Cache Gran Fondo kicked my butt last year. First 50 were awesome. I was ahead

Jun 20, 2023
6:13:00pm

m0resn0w Truly Addicted User

of my usual pace and figured the last 50 would be fairly easy.
Temps hit 90 degrees with a steady headwind. It SUCKED and the mental was every bit as hard as the physical.

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100 mile update

Chasicle All-American

6/20/23 5:45pm

Nice payday. 100 mile bike ride in a day seems so easy, making the whole

Plato

6/20/23 5:50pm

I chuckle a little when people are confident or see it as ‘so easy’ if they’ve

BYU'01

6/20/23 5:55pm

especially when starting out at 355lbs. It's not the physical part that'll win him the challenge. It's the mental part.

Chasicle

6/20/23 5:56pm

The mental part for sure is the true test.

spugeddy24

6/20/23 5:59pm

355 lbs @ 5'8". Nothing easy about it.

Booya Grandma

6/20/23 6:31pm

I rode 25 miles the other day and it was no strain at all. There was a 55 year

Plato

6/20/23 5:59pm

e-bikes don’t count, dude.

m0resn0w

6/20/23 6:06pm

25 miles might take 75-90 minutes for someone in your shape. Try 5x that long.

BYU'01

6/20/23 6:09pm

I did 50 miles around Bear Lake. Has been training and riding for months. Did a couple of 25 mile rides leading up

Jimo Dashen

6/20/23 6:00pm

Probably right. Maybe I'll try the ride around Bear Lake next week.....nah

Plato

6/20/23 6:03pm

RE: Probably right. Maybe I'll try the ride around Bear Lake next week.....nah

Kelbob

6/20/23 6:16pm

It seems easy because your body has enough glycogen in its muscle stores

BYU'01

6/20/23 6:31pm

That’s actually a decent ride with very little elevation gain. Kinda cool that

m0resn0w

6/20/23 6:07pm

Cache Gran Fondo kicked my butt last year. First 50 were awesome. I was ahead

m0resn0w

6/20/23 6:13pm

I've done a 40 mile bike ride. It was no big deal. Didn't even train for it

CougarTailDevourer

6/20/23 6:46pm

I did an Ironman in my mid 20s based off the idea that I was just in great shape

bYuFB

6/20/23 6:08pm

Based on some responses in this thread, I think it’s time to organize a ‘CB

m0resn0w

6/20/23 6:52pm

There's no way I'd do that. I'd be bored out of my mind. If I'm going to be

CougarTailDevourer

6/20/23 6:59pm

Okay. You all saw it. CTD just said he could do it in 6 hours. Some people would

m0resn0w

6/20/23 7:07pm

Average time for a century ride is 6.5 hours. I've been MTBiking for 13 years.

CougarTailDevourer

6/20/23 7:22pm

You can’t say MTB is ‘way way more taxing’ than road w/o sharing variables

BYU'01

6/20/23 7:38pm

The biggest variable is the bike, imo. A light road bike with skinny and smooth

CougarTailDevourer

6/20/23 7:49pm

My sons HS mountain bike team bike weighs <20 lbs. Of course NICA is more

BYU'01

6/20/23 8:04pm

Less than 20lbs is crazy light. Sounds like a great race bike. I don't see many

CougarTailDevourer

6/20/23 8:18pm

I aspire to be like one of my mission comps who, at 54 yrs old, consistently

m0resn0w

6/20/23 9:07pm

Given your posts, I have no doubt you could do a century ride on a road bike.

m0resn0w

6/20/23 9:00pm

Hence why we ride tubeless now with pressures in the 50's to 60's vs 100+ tubes

waveslayer

6/21/23 12:36am

I haven’t made the switch to tubeless yet. I ride 90 rear/85 front based on the

m0resn0w

6/21/23 5:30am

Tubeless is awesome. The ride is so comfy

waveslayer

6/21/23 5:34am

This is nonsensical

Buckeye

6/20/23 8:37pm

It's not. It's physics. From everything from the weight of the bike to rolling

CougarTailDevourer

6/20/23 10:03pm

Like BYU'01 said above, it depends on the variables & definitions

Buckeye

6/21/23 12:36pm

Easy. Let's do it. I say we do a coast ride

waveslayer

6/20/23 8:42pm

Average time for a beginner rider to bike 100 miles is over 8 hours. Not easy.

Booya Grandma

6/20/23 6:54pm

And 8 hours in the saddle for someone unaccustomed to cycling is no joke.

m0resn0w

6/20/23 6:58pm

Is he on the Tirzepatide? That stuff works.

calvindyer

6/21/23 4:29am

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