Let's do something stupid together.

[Andy sti]

Originally Posted by Upcountry

I got it done! The weather actually looks great/better all week, but knowing how life can get in the way of the best laid plans, I just went for it today despite a chilly 29 degrees at the start. It didn't warm up much, but was made bearable by the fact that I'm climbing for ~40 minutes and only face about 10 minutes of cold descending.

Added a few bonus miles to hit the 10k' mark at mile 52.5.
Elapsed time was 4h58m which encompassed the bike swaps, a shoe change and a bit of layering up and down every lap. Moving time was 4h31m.
Essentially all liquid nutrition with the exception of one caffeinated gel at the 3 hour mark. One bottle per lap/hour with ~90g of carbs.

It was a good proof of concept for an Everest attempt I'd like to knock out next year on this same road. It feels do-able, but would require an additional 11 laps and definitely an extra bail out gear or two. For my order I went SS 29er, Ti 27.5, 3T Strada, Hakka, then TCR. Kind of a "hardest" to easiest in terms of weight, gearing, and rolling resistance. The hardest part was honestly when I hopped on the 3T with 36cm wide bars after 2 hours on 760mm wide bars... It felt really odd.

Nice ride and super rad idea!

[Steve in SLO]

Originally Posted by Clean39T

That is awesome!! Congrats!

Raining like crazy here so I'm putting mine off a bit still.......

Doing it in the rain would make it even stupider…your chance for stupid glory.

[osbk67]

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This thread had been percolating in my subconscious for a while. Back in the day I would ride to and from races whenever they were within 25-30km of home.

After several DNSs this season due to work and weather I finally got my act together this morning and rode 41km to the start of the local Masters CC handicap road race of 47km. Needless to say, I was dropped early, the price of too little racing in recent months. Faced with a 60km ride home including a detour for my customary Tank Juice post-race, I realised in a convergence of opportunity and atonement another 50km on top of that would make 200km for the day. Not especially stupid by the standards around here, but not something I had achieved for a while.

Anyway, in spite of two Tanks, the 27 degrees Celsius heat and my inability to add 41, 47 and 105km after eight hours' riding meant I ended up with 197km for the day. I'll take that as 98.5% of target and leaving 200 on the table for the few months before the days shorten again...

All up just over 197km with 1450 vertical metres in a little over eight hours.

[Johnnysmooth]

Originally Posted by Hilltopwalters

Oh, I like this. My stupid idea has always been a 24hrs of NYC street riding.


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I was thinking same thing, but in Boston where the drivers are completely irrational and unpredictable.

[Flying Pigeon]

This one I call the Cali 1200:
On 7 consecutive days for a total of 1193mi 98.9k’ -
Markleeville Death Ride 129mi 16k’
Davis Dbl 200mi 8.4k’
Devil Mtn Dbl 206mi 18.9k’
Mt Tam Dbl 195mi 16.1k’
Nifty 1050 50mi 10k’
Central Coast Dbl l 211mi 14k’
Heartbreak Dbl 202mi 15.5k’


And the Colorado counterpart, the Quadruple Dbl at 927mi 73k’:
M Grand Loop + Evans 258mi 25.2k’
W CO Death Ride 224mi 17k’
F CO Classic 243mi 17.2k’
Sun CO Mesa Dbl 202mi 13.5k’

[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by Flying Pigeon

This one I call the Cali 1200:
On 7 consecutive days for a total of 1193mi 98.9k’ -
Markleeville Death Ride 129mi 16k’
Davis Dbl 200mi 8.4k’
Devil Mtn Dbl 206mi 18.9k’
Mt Tam Dbl 195mi 16.1k’
Nifty 1050 50mi 10k’
Central Coast Dbl l 211mi 14k’
Heartbreak Dbl 202mi 15.5k’


And the Colorado counterpart, the Quadruple Dbl at 927mi 73k’:
M Grand Loop + Evans 258mi 25.2k’
W CO Death Ride 224mi 17k’
F CO Classic 243mi 17.2k’
Sun CO Mesa Dbl 202mi 13.5k’

That all sounds fully insane.

I still haven't done the initial one I mapped out - waiting to have the right bike/weather - maybe that is not in keeping the spirit but so it goes.. soon, I think.

[AngryScientist]

That's one good looking Ritchey!

[Bud]

Originally Posted by 72gmc

Once I heard of Rickey Gates’ Run Every Street project, I’ve had that in mind for a series of rides. Even though I know there would be streets in my city that are not worth riding.

I did the Run Every Street thing during the first COVID lockdowns while on sabbatical in Australia. It was pretty fun to try and fill the city map on Strava. I have also thought about doing the same thing here at home on the bike. That would be stupid.

[Ti Designs]

I have no sequential memory and thus no sense of direction or ability to navigate. Just leaving my house on my bike is stupid. Just to give you an idea of how bad it is, in 2018 the Boston Police escorted 6 cyclists off the Mass Pike, I was 4 of them. I also had a commute from East Boston to Belmont for a year. East Boston is across the harbor from Boston (it's mostly an airport), it's connected tunnels and the Tobin bridge (I've ridden both), or you can take the tour de ugly. I've convinced a few people to take the tour de ugly with me (it's on the way to a lovely sewage treatment plant), but they all refuse to do it a second time. I also have no sense of danger. Other people think that riding in Boston is dangerous, I don't notice that any more...

I keep looking at BBDave's thread about being a tour guide and thinking that I have a unique way of seeing the world (it's called lost).