now this is a bike ride

[bikeman564™]

Two people I know, and a few others did this, out n back

 

[Parsnip Totin Jack ★]

I was once asked to join friends in a  double century. My response was, I’ve ridden many centuries but never have I finished one and said that was so much fun, let’s do it again. It’s just not my thing. 

[bikeman564™]

1 minute ago, Parsnip Totin Jack said:

I was once asked to join friends in a  double century. My response was, I’ve ridden many centuries but never have I finished one and said that was so much fun, let’s do it again. It’s just not my thing. 

My longest ride was one day ride across michigan, at 148 miles, w/ BCC. That day I could of done 200. I felt great.

[Zephyr]

Wow.

[shootingstar]

28 hrs...and long did they pause..?

[bikeman564™]

43 minutes ago, shootingstar said:

28 hrs...and long did they pause..?

Total was 41 hrs

[shootingstar]

14 minutes ago, bikeman564™ said:

Total was 40 hrs

They must have fallen in a deep long sleep after their shower and good food. 

[Thaddeus Kosciuszko]

I can see why it was an out and back.

If I ever did ride into Detroit, I'd want get out as fast and as far away as I could.  I think it explains the max speed of 41.4 mph too.

[BR46]

We have something the same. Sometimes I think about it but maybe 30 years ago 

 

[Wilbur ★]

11,312 feet elevation change?  How many overpasses is that?   

[Further]

24 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

11,312 feet elevation change?  How many overpasses is that?   

I thought it seemed high, it's Michigan not Colorado

[Ralphie ★]

5 hours ago, BR46 said:

We have something the same. Sometimes I think about it but maybe 30 years ago 

Don’t let the monkey get wind of that!

[Rattlecan ★]

6 hours ago, Wilbur said:

11,312 feet elevation change?  How many overpasses is that?   

That was my thought too. I have driven across there about a gazillion times and I don’t remember anything resembling a hill.

[BR46]

3 hours ago, Ralphie said:

Don’t let the monkey get wind of that!

I asked if she would be interested in doing the ride and she said no.

Now if I ask about riding to riding to Off The Rail coffee shop (40mi round trip) that would be a yes.

[bikeman564™]

55 minutes ago, Rattlecan said:

That was my thought too. I have driven across there about a gazillion times and I don’t remember anything resembling a hill.

Well your perspective driving is different than riding a bike. I'll say this. When I we did the ride across the state (one way) north of their route, our elevation was 2570 feet . If we would of rode back that would make it 5140 feet, over 300 miles. They were in a hillier area and rode 444 miles.

Here's their profile. Anything west of Ann Arbor is hilly. Maybe you should ride there   I've ridden a century there (big loop) w/ 2500 feet of climbing. Do that 4 times and you get 10,000. There's a ride up north that will get you 6000 feet over IIRC 125 miles.

I don't know the accuracy of the data, but even if it's w/in 10% they still climbed 10,000 feet easily.

[bikeman564™]

10 hours ago, BR46 said:

We have something the same. Sometimes I think about it but maybe 30 years ago 

I'd like to do that. Which is similar to our ODRAM I spoke of earlier. This ride  I posted of theirs is self supported, and not an organized event. Also RAIN  (ride across indiana) is another one on my list.