midnight to the next day it’s still riding a century. Your ride does sound like three separate rides but don’t know if there are any ‘official’ guidelines. Seems like 100 on a defined route would be more appropriate. Wikipedia says that they are usually sponsored events by cycling clubs but I don’t buy that since my wife and I did 100 in a day on our tandem and it was darn well a century. 80+ miles, not so much. 100 is definitely the benchmark.
Don’t know if its 100 miles in one day, but if your ride spills over midnight to the next day it’s still riding a century. Your ride does sound like three separate rides but don’t know if there are any ‘official’ guidelines. Seems like 100 on a defined route would be more appropriate. Wikipedia says that they are usually sponsored events by cycling clubs but I don’t buy that since my wife and I did 100 in a day on our tandem and it was darn well a century. 80+ miles, not so much. 100 is definitely the benchmark.
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Hey guys, if you ride 100 miles in a day but stop a bunch do you think it counts as a century? I remember one day a while back where I had a morning ride before work, a lunch ride, an evening group ride, and then took a scenic route home after dinner. Total miles was like 85, could have done an extra 15 but i think it would have been weird to call it a century given that I left the house at like 6:30 am and came back at like 11:30 pm. Thats like walking 25 miles and saying you did a marathon
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I'd say it would be 100 miles in a single, dedicated ride. Now that doesn't mean that you can't stop for lunch or breaks or anything, but riding some before work, then a couple rides in the afternoon and evening, wouldn't be the 'same' ride, would it?
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Hey guys, if you ride 100 miles in a day but stop a bunch do you think it counts as a century? I remember one day a while back where I had a morning ride before work, a lunch ride, an evening group ride, and then took a scenic route home after dinner. Total miles was like 85, could have done an extra 15 but i think it would have been weird to call it a century given that I left the house at like 6:30 am and came back at like 11:30 pm. Thats like walking 25 miles and saying you did a marathon
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Hey guys, if you ride 100 miles in a day but stop a bunch do you think it counts as a century? I remember one day a while back where I had a morning ride before work, a lunch ride, an evening group ride, and then took a scenic route home after dinner. Total miles was like 85, could have done an extra 15 but i think it would have been weird to call it a century given that I left the house at like 6:30 am and came back at like 11:30 pm. Thats like walking 25 miles and saying you did a marathon
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The Solvang Double Century is 192 miles, so, a Century must be 96 miles or greater chopped up however you want during one day. That's Cali rules. Your 85 miles is 7 miles short. Sorry. (Math is bad in Cali, too)
In England, one may not stop even to pee to get The Club Patch. I think 100 Imperial miles is like 125 miles sort of like their gallons are bigger, too. And a pint must be 20 oz over there.
In England, one may not stop even to pee to get The Club Patch. I think 100 Imperial miles is like 125 miles sort of like their gallons are bigger, too. And a pint must be 20 oz over there.
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It'd need to be a single coherent ride. Stopping for breaks is fine (and pretty sensible), but you clearly did 3 different rides over a day.
There's a distinction between a break and stopping, I'm just not sure how to define it. Putting the bike away or getting changed would make it a stop.
Nothing to say you couldn't do a century with 3x 33 mile loops that start and end at home, with a break each time, though.
At the end of the day, does anyone really care that much?
There's a distinction between a break and stopping, I'm just not sure how to define it. Putting the bike away or getting changed would make it a stop.
Nothing to say you couldn't do a century with 3x 33 mile loops that start and end at home, with a break each time, though.
At the end of the day, does anyone really care that much?
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You all have good ideas....but I have the real answer.
If you got/bought a t-shirt/jersey for the "event," then it was a century (distance covered of course). If there is a cutoff time, then you need to be in by that time.
If not, it was just a long ride.
Same with marathons.
Done plenty of both.
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If you got/bought a t-shirt/jersey for the "event," then it was a century (distance covered of course). If there is a cutoff time, then you need to be in by that time.
If not, it was just a long ride.
Same with marathons.
Done plenty of both.
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