kokaku

I've done a 24 hour ride on my last tour. Not 24 hours straight....I took breaks, but most of the time I was awake during that 24 hours, I was riding my bike. I don't suggest it, but I still wonder if anyone else has tried something like this. If so, how long did you ride?

LeeG

11hrs from Medocino to Corte Madera with about eight stops that took up about an hour total. Averaged about 17mph. One of the finest stretches was past Bolinas along the bird preserve at sea level before Stinson.

course this was 30yrs ago and I was 60lbs lighter.

fietsbob

Amsterdam to Warsaw and back , but I had to stop and hang out with the locals and drink beer with them occasionally ..


Months..

staehpj1

Something like 15 hours was the longest day I have done on tour. It wound up being 142 miles and I took a bunch of breaks. That is about as long as I ever want to ride in one day when on tour. I like my sleep to much to go longer, at least when on tour.

That was Springer NM to Santa Fe NM. There was a good bit of elevation gain but none of it was steep.

vautrain

Yesterday I rode 131 miles, took 12 full hours with 7 breaks. I was mostly dead after that, and I'm pretty sore today. Thankfully I'm not on tour. It was an organized century, with 15 mile rides to the starting point and then back home after.

Bacciagalupe

Well, it's not exactly a tour, and I for one haven't done it, but....

https://www.raceacrossamerica.org/raa...?N_webcat_id=1

The winner crossed the US, 3000 miles in 9 days 46 minutes. Is that the kind of thing you're thinking of?

cbike

More interesting is why did you ride 24 hours without sleep?

I've done 123 miles in about 13.5 hours (including about 2 hours of breaks). Wasn't to bad but I had a shower and bed waiting for me at the destination. It's somewhat questionable if I shouldn't have just pitched the tent one more night and taken a little bit more time to enjoy the scenery.

AsanaCycles

during a 24hr MTB race, I can do about 200 miles solo
125 in 9.5hrs Motnerey to Morro Bay, on a mtb
here's another interesting leg: https://connect.garmin.com/activity/38071110

John N

Longest not touring is 215 miles for a 24-hour fundraiser (I was young and in racing shape).

Longest while touring was 152 miles over a little over 11 hours total including stops due to a strong tailwind, good road, and not much to stop for. Next day, the winds reversed and I did something like 45 in 9 hours.

Machka 

On the touring parts of my tours, I try to keep my rides under 12 hours. But my tours usually surround long-distance cycling events like the Paris-Brest-Paris 1200K, the Great Southern 1200K, etc.

When it comes to long-distance events, I've done two 24-hour races (the UMCA 24-hour in early September in Iowa/Illinois) and four 1200K randonneuring events where you have to complete 1200K in 90 hours or less including all breaks ... and I'm a slow rider so there's not much sleep involved. See my website in my signature line for details.

Big Lew

Rode a mountian bike 148 miles in 13 hours for a charity ride at age 52 and 30 lbs. lighter

Thulsadoom

How far did you ride?

Why did you do it?

emor

I've twice ridden 100 miles loaded -- both starting from high points in different National Parks 100 miles from my Seattle home. The first time took me all day, and the second only about 8 hours. On my road bike, I'll do 100 mile loops occasionally, but typically try to keep it at 80 or less.

johnr783

The last day of my tour I covered 202 miles in 16 hours because I was tired of repairing flats. I had flats for nearly two weeks straight. The next day I woke up and saw my front tire was flat!

Kip

I've ridden double centuries on my road bike a few times, the longest being 206 miles in one, long day. On a six week tour five years ago I rode more than 100 miles on six occasions including two about 115 miles each. I'm not a fast rider. My ability to ride a long distance in a day is because I can withstand sitting on a bicyle that long.

azesty

There are some Chinese guys here training for the Paris - Brest - Paris randoneur (sp?), which is 1200 km in 96 hours. At the moment they are doing 23 hour runs, one of them is Chengdu - Leshan - Chengdu, about 320 km.

They have invited me along, but I am not going!

z

Machka 

The PBP is 1200K has to be completed in 90 hours or less. I wish we had 96 hours to ride it!! I've completed it once in 2003, and DNF'd after 400 km of riding in the rain in 2007.

