And hilly to boot! Yarr, but no match for my meaty treatiness.

I was riding in the second peloton behind the really fast guys, and we rocked about 25mph for a good portion of the first 20 miles, they petered out and I dropped them, feeling very cavalier with no protection from the wind and just my single gear. I missed a turn and ended up turning a 45 mile ride into a half century. Rode for fifteen miles solo till I caught a few stragglers from the leading group and took it home from there.

I thought Id peter out by 35 miles in the hills as I was standing all the way up, but the devil took hold of me in his invisible escalator. On the last grinder, I slid by a bunch of folks that were only doing the short 31 miler, and one woman paid me the best compliment, "you make me wanna puke!"

Not sure of the average speed as I stopped a couple times for water and bananas, but roughly 21mph

[3 year old]Lets do it again!!![/3 year old]

So you lost cause you got lost

Still it isnt winning but competing that matters

Such races arent competitions against anybody but yourself. I finished in the top 10% of my mileage group, despite my detour and on a single speed bike. Im plenty happy.

i bet you cant sit down now...

Bravo old bean, sounds delightful :mrgreen:

Quote from: Clockd 0NeBravo old bean, sounds delightful :mrgreen:

[limp]It was fun, but today Im paying cash on the barrelhead[/limp]

LOL