What to bring on my century??
 

Yo, I'm doing the tour de palm springs century on my fg this Sat. and was just wondering if anyone had any bright ideas on what i should bring with me. Obvi water, gatorade, some snacks, gel packs (wtf are these and do they really help), flat fixer gear.....anything I'm missing? I'll just have my jersey and double bottle cages so no bag. Things i take need to be easy to travel with, i.e. fit in my jersey pockets.

Feel free to join if you're up for it. http://www.tourdepalmsprings.com/

Spare tube, patch kit, mini-pump, multi-tool, beer money.

Never done the fancy gel packs/athletic energy suppliments. I usually just drink water and grab a gas station hot-dog, granola bar, beer, whatever after about 50 miles.

I've never done a century but I do longish rides fairly often and never felt the need for that hi-tech stuff. Water, OJ (Im diabetic) and the basic tools I'd need to fix a flat or adjust my bars/pedals/seat if the need arose.

Start hydrating NOW, don't wait til the morning of the ride. And good luck, I've done many centuries, but never on my fixed. Too damn hilly around here I'd say, and coasting is nice when you are pushing mile 80.

Little travel packs of chamois butter in case you get tender bits.
Also, cut your fingernails short the night before the ride. Huh??
Well if you have to adjust you junk and scratch yourself accidentally the sweat will make the scratch burn all day.
Not fun

why are you concentrating on his crotch so much?

I'd just bring a flat kit and pump/CO2 and a couple of bottles. Looks like there's plenty of support:

wait, wait, wait, wait, they have sag support for a 5 and 10 mile ride? Wait, wait, wait, wait, they have a 10 and 5 mile ride?

Gears? :p

JK I had to be that someone to say that!! Really though thats awesome!

I hope to do a fixed century someday soon, furthest I've done fixed was 37miles...

I believe they are intended for small children, the elderly, and fakengers.

I regularly do centuries, both supported and unsupported on my fixed gear. If the century is supported, a couple of water bottles, a couple of clif bars, and some power gels is fine for nutrition, you definitely still want an extra tube, pump, etc.

Unsupported I carry 2 water bottles and as soon as I'm down to 1/2 bottle I stop and fill them both. Also, you'll need to carry all of your food for the ride. I usually do ~20 calories per mile, so ~2000 calories.

Good luck! Centuries are a great way to kill a day on the bike.

A hot babe.

train up

but for realz +1 to hot babe

Be sure to get the cell phone numbers of the SAG wagons. I had a busted tire on a supported ride and was in the middle of nowhere when it happened. Still took them 30 minutes to arrive but better than walking the twelve miles down the mountain to the next rest stop.

Charity centuries around here have the rest stops manned by volunteers and on a couple of the rides they provided all the food and water/gatorade, too. So be sure and thank them for their efforts. I hit a rest stop on the Leaves of Lincoln century ride that was giving free leg massages. At mile 82, that really, really hit the spot.

Lots and lots of water. I did a 60 miler once with 2 bottles of water and that wasn't enough.

Since its supported he should be fine on water. I usually carry 2 bottles. 1 water and 1 gatorade. In my saddle bag I carry a flat kit, tire levers, multitool and a spare tube. I usually carry 3 clif bars with me. Ive tried the clif shot blocks. They were good when I ran out of gatorade on long rides.
Carry money and ID and find a bar to get some beer at the end of the ride.

Have fun.

id say about a thousand calories.

I carried about 70oz of water(half of it was electrolyte water, they don't have that at the support stations) for the Tour de Tucson, and I think I at least doubled that on refills. 2 Clif shotblocks(delicious), 2 Clif bar, 1 Probar(Superfood Slam), 1 homemade fish/avocado sandwich. I also ate a ton of fruit at the aid stations, near the end they started having peanut butter sandwiches so I ate one of those.

Love it guys. All great stuff. Pretty sure I'm ready for the ride. My parents live out there and I talked my dad into doing the 50 miler. Pretty strong for a 65 yr old guy. My mom and my gf are doing the 5 miler on their beach crusiers. Good thing about having the parents out there....my dad keeps a fully stocked kegerator filled with ice cold bud light. So you know that will get destroyed post ride!

Oh she'll be there