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Title: First singlespeed half century!
Post by: maximusotter on May 20, 2006, 18:39:24 PM
And hilly to boot! Yarr, but no match for my meaty treatiness. :lol:

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. :lol: 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. :lol: 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!" :lol: :D

Not sure of the average speed as I stopped a couple times for water and bananas, but roughly 21mph :w00t:

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

Title: Re:First singlespeed half century!
Post by: Serious on May 20, 2006, 18:52:00 PM
So you lost cause you got lost :lol:

Still it isnt winning but competing that matters ;)
Title: First singlespeed half century!
Post by: maximusotter on May 20, 2006, 18:59:03 PM
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. ;)
Title: First singlespeed half century!
Post by: redneck on May 20, 2006, 22:09:00 PM
i bet you cant sit down now...
Title: Re:First singlespeed half century!
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on May 21, 2006, 12:10:39 PM
Bravo old bean, sounds delightful :mrgreen:
Title: Re:First singlespeed half century!
Post by: maximusotter on May 21, 2006, 17:57:06 PM
Quote from: Clockd 0NeBravo old bean, sounds delightful :mrgreen:

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

LOL