thanks for the responses to the Audax postings that i made. The postings of the 9th and 10th were identical because they did not appear to be on the Freeserve newserver and I've just discovered them tacked onto the original thread of 24th Aug.
Thanks for the advice and support. I know that I will almost certainly be comfortable with a 100k ride as I often clock up 90km rides when I pootle up to Darlington from Leeds.
I've pledged to get out on one of my bikes every weekend plus evenings when I'm not too busy with other things.
Now working on cutting back on the calories to reduce my porkiness - loosing several stones must be worth a few km per hour :-) My rides to Darlington average out at around 22km/hr. That's a 1:1 ratio with my bodyweight in stones - here's hoping for an inverse relationship between wewight and average speed ;-)
: Thanks for the advice and support. I know that I will almost certainly : be comfortable with a 100k ride as I often clock up 90km rides when I : pootle up to Darlington from Leeds.
The usual rule of thumb is this:
Say you can ride 90k in comfort and with no discomfort, then you should be able to * ride 180k though it'll probably not be the most enjoyable experience * ride 140k in comfort, if you take a few days of after wards to recover
