Re: Assuming "typical" means anything...

Jeff said:

Interesting question but you need to define "able bodied." Normally
"able bodied" means anyone who can walk and climb stairs, etc. I'd say
a
5 hr century is out of reach of a lot of people in that category.
Jeff T

OTOH, defining as 'able bodied' as being someone that can do a 4 hour
century would probably skew the results as well.

I think the old Royal Navy definition was anyone that woke up after
being slugged with a bag of lead shot on a London street, but you
might have a problem with the survivors if you try to apply that as a
qualification.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

Jeff said:

Interesting question but you need to define "able bodied." Normally
"able bodied" means anyone who can walk and climb stairs, etc. I'd say
a
5 hr century is out of reach of a lot of people in that category.
Jeff T

That's why I included this in my question:

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Raptor said:

...train themselves into condition ...

I work in a commercial fitness factory, if you can call leading indoor
cycling classes for 2-3 hours/week "work". I like telling my riders, who
range from local racers to lard asses who get winded climbing the porch,
that ANYONE can ride as hard and as long as Our Hero (Lance Armstrong),
given adequate training and motivation. Only the speed and distance will
be different.

The best bike riders in the world are genetically different from most of
us, sure. But how much better? How much can average Joes/Janes
realistically hope to achieve at their natural best?

My personal goal, until I achieve it, is a 5-hour century in a group
or/then solo. 4 hours might be a stretch, but in a paceline with other
strong riders...

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a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning
them to fight in what would be an unwinnable urban guerilla war, it
could only plunge that part of the world into ever greater
instability." George Bush Sr. in his 1998 book "A World Transformed"

I remember on our club Century that some guy in his late 50's did an
almost exactly 4 hour Century by himself. I never caught his name but I
was tailing him in my truck as I was Sagging the first 40 miles and he
did that in under and hour and a quarter and dropped three young guys
who were riding his wheel.

He went through all of the rest stops before they were even open.

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I remember on our club Century that some guy in his late 50's did an
almost exactly 4 hour Century by himself. I never caught his name but I
was tailing him in my truck as I was Sagging the first 40 miles and he
did that in under and hour and a quarter

That's 32 mph for 40 miles or 51.5 kph for 75 minutes, meaning he would have
easily broken Moser's hour record, then kept going for another almost 3
hours.

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I remember on our club Century that some guy in his late 50's did an
almost exactly 4 hour Century by himself. I never caught his name but I
was tailing him in my truck as I was Sagging the first 40 miles and he
did that in under and hour and a quarter

That's 32 mph for 40 miles or 51.5 kph for 75 minutes, meaning he would
have
easily broken Moser's hour record, then kept going for another almost 3
hours.

I meant an hour and a half. When I finished sagging for my time period I cut
across the course and hit the last rest stop which was just opening. He had
came in and used the toilet before they could even set up.

Pretty phenomenal. When I got back they were telling me that he came in just
after 4 hours and left in a hurry. I caught his name at the time and asked
around and everyone seemed to know the guy though I'd never heard of him and
have since forgotten his name.

Funny thing is that a couple of years later I was riding with a guy who
looked just like him but was riding a bike with two top tubes and who
complained to me about the Century route for about an hour on our ride
before I explained to him that I was the [censored] who designed that route
with two bad miles out of a hundred.

Carl Sundquist said:

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I remember on our club Century that some guy in his late 50's did an
almost exactly 4 hour Century by himself. I never caught his name but I
was tailing him in my truck as I was Sagging the first 40 miles and he
did that in under and hour and a quarter

That's 32 mph for 40 miles or 51.5 kph for 75 minutes, meaning he would have
easily broken Moser's hour record, then kept going for another almost 3
hours.

I wonder if he had an 11.

I followed him in my truck on Palomares Rd. He was over the top and
going down the other side when I caught up with him. One thing I
noticed (aside from the fact that he was flying) was that he never
stopped pedaling. When I was racing I could ride like that but now I
notice that after an effort I stop pedaling for a couple of revolutions
and then pick it up again.

Tom Kunich said:

I followed him in my truck on Palomares Rd. He was over the top and
going down the other side when I caught up with him. One thing I
noticed (aside from the fact that he was flying) was that he never
stopped pedaling. When I was racing I could ride like that but now I
notice that after an effort I stop pedaling for a couple of

revolutions

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and then pick it up again.

How long does a revolution last, when you're not pedalling???

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Tom Kunich said:

I followed him in my truck on Palomares Rd. He was over the top and
going down the other side when I caught up with him. One thing I
noticed (aside from the fact that he was flying) was that he never
stopped pedaling. When I was racing I could ride like that but now I
notice that after an effort I stop pedaling for a couple of

revolutions

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and then pick it up again.

How long does a revolution last, when you're not pedalling???

How fast is the rear wheel turning?

Scott said:

How long does a revolution last, when you're not pedalling???

More than 50 years, if you are in Cuba...

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Tom Kunich said:

I followed him in my truck on Palomares Rd. He was over the top

and

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going down the other side when I caught up with him. One thing I
noticed (aside from the fact that he was flying) was that he never
stopped pedaling. When I was racing I could ride like that but now

I

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notice that after an effort I stop pedaling for a couple of

revolutions

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and then pick it up again.

How long does a revolution last, when you're not pedalling???

How fast is the rear wheel turning?

Oh, revolutions of the wheeeeel... I get it.