Fundamentally, it was a cultural conflict for me. I'm a messy urban rider. I carry a lot of crap around, on a weird, somewhat beater bike. I didn't have my family following me in an SUV all day to feed me cold electrolytes. And I'm not eager to make a big deal about following every car-oriented traffic law in the hopes of sucking up to motorists so they might build another couple miles of rural bike trail from nowhere to nowhere. Ahem. :)
Daks is totally up for doing the Harvest century this year.
I may end up doing it with cyclocross tires on my bike. She hit a 70mi a few weekends ago and was tired but up and about after it. That's pretty much the sign that she could hit a decent paced century, and it is just a matter of how wrecked she'll be after it.
But yea... I'd avoid STP unless you absolutely want to do it as a rite of passage.
Y'know, "rite of passage" really does describe why I've wanted to do it at all. I mean, I could ride from Seattle to Portland any time I had the two days available and planned it. But it's not the same as doing The STP. And so many of my hard-core cycling friends have done it, that it does feel like it would be some kind of initiation--see, I'm hardcore too!! I mean, I could even buy one of those cheesy Tyvek jackets that tells everyone I finished it and advertises stuff I never buy, like Darigold. *lol*
Also, keep me updated on the Harvest Century thing. If I'm capable of dragging fifty lbs of stuff + me + bike up and down Highway 101 for thirty or forty miles a day for ten days in a row....a hundred unloaded miles should be doable, no?
Of course, this will require me getting off my butt to ride longer distances more often in general. It's not like the fitness I gained over the last two weeks is going to magically stick around.
Comments 13
Reply
Reply
Fundamentally, it was a cultural conflict for me. I'm a messy urban rider. I carry a lot of crap around, on a weird, somewhat beater bike. I didn't have my family following me in an SUV all day to feed me cold electrolytes. And I'm not eager to make a big deal about following every car-oriented traffic law in the hopes of sucking up to motorists so they might build another couple miles of rural bike trail from nowhere to nowhere. Ahem. :)
Reply
(The comment has been removed)
The ladyfriend is talking about riding a century in October, so I think I'll go ride and act as her windshield.
Reply
Reply
How'd you been?
Reply
Reply
There's a few lovely century rides I could do, if I want to. Other than that, I think I'll stick with bragging about touring.
Reply
I may end up doing it with cyclocross tires on my bike. She hit a 70mi a few weekends ago and was tired but up and about after it. That's pretty much the sign that she could hit a decent paced century, and it is just a matter of how wrecked she'll be after it.
But yea... I'd avoid STP unless you absolutely want to do it as a rite of passage.
Reply
Reply
Of course, this will require me getting off my butt to ride longer distances more often in general. It's not like the fitness I gained over the last two weeks is going to magically stick around.
Reply
Leave a comment