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View Poll Results: have you ever ridden a century (100 imperial miles)?

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  • Yes!

    61 49.19%

  • No, but I plan to

    60 48.39%

  • No, and i have no desire to ride that far!

    2 1.61%

  • century? what on earth is a century?????

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  1. 08-21-2006, 09:09 AM #76
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    Quote Originally Posted by caligurl
    shhhhhhhhhhhh

    uhm.... well.... tiffanie was SUPPOSED to go to cool breeze with brandy... BUT.... she also had the chance to go see tim mcgraw's GORGEOUS tushie in concert..... so.... yep.... tiffanie DITCHED brandy!

    brandy held the grudge against her for a while... but fortunately brandy found some new playmates and has forgiven tiff... but i believe it cost tiff... i just forget what???????????

    i just don't want the old feelings brought up... ya know.... keep their friendship in tact... why do MEN always come between women friends?????
    LOL!!! Ok, you summed it up pretty nicely.
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    And you discover that the person you thought you were is no match for the one you really are.
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  2. 08-21-2006, 09:11 AM #77
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tiffanie
    LOL!!! Ok, you summed it up pretty nicely.
    well... the way she was tapping her foot.... i couldn't leave her hanging! lol!
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  3. 08-21-2006, 09:14 AM #78
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    ah yes you both are so good to me in the story department. i wasn't left waiting. thank you thank you.

    besides, i would've liked to look at tim's backside to, so i hope you enjoyed it for me.
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  4. 08-21-2006, 09:18 AM #79
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    Quote Originally Posted by chickwhorips
    ah yes you both are so good to me in the story department. i wasn't left waiting. thank you thank you.

    besides, i would've liked to look at tim's backside to, so i hope you enjoyed it for me.
    Backside, frontside, upside, downside... It was all good. Oh, his singing wasn't too bad either!
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    And you discover that the person you thought you were is no match for the one you really are.
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  5. 08-21-2006, 09:25 AM #80
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    Well, it's more 'aspire' to than plan to. Did 20 miles on Saturday which is my longest ride yet - took 2 hours.

    That means it will be next summer before there is enough daylight to let me do a century...although I'll probably get slower towards the end...so better aim for midsummer day when there's the maximum daylight....
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  6. 08-21-2006, 09:41 AM #81
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    Plus there's not a hundred miles of flat road here so I'll have to go to Holland.....
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  7. 08-21-2006, 09:50 AM #82
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bruno28
    Plus there's not a hundred miles of flat road here so I'll have to go to Holland.....
    I was wondering about that. How far can you bike in Scotland? Top to bottom? Side to side? Up and down one road on the Isle of Skye? I still dream of coming to visit my ancestral homelands of Scotland, Sweden, and Denmark. My aunt did a bike trip in Denmark a few years ago, and had a great time. She brought me back a lovely polished volcanic rock from an island park in Denmark called "Liselund"--literally, Lise Land!

    I'm planning my 1st imperial century in 3 weeks. I did a metric last summer. I just did an International distance triathlon yesterday, and feel really worn out. But I'm going to get in as many long rides as possible in the next few weeks, and hope to be good to go for 100 miles.
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  8. 08-21-2006, 10:06 AM #83
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lise
    . How far can you bike in Scotland? Top to bottom? Side to side? Up and down one road on the Isle of Skye?
    Scotland is about 320 miles long. Where I live, in what's called the 'central belt', its about 50 miles coast to coast. This is the narrowest bit of the uk, and the flatest bit of Scotland.
    I'll have to get back to you about Skye - but it's not that big. I've been there - it's very beautiful.

    Y'all should come to Scotland, you'd love it. Just send me your details so I can claim my commission from the Scottish tourist board!
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  9. 08-21-2006, 10:22 AM #84
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    Now you made me want to count them up...

    2001 - 3 centuries (Tahoe, Lighthouse, Tucson)
    2002 - 3 centuries (Tahoe, Grizzly Peak, Tucson) plus 100 miles of the Death Ride. A couple of self supported training rides over 100 miles.
    2003 - 2 centuries (Tahoe, Tucson).
    2004 - 2 centuries (Tahoe, Tucson).
    2005 - 3 centuries (Tahoe, Solvang, Holstein 100) , 3 double centuries (Davis, Tam, K-ville), 2 double metrics (Hamilton Challenge, WCC), Death Ride and 3 - 4 self supported rides 100 miles and over
    2006 - 3 doubles (Solvang, Davis, ESDC), 1 double metric (WCC), 1 600k and NO centuries! Three self supported rides 100 - 125 miles.
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  10. 08-21-2006, 10:33 AM #85
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    If I had to guess, I'd say I've done 20, 100+ mile rides.

    My longest to date was RAIN (ride across indiana) last year, which was 159 miles in a day. I tried to do a 300K brevet this year, but a combination of weather, lack of training, and mechanical issues made me bail at mile 108. My longest this year was the 200K brevet in april, which was 125 miles of pure bliss
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  11. 08-24-2006, 02:23 PM #86
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nanci
    BTW, I expect to see you at TOSRV next spring!!
    Lookin' forward to it! (But not that horrible hundred thing--that's just scary. )
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