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Did my first century yesterday which was my longest single ride by about 35 miles. Total mileage was 101 (almost on the nose) and time was 5:41:53 of actual moving time. We stopped a lot so our ET was nearly 3hrs longer. We had a three guys in our group that hadn't ride more than 300 miles or so all year so there was a group of about 5 that would get out in front, hit it for about 20 miles or so and then wait for the other 4 to catch up. It was huge fun and I felt really good for the entire ride with no real bonking or times when I wondered if I'd make it. Ride Data (note the max speed) Team Big Guy A bit more about the top speed. The last rest stop is at a place called the Crawford Notch Depot. Its about 30 miles from the finish and is at the start of a huge decent which starts out at over 13%. My friend Marc and I (the two biggest guys) decided to just let it rip and see how fast we could go. I managed about 53mph and Marc's indicated top speed was just shy of 56. We all agreed that after the decent we'd just meet up at the bar at mile 97 for a "we're not quite done" beer as we did last year. So after the decent into madness the group of 5 stronger riders hit it pretty hard and managed 21.5mph for 25 miles or so including a few small hills. It was huge fun to ride in a paceline like that where on the flats you were cruising at 25mph. I'll definitely be doing the ride again next year and may try to do a metric with some of these guys at the end of October.

Oh mama!

I'm with Dan, you should go have a real fitting done.

The album on the whole is great. It's been in heavy rotation since they accidentally shipped it to me in advance of the official launch last week. I can't imagine anyone who was a fan before being disappointed.

Cool!

No need to do anything for me. Let's be honest, it doesn't matter what position I draft in.

Ahhh, I got screwed!

Oh, and the price just dropped on this so I figured I'd post it here.... http://slo.craigslist.org/bik/4040307563.html

I think the only thing you can take away from that is that your body was probably at the same relative state of hydration before and after. Who's to say you were well hydrated when you started? And there's probably a lot more to it than that. Needing ~44oz of water in 20miles would be pretty shocking indeed unless it was absurdly hot/humid out. I drank about than when I did my metric century in mild (~75) temps.

I'm fine with tomorrow at 8 and 10 teams is ok by me too.

Holy crap that's a lot of miles, Vicki. Me - was hoping to get out for one last tuneup ride before the century. Sadly the weather is crap today with heavy thunderstorms all afternoon. It's been pouring for the last half hour and the roads are now a giant mess.

I'm guessing he's chucking 24V across the LED which would explain its rapid departure from the living world.

This!

Have a great ride, Vicki!

The pic only comes up thumbnail sized for me so its impossible to make out much of anything, unfortunately.

Not thay it matters but I ordered a chestnut bifold wallet and wallet sleeve.

Yes it is.

Wuhoo! I'd prefer to draft after 8pm but that may not be possible.

Sadly neither are Prime Eligible, I'm probably over thinking this decision.

I need a quick suggestion for some replacement tubes since my flat this week has left me with fewer spares than I like to keep around. Amazon seems to have a plethora of options and I'd like to place an order through them so that I know I have the tubes before the century next weekend.

Nice link, I needed a new wallet.

That is absurdly large.

Have fun you guys!

^^ Approve! Me, very shortly... Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You

I needed to dispense with some stress after a long 4 days at work so I took off at the end of the day and headed for the only mountain nearby, which is about 18 miles away. I was cranking along happily until about mile 16 when I hit a sharp bump and the back end started to feel, uh, soft. So I pulled over in front of a house that happened to have two overturned recycling bins in the front yard and changed my first flat on the bike with the use of the makeshift work benches. I extracted a tiny metal shard from the tire which was the cause of the delay. Not a big deal - I had a tube, pump and backup CO² (not needed) so twenty minutes later I was back on the road and headed for the climb. In the end it was a minor incident and the only bummer was that it made me later than I wanted to be getting home and didn't allow for as much in the way of stress relief.