The Century Ride: How I Prepared for a 100 Mile Bike Ride!
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- Опубліковано 13 гру 2023
- If you're looking for a thrilling experience, try a point to point 100 mile bike journey! This is the ultimate experience to conquer your fear of long distance cycling and experience the thrill of endurance.
On an epic century bike ride, you'll likely be cycling through some of the most beautiful landscapes. This is an unforgettable experience that will leave you with a sense of accomplishment.
In this video I share how I Plan, Prepare and Execute long rides.
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Just completed my first century ride in south Texas. Temps were 50f in the morning heating up to 83f by noon. Winds were non existent then 7-12mph from the SE by mid-morning. I finished in 5hrs 21 min avg speed of 18.7mph. No cramps. I use a LM-NT powdered sodium drink mix mid ride. Last 8 miles I came down with a headache that disappeared the moment I stopped at the finish line. Exhaustion probably. I’m 55yrs old & been cycling for 38 yrs.
Started riding in April and did my first century in September. And man the amount of togetherness it showed me as a group. Through rain gusty wind and of course food and etc. couldn’t ask for a better group to have done it with. It was an amazing day and one hell of an accomplishment. Most of all the motivation they gave since i was very skeptical about be able to finish.
Watching your vids reminds me of riding back in Charlotte. Great rides and great groups of people. Pedal safe!
Hey! I was on this ride!
Doing my first century ride this year. This was really helpful. Pedal safe everyone.
My first 100 mile plus ride was when I was 15 during a charity ride way back in 1975, Since Jack in the Box was the sponsor there was lots of burgers to be had. At 17 at least 2 time per month I was doing Down town San Jose to Santa Cruz over the Santa Cruz Mountains which had an elevation of 3,700 depending on the rout I would take, it would be round trip ride of 85 miles, nutrition in these days we had no such thing as gels or energy bars nor electrolytes it was a load of Bananas, reason why my nick name was banana brain, I always had bananas in my rear jersey pockets. My gearing up front was 42/53t rear was 7 speed 12/25t and pushing this gearing up the Santa Cruz mountains most would say, I'm crazy.
Love the NY yankee hat. You hit it right on the nail. I have lost the love for riding longer for 4 hrs. It’s a mental block that can affect you negatively on the road.
WOW i loved every second of this ride yes the people loved them so much the weather off the scale from our weather never did i have the privilege of such a group ride mostly 6 to 8 people in not so good weather eating and drinking was something i had to force my self to do thank you Luis for such videos i was smiling for the entire ride Be Blessed Sir.
Green grass and palm trees. I guess Florida is a different reality. Thanks for the video.
Here in socal in my area you only have 2 choices if you want to do 100milers, hills or coastal winds. Depending if youre going along the coast area which is for me super easy to rack miles versus the centuries i do that follows the river trail then heading back you end up fighting coastal headwinds.
YESSSSIR!
Luis, come to Seattle for our STP, Seattle to Portland a double century 2-day ride
that’s wild, my cramp came around the same mile marker on my recent century in September. Pickle juice and cramp lotion get me through enough to make the field sprint at the finish line!
I host an annual Century from Chicago to Milwaukee. I usually hate centuries but if you do it with a good group of people it becomes tolerable. This years century had a great group of folks with great attitudes. Everyone loved the route and we all finished together. I also cramp typically around the 90 mile mark but push thru. My particular issue this year was a over heated and had to peel layers off on side of the ride and felt like a new man. When everyone works as a team it make centuries awesome.
Great team effort, thanks for sharing with us Luis
I relate to the mental difficulty of the long hours this kind of ride requires. I was inspired by the struggle and the accomplishment. Great video.
Great video and commentary Luis!!! It was a pleasure having you and Lillian join us on this ride. One of challenges I often face on the longer rides is not eating enough. I carry a combination of solid foods such as pb&j, fig newtons, and bananas, along with gels and chews. Even though I map out when I need to eat and have an alert setup on Garmin to find me, I often end a ride with more items left over than I should have. My fluid intake is usually not an issue since on most of the longer rides I have two bottles with an electrolyte mix and a hydration pack with water (I opted not to use it on this ride). Great video again and hopwfully we’ll ride together again soon!!
Well done! Thanks for sharing this with us.
I'm preparing for a century this Feb., so this was a timely video for me. I'll definitely make sure I've got enough electrolytes with me. Thanks for the tips!
Great vid & as always fun commentary!!😎☮️