Oak: Rando rides are almost always non-supported, so you carry what you need from the get go. There are sometimes exceptions for drop bags on multi-day events (where the ride organizer agrees to carry a drop bag to a predesignated overnight control), but not always.


Quote Originally Posted by Pedal Wench View Post
I wouldn't try anything new on a long-distance ride, and for some reason, anything with "septic" sounds like it might be okay for boys and not-so-okay for girly parts. Dunno, though.
Lantiseptic is the best thing since sliced bread. :-) There's nothing "cooling" in Lantiseptic. It's a lot like Desitin, actually, but much thicker. It's tenacious, so it stays where you put it without constant re-applications.

I used it on the 1000K last June, and again on PBP in August. Love that stuff.

As for doing the fleche - I'd say that you should use your experience on your longest rides to date to decide how to handle the fleche. I assume you've done at least a 300K together on the tandem already. How did you feel? If your @ss was killing you on that, a change of shorts midway through might be in order, to move the pressure points around a bit. But if you got through a 300K relatively unscathed, you'll probably be fine on the fleche. Decide what will bug you more: not having fresh shorts, or lugging around a pair of shorts that you might not need.

OK, just re-read your post. This is a NEW tandem?? Personally, I wouldn't do a 24 hour event on a brand new anything, but that's me. Are you experienced tandem riders? One thing I find with tandeming is that my butt always hurts more than on my single, because we stand much less than I do on my single. And, it's not that I stand very much on the single either; it's more that on my single, I'm always subtly shifting my weight around, changing up my cadence, etc., whereas on the tandem, my position is more "rooted" and we pretty much pedal constantly. Less coasting and fewer cadence shifts, etc. The farthest Jeff and I ever rode on the tandem was 206 miles. In the last couple of hours, we made efforts to stand and pedal or stand and coast at very regular intervals. It helped.