Long rides

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What was the longest single ride (mileage) you ever did?

Me: 300 miles (L.A.Wheelman Grand Tour triple century). Took me about 22
hours. Both times I did it.

You mean, in one day? With or without breaks?

For me, it'd be the STP, which was 204 miles that year. It took me 15 hours.

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Quoted message said:

What was the longest single ride (mileage) you ever did?

Me: 300 miles (L.A.Wheelman Grand Tour triple century). Took me about 22
hours. Both times I did it.

A measly 74 miles: 62 miles for the metric option of the 2005 Apple Cider
Century, plus another 12 miles when I missed a turn riding back to my B&B and
ended up in downtown Three Oaks (MI) rather than Union Pier.

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Group: rec.bicycles.misc
Date: Mon, Sep 11, 2006, 2:30pm (EDT+4)
From: [email hidden] (Claire Petersky)

Quoted message said:

You mean, in one day? With or without
breaks?

Quoted message said:

Claire Petersky

The L.A. Wheelman Grand Tour(s) is a set of endurance rides. A lowland
and highland version each of a double, triple and quadruple centuries
(200, 300 or 400 miles). Each have the same time limit: 24 hours. There
are rest and lunch stops, but whichever one you choose, they are all
done straight through.

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Chris Z The Wheelman said:

What was the longest single ride (mileage) you ever did?

Me: 300 miles (L.A.Wheelman Grand Tour triple century). Took me about 22
hours. Both times I did it.

About the same. I did the highland triple at the Grand Tour in
(strangely enough) 22 hours.

I've done about the same mileage a couple of other times on the first
day of 600 and 1200 K brevets.

Now, a new question - what is your longest training ride? Mine is 153
miles, three 51 mile loops in the rural hills east of San Diego, each
beginning and ending at my house.

Tom

Chris Z The Wheelman said:

What was the longest single ride (mileage) you ever did?

106 miles, but I'm determined to start doing more 70-80 mile weekend
rides so the centuries don't seem so long. Right now a double seems a
bit out of reach, plus I think I need more long rides if I'm going to
get my century time much under 6 hours.

Ah, if it weren't for goals, life would be dull... :-)

-JR

Chris Z The Wheelman said:

What was the longest single ride (mileage) you ever did?

Me: 300 miles (L.A.Wheelman Grand Tour triple century). Took me about 22
hours. Both times I did it.

The same as Claire, STP is the longest ride I've done. 207 miles in 12
hours. One of these days I'll have time for Randonneuring.

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Only 63 miles - I feel like such a girlie-man (no offence Claire).

About 3:35, no food, and 700 ml water.

How far until you feel food makes a difference?

Ted

Ted said:

Only 63 miles - I feel like such a girlie-man (no offence Claire).

About 3:35, no food, and 700 ml water.

Yeow! I imagine it was not a hot day. On a hot day, I can easily go
through almost 6L in that amount of time.

My farthest is 104 miles (last year's Cheat Mountain Challenge, 9800+
feet of climbing, most of it in the last 40 miles). Around 7.25 hours,
including stops.

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How far until you feel food makes a difference?

I'm ready to start eating fenceposts after two hours. Even while
munching a couple of Fig Newtons per hour on the above ride, I was feeling
shaky and unwell at the summit of Black Mountain, 78 miles into the ride.
A generous PB&J on white bread set me right.

The 2nd Cheat Mountain Challenge is next Sunday, 9/24. If you happen to
be near Pocahontas County, WV, then give it a try. The support from the
West Virginia Cycling Federation volunteers is unreal, the route is
*beautiful* (60 miles of mostly forest roads--all paved, but very quiet,
giving way to a tough climb up to the Highland Scenic Highway, traverse
that, then hike up 219 back to Snowshoe, and climb up to the resort), the
roads are the smoothest in the country, and the car drivers are even
friendly (I got a thumbs-up on route 39, heading for the first big climb
of the day).

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Date: Mon, Sep 11, 2006, 10:41am (EDT-3)
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Quoted message said:

Now, a new question - what is your
longest training ride? Mine is 153 miles,
three 51 mile loops in the rural hills east
of San Diego, each beginning and ending
at my house.

Tom

I would use club rides to train and the Club I rode with had a wide
range of rides, I would usually choose the hilliest (read: mountainous)
mainly because the endurance rides I rode were of the
definitely-not-flat variety.

Longest they had was a hilly ride from Northridge to Santa Barbara and
back. Also about 151 miles. For the most part, however I would consider
the hilly centuries "training rides".

Ah, to be young with access to a club full of non-racing mountian
goats...<sigh>

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Several years ago, on a hot, humid, muggy day, 108 miles on the
Princeton Event, hosted by the Princeton Freewheelers. I was helping a
friend attempt her first century (actually, according to cue sheet,
~104 miles). We were pretty toasted by the century mark and looking
forward to the finish in just a couple of miles. To our dismay, the
finish line keep receding into the distance; those last four miles,
from 104 to 108, were psychologically daunting, especially in the heat.
Regards, Roy Zipris

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We were pretty toasted by the century mark and looking
forward to the finish in just a couple of miles. To our dismay, the
finish line keep receding into the distance; those last four miles,
from 104 to 108, were psychologically daunting, especially in the heat.