In order to get into the 2011 PBP they (and Rowan and me, and several others in the Long Distance forum) will have to ride a Super Randonneur series between November 1, 2010 and mid-June 2011. A Super Randonneur series consists of officially sanctioned 200 km, 300 km, 400 km and 600 km rides. So your friends will have to do a lot more than 320 km!!


BTW - if any of you are interested in doing Long Distance rides, there is a Long Distance forum here where riders routinely ride centuries (100 miles) and much, much more.
https://www.bikeforums.net/forumdispl...urance-Cycling

SBRDude

The longest ride I can remember doing was 112 mi in a triathlon in Japan. My time was something like 5hrs 10min (unloaded, of course).

I've toyed around with the idea of doing a 24hr MTB race, but I don't think there any around here. They have a big one in Tucson where I used to live, but maybe it's for the best that I don't get mixed up with that!

Lamabb

My longest ride was 150 miles. Around 130ish I start to feel sapped of strength and my legs start feeling very sore....I'm a fast rider and I ride 200+ miles weekly with my club. I think it's becuase I don't know how to properly break & eat/drink. I just did a 135 mile ride having consumed nothing the night & morning before, 2 bottles of Gatorade and 2 more of water and 1 bannana.

I don't take breaks longer than 1-2 minutes becuase i'm afraid my legs will "cool off" and It will be too hard to get back on the bike and continue.

at what point do you guys take breaks? How much do you eat drink? what do you eat & drink?

AsanaCycles

focus on: On Bike Nutrition
i.e. calories in/minute/hr

you can use Perpetuem by Hammer Nutrition
and/or my old favorite... drink enteral products like Boost, Ensure... Carnation Instant Breakfast is awesome.

mileage/time vs effort/weight is a classic numbers crunch that you come face to face with. Therefore x(nutrition) = x(weight) is best addressed by either lightweight nutrition, i.e. powders, or having nutrition available while en route, i.e. Rite Aid, Walgreens, etc...

lately I've been focusing on getting away from using Perpetuem, and trying to rely more on what I can muster from my route.

I re-discovered how much I like fried Spam at the end of the day...

while en route, a favorite of mine are king sized snickers bars and a Coke

I'm not a nutritionist, but I read somewhere that your body can only assimilate about 1gm of carbohydrate per minute.
but that does not mean to consume 1 gel packet every 30 minutes. instead I focus on time/carbohydrate management.
that is... if I'm going to "bump" with a gel packet, I'll divide it in half, and consume 1/2 of it 15 minutes later.
or...
you can also do things like mix gel with water

typically I just use gel straight out of the flask or packet, and swig with water.

either way... nutrition is going to come down to what you can "Manage" while riding the bike.

Hammer Nutrition has volumes of stuff to read... it will drive you nuts....

nuts... another good one... trail mix

LeeG

I'm long out of the fitness and riding you're capable of but that one day ride I did when I was fit opened up a fantastic appreciation for every bit of food I was consuming. After about six hours of riding it seemed like everything I ate became energy in 10-30minutes and was GONE an hour later. I'd stop and fill up both water bottles, buy a 12oz bottle of orange juice and chug it down then head off with a bag of trail mix or a couple of energy bars to nibble on for the next 20 minutes or so eating small enough bites to thoroughly digest then recharge with small amounts of solid food an hour later. It was noticable how each different kind of food became movement.

Carbonfiberboy 

250 miles with 12000' of climbing in ~18-1/2 hours. About 15-1/2 saddle hours. 600k in under 24 hours is a benchmark to shoot for. And of course Chris Ragsdale won the FC 508 last year in 29:10:31. Not bad for having had 60 mph crosswinds.

AsanaCycles

ok... so here is my basic fueling outline:

being in Camp, solely has 1 purpose...
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RECOVERY

the first thing is to cram food down your gullet
if I'm being super amped out on "The Juice", I'll take in at least 1 full dose of Recoverite.

in fact, if you can figure out your fueling demand vs geographical placement in regards to camping...
you can begin refueling at the store....
best case scenario is that you've got stores to access along the way...

so you eat at a store... focus on things like quick absorbing nutrition. not sugar

get into camp, eat/refuel

in camp, drink plenty of water... not use swigs, 30-60cc increments
this volume begins to make you standardize your dosing...

