re: tOfficial Cycling Thread

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Hopefully you aren't doing your first century at the Big Dam event.

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Certainly am.

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The last 20 miles of even a flat century can be really tough similar to the last 6 miles of a marathon.

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I know what you mean by this and certainly expect this to happen, but I never experienced a Marathon bonk and my first Full my last 10K was actually my quickest. Of course I trained religiously for 18 weeks before hand and it was pancake flat.

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As for training for hills you really need to train on them, its tough to simulate those things. And try and find a group ride on the weekends that do long rides of 70+ miles. It helps to be with others on those long rides and you can learn how to ride in a pack. When you do your century, try to find a pack going your speed and sit in there and draft to save energy.

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That's the plan, we have a crew of about 5-6 of us going and are planning to ride together. Only thing is we've never rode together before and I don't think any of us have ever did any pack riding. We are trying to get together and practice before hand.

I'm fully expecting it to be a shitshow, just trying to do what I can to get as much training and prep in as I can on my end.

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Carbon wheels are rigid and uncomfortable to ride IMO so I would not go out and spend a lot of money on that. Better to spend some money and get your positioning on the bike setup by a shop who offers that service.

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Thanks, on my list. I see there is a guy in N.O. at Bayou Bicycles that is pretty reputable. Will be scheduling a fit with him.