the flier says: "why do we ride 100 miles in january? because we can." DH and i rode the 100 mile Casa Grande Century. it was a little nippy at first, but at the halfway we shed all our outergarments, but then faced headwinds for the whole return. DH flatted once, luckily i was able to boot his tire and put in a new tube and still go on. then it blew out again (tire was trashed!) and he got sagged the last 25 miles, i rode in alone. felt good to get the first century in!!
bad news:
just a few miles into the ride, one of our riders got hit by a car which then sped off. the details are real sketchy, but he was in a small group in the bike lane on the highway which has very light traffic, somehow veered into traffic (maybe hitting the rumble strips in the bike lane), got hit by a car, the car didnt stop and we have only bits of info on the vehicle from another driver who saw and followed the car. the word in the at the sag stops was that he didnt survive. i'm trying to find out the details.
makes ya think, huh?