STANDARD UNIT DOSE MEASURES... you want to be able to count your widgets and keep track of time

hydration bladders are great for Dosage Compliance
I used to set my Sunnto watch to count down every 5 minutes, and repeat, reminding me to sip, about 30-60cc each time.

in camp, once I get some food into me, I'll set up my shelter, and peel off my cycling clothes, changing into Capeline, and re-dawn my Kifaru Parka.

in camp, my primary concern is to avoid "The Explosion", which is the typical, pull everything out of your bags, and strew it out...
I try my best to keep things off the ground, and on the bike, thereby reducing the time it takes to repack.

thru the night I keep eating... paying attention to my watch, and what nutrition I have available

In the morning, I'm fortunate, in that as soon as I get up, my bowels are anxious to empty

change clothes into cycling gear, I keep my parka on as long as possible, staying warm, even if it means that I'm wearing all my cycling gear underneath, vest, arm warmers, the whole deal.
shoes with booties over them... STAY WARM

pack up shelter, which is typically the only thing not on the bike.

consume at least 400 calories, and drink about 12 oz of water...

ROLL OUT!

once my body starts to wake up, which is usually in about 45 minutes, I start en route fueling
this part is heavily weighted on experience and how I'm feeling

thru out the day, I lean heavily on the fact that my guts are pretty much empty, and I like to focus on chewing things well, if not being able to simply DRINK MY NUTRITION
its the absorption rate that I'm focusing on, and being able to establish and maintain a baseline Nutrition Value... whatever that is... again... personal experience

i.e. Hammer Nutrition Perpetuem, I will consume 4 scoops in a 24oz bottle over 2hrs by drinking approx 30cc (1oz) every 5 minutes.

thats
270 calories/hr
54gm carbohydrate/hr
7gm protein/hr

for me, this is my optimal base line

I will then "bump" with Hammer Gel if needed.

I will also start to take in EnduroLytes (by Hammer) 1 capsule every 20 minutes at the most. sometimes I break it down to 1 capsule an hour... again... personal experience and knowing how your body is feeling and what it needs.

with this basic formula I can ride a solid 24hrs straight without supplementing very much. maybe 4 King Size Snickers bars along the way...


I carry powdered Perpetuem in a large bottle. a 24oz bottle will hold about 17 scoops, which is about 8 solid hours of constant fueling

I use a hydration bladder which is full of water

my bikes carry at least 3 water bottles.

1 water bottle has a Clear2Go water filter... it never has anything other than water.
1 bottle is mixed with Perpetuem
1 bottle is filled with powdered Perpetuem

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the above is what I've come to discover as my optimal Nutritional Outline

I save eating solid foods for later in the day, typically as I come into camp, or actually in camp.

the problem with "meals" are that they consume major amounts of time and resources

the more you cook, the more equipment you carry
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in the randoneuring method:

I stick to doing a lot of riding, and focusing on things I can eat along the way

my recent discovery is the deli at SafeWay... they have soup and sandwiches that go on sale around 10-11pm...
I have no hang ups with riding into the late night, hitting this resource, then rolling into camp.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTIz8lYyd94
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I also like to chug down Milk!
when I'm getting ready to shut things down for the day, I will start to chug down chocolate milk.

In camp I like to eat things like cheese, peanut butter, salami, Spam...
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I've been eating MealPack Bars for a long time now
https://www.mealpack.com/
nutrition vs $ they are awesome...
they also pack their heft...

a possible solution would be to mail yourself nutrition to a Post Office in General Delivery
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Ultimately my goal is to finish the Tour Divide
which is 100 miles/day for 2700miles across the Continental Divide in the dirt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxl7j...eature=channel

AsanaCycles

in comparison last year, while en route on tour from Portland to Ventura, when I reach Arcata, Ca, I did the 12 Hours of Humboldt, completing 12 laps in 11:30, about 96 miles and over 19,000ft of climbing (8 mile laps with 1600ft of gain)

when it comes to endurance racing...its an amazing world

SBRDude

If that was your 'basic' outline, does that mean you have a complex one?