This is all very comforting. Not that I was anxiety stricken but I was definitley feeling a little cautious stepping into a new world. The distance isn't intimidating but the timed aspect has me a little concerned. Will ride the bike I have and report back with pics how it goes.
Thanks for the replies. --Smitty On Tuesday, March 6, 2012 9:09:17 AM UTC-8, Smitty-A-Go-Go wrote: > > I'm thinking of riding in a 100k populaire in a couple weeks. I know it's > not a tremendous distance but it'll be my first rando event and my longest > ride ever. > > I plan to do it on my Hilsen... I've got the necessary reflectors, lights > (battery), fenders, and a small sackville saddle bag + front trunk sack to > carry stuff. > > I've got 40mm Marathon Supremes on there now. I imagine I'd be the only > one with 40mm tires. Not that that's a deal breaker but I've been > contemplating getting a set of faster tires and this seems like as good a > reason as any to make a purchase. What sort of tires do people normally > ride on such an event? I love all the Schwalbes I've had and am tempted to > get Kojaks out of brand loyalty. I was also eyeing the 32mm Grand Bois > Cypress on Jan's site. As far as I can tell Jan is the rando guy and I > can't imagine he'd sell crappy tires. > > What sort of foods do people eat? I'd rather avoid things in the power goo > and protein pudding food group. I went for a ride with some roadie types a > few weeks ago and brought dates as my snack. I was keeping up ok before I > ate the dates but the dates sat heavy in my belly and I became a slug. > > How extensive of a tool kit do people generally bring on a ride like this? > I generally carry more tools than I've ever really needed on the road. > Flats are really my only stop-me-in-my-tracks roadside repair I've had to > deal with. I'm tempted to minimize the tool kit but don't want to go too > small. > > I realize the ride is short enough that I could probably get by doing > business as usual and get through it but thought I'd solicit advice from > those who have gone before. Perhaps I could appear more sophisticated than > I really am. Any thoughts or advice... food, tire, tool, or otherwise... > would > be appreciated. > > Oh yeah, FWIW... the ride is the OR Randonneurs Brewpub > Popularie<http://www.orrandonneurs.org/rba/2012/Brewpub/Brewpub_Info.html> > > Thanks, Smitty > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/4MYFR2n16WMJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
