I know several of you in the group ride brevets so it's time to pick your
brains. I've taken them up again this year. In 2011 i completed a 200k, had a
DNF 300k followed by finishing a planned 175 mile ride. I've had no rides over
50-60 miles since until this year, got fat, etc. I decided I
I'm working toward a 200k+ (180 miles) distance, and previously ran Ultra
distances. The one thing I know is that there are different challenges as
you extend distances, but there really is no way to prepare for them other
than to go and experience them. You can run 20 marathons and still not
The first step is sunscreen - as Kurt Vonnegut once recommended.
Of course, getting comfortable on the bike is huge. Tires, saddle,
positioning, fenders, etc. Stand up on your pedals every so often to keep
blood flow in the nether regions, and shaking your hands out ever so
often. You can
A randonneur series is structured progressively to prepare you for the next
ride. Some of the jumps seem considerable, but hey, you're talking about
eventually riding 1200k! Examine your fitness, mental state, comfort, etc
after each ride and see what you think. Let this and your intuition
Tim --
The conventional approach is to ride the brevets in order without trying to
do too much in between, as long as the gaps are not more than 2-3 weeks.
It's good to give your legs some time to recover and adapt. Most everybody
is intimidated by the 400K, I am still after a number of years
Speaking from personal experience, I don't think it would be helpful to ride a
350K in preparation for a 400K, or a 550 before a 600. The 400 and 600
distances start stretching the notion of fun (for me) and start becoming real
work. Personally, if I were going to ride 500K, I would only do
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The other thread on brevets got me thinking. As someone for whom a long
ride is 30 miles, it is very interesting to see what distances others like
to ride, and how. Yesterday's ride for me was a great one, combining
several things that I find pleasant:
a mid-way useful destination (bike shop
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Hi Tim,
Good luck on completing the upcoming brevet series and on accomplishing the
PBP - I'm sure you'll do really well.
My longest distance was 400km and the longest before that was a large
number of solo 200km rides (I skipped the 300km!) so my advice would be
anecdotal, but I did find the
miles - I ride brevets. I am your age :-) I have good luck at the 200k, am
finding 300k a bit challenging these days, and just abandoned a 400k at 175
miles last weekend :-( I did manage to achieve Super Randonneur twice, but my
stomach seems to be checking out about 250k these days, and
sometime before the 600, you might want to try some doubles or triples - ride a
200k on one day, and a 100k the next day.
Control efficiency - something I completely suck at, but still a work in
progress. Consider stopping, refilling your bottles, and eating the food you
bought on the bike.
The Google link doesn't seem to be opening.
KJ
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I know zero about Brevets, had never heard of them until I joined this
list. the one question I always ask myself is when and where do you go to
the bathroom? I used to run cross county where the occasional pit stop was
required but that was only a couple of hours. Not trying to be gross, just
On 05/23/2014 04:24 PM, Peter Morgano wrote:
I know zero about Brevets, had never heard of them until I joined this
list. the one question I always ask myself is when and where do you
go to the bathroom? I used to run cross county where the occasional
pit stop was required but that was only a
Always a good question, Peter! Several things of note from my experience
and learning with endurance stuff:
-- I, and I think most people, generally drink too much water
(Waterlogged is a fantastic and enlightening read). Drink to thirst, no
more, no less. But if you are thirsty for a while
Sorry, need to learn more about the settings.
But bag is sold.
On Friday, May 23, 2014 1:04:47 PM UTC-7, Kieran J wrote:
The Google link doesn't seem to be opening.
KJ
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Most of the time at the convenience store. Sometimes trees get watered.
In 8 years of Randoneuring I've only had to do the other on the side of the
road once, in a desolate part of Montana.
On Friday, May 23, 2014, Peter Morgano uscpeter11...@gmail.com wrote:
I know zero about Brevets, had
You get really good at spotting porta-potties. Or concealing shrubs. Or
convenience stores. Depends on what part of the USA you are riding in.
Lots of nowhere/nothing out here. Of course, after dark, it is so much
easier to be discreet.
I really feel for the riders of a route I just
I have ridden both a Sam and a Roadeo and would say that RJM covered the
differences very well. My roadeo was Bar end friction shifters, I have not
used indexed shifting in 4 years and can't imagine why I'd go back.
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I ride for calories, and to keep the at-rest pulse down, and typically ride
50+ miles on a weekend, trying to burn 3000 calories or so. My standard
early morning ride from my house is 20 miles following a rural creek
bottom, Starts with a steep 400' drop, pace along the creek road, a 2-mile
I find peeing in the great outdoors to be one of positive features of long
distance cycling. Makes me feel like a cyclist in the 1890s, when convenience
stores didn't exist.
–Eric N
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On May 23, 2014, at 2:12 PM, Jim Bronson jim.bron...@gmail.com wrote:
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Mark,
I am correct in thinking that you picked up these cranks used? and if you
have a 113 bb spindle, new or in good shape, can you put the arms on said
spindle out of the bike, so that the arms are across from each other, and
torque down to spec of 30 ft lbs? From there it should be easy to
Patrick,
My riding is similar to yours but at shorter distances (I think you made
the same observation in a thread I started) and I finally decided that I am
incapable of long and steady riding. As you said, pushing it is a very
relative term but it's how I ride and how I've always ridden.
Dear Jim,
My deepest condolences. It is never an easy thing to lose a friend.
-Eunice
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 2:03 AM, Jim Bronson jim.bron...@gmail.com wrote:
I just started using a helmet mirror because my friend got ran over and
killed last Saturday on a popular cycling route. I can
What nice looking custom...dig the rear brake cable running under the TT
and the brake bridge and the star bosses and the window on the dropout stay
thingy, and the color, and how fast the bike looks.
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