I'd very much like to hear about your experience, Smitty. I too am thinking of increasing my distances -- God forbid, but maybe I will even get around this year to entering the Santa Fe Century that I've been meaning but never quite getting around to ride for the last 20+ years. The longest ride I've done in the last 12 months was about 35 miles, tho' this was on a fixed gear; the longest I've done since high school (some 40 years ago) is an organized 50 miler, back in 2004, also on the fixie.
Anyway, I'd like to hear how another distance-neophyte finds his first 60 mile ride: what was uncomfortable, what helped you through, what you would change, what you will keep. As for tires, I can heartily recommend the Kojaks: have the roughly 35s in both the 700C and 559 sizes and, while I've not ridden Grand Bois tires, I have to say that, as lovely as the Kojaks are, I don't, personally, have much motivation to explore other options. (I'd be happy to be corrected here, btw.) On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 10:09 AM, Smitty-A-Go-Go <54ca...@gmail.com> 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 > > 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/-/VpwFq-Yv62QJ. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