You know how they say cycling is more in your head than your legs?

For me, the usual daunting point of a century is not the last few miles, as
I figure I can drag my sorry ass a few more miles. I find that where it's
harder for me is somewhere after mile 60 and before mile 75. That's where
there's still some distance to make it to the end, and I question my ability
to make it.

As for the cue sheet and your own odometer not corresponding.... I know my
odometer is about 2% optimistic, so sometimes, to make the miles go by, I do
complicated arithmetic to reconcile the on-board measure with the cue sheet.
On RAPSody my math was off, and I was shocked (but relieved) to find the
overnight at Shelton High School appear a couple miles earlier than I had
calculated.

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Group: rec.bicycles.misc
Date: Wed, Sep 13, 2006, 2:45pm (EDT+4)
From: [email hidden] (Claire Petersky)

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As for the cue sheet and your own
odometer not corresponding.... I know
my odometer is about 2% optimistic, so
sometimes, to make the miles go by, I
do complicated arithmetic to reconcile
the on-board measure with the cue
sheet.

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Warm Regards,
Claire Petersky

Not knowing your bike's computer, I'm going to ask a stupid question;
Why not just multiply the current wheel setting by 1.02 (or 0.98
whichever applies) to correct the 2% error once and for all?

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"Chris Z The Wheelman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Not knowing your bike's computer, I'm going to ask a stupid question;
Why not just multiply the current wheel setting by 1.02 (or 0.98
whichever applies) to correct the 2% error once and for all?

This would require me pushing the buttons on it other than to reset it to
zero. Since the last time I tried such a thing, I had to take it back into
the bike shop to return it to any sort of useability, I am happy just to
leave it as is, and then amuse myself with the math on long rides.

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Claire Petersky said:

I figure I can drag my sorry ass a few more miles. I find that where it's
harder for me is somewhere after mile 60 and before mile 75. That's where
there's still some distance to make it to the end, and I question my ability
to make it.

I agree, absolutely. In fact, my last 5-10 miles are usually very
strong on a century. Partly it's the fact that I've tried to save my
legs during the course of the ride, and partly it's knowing that the
end is near.

I am completely envious of the rider who said the roads in WV are
smooth. In Colorado the local highway departments seem to love "chip
sealing" all the roads, which means miles and miles of rough riding.
Oooh, I would LOVE to do 100 miles over smooth roads...!

-JR

Claire Petersky said:

For me, the usual daunting point of a century is not the last few miles, as
I figure I can drag my sorry ass a few more miles. I find that where it's
harder for me is somewhere after mile 60 and before mile 75. That's where
there's still some distance to make it to the end, and I question my ability to make it.

Claire, have you ever tried this technique that I learned from a
marathoner friend: break the ride up into segments, each one dedicated
to someone important to you. When you are in the doubt phase, draw on
your husband or your kids for inspiration to get over the hump. On my
first century, I finished by thinking how embarrased my grandson would
be if I couldn't make it! These days, besides my grandson, I usually
call on Ann at the most difficult stage, and then ride the last 10
miles for myself. Regards, Roy Zipris

SlowRider said:

I am completely envious of the rider who said the roads in WV are
smooth. In Colorado the local highway departments seem to love "chip
sealing" all the roads, which means miles and miles of rough riding.
Oooh, I would LOVE to do 100 miles over smooth roads...!

They do that in Pennsylvania, too.

West Virginia has some of the best roads you will ever see anywhere.
Even where there are pavement changes, the road crews have smoothed the
seams so as to be practically undetectable on a bicycle, and completely
undetectable on a motorcycle.

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Date: Thu, Sep 14, 2006, 8:27am (EDT-3) From: [email hidden]
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Quoted message said:

In Colorado the local highway
departments seem to love "chip sealing"
all the roads, which means miles and
miles of rough riding. Oooh, I would
LOVE to do 100 miles over smooth
roads...!

Quoted message said:

-JR

You should try riding in the Carolinas (or perhaps not) Here, they like
to use "Chip and Tar" AS pavement, not just patching. Especially here in
Chester county.

It took me almost four years, but I was finally able to piece together a
century with almost none of the stuff. In all, there's just one short
road, about 9/10's of a mile long that I couldn'r get around.

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none of your business said:

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Date: Thu, Sep 14, 2006, 8:27am (EDT-3) From: [email hidden]
(SlowRider)

Quoted message said:

In Colorado the local highway
departments seem to love "chip sealing"
all the roads, which means miles and
miles of rough riding. Oooh, I would
LOVE to do 100 miles over smooth
roads...!

You should try riding in the Carolinas (or perhaps not) Here, they like
to use "Chip and Tar" AS pavement, not just patching. Especially here in
Chester county.

Ditto here in Pennsylvania. You get used to the stuff after awhile, and
it pays not to run lightweight boutique tires, as they wear very quickly
on chipseal.

You just have to avoid the newly-chipped surfaces for a couple of weeks
and one good rain, so that the car tire tracks are packed down fairly well
and the dust from the fresh chips is washed away (the latter will gum up
your chain a bit). Take care when descending--follow where the cars'
wheels have gone to get clean pavement.

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