Quote Originally Posted by shootingstar View Post
Jeepers, how many hrs. did take for them? You know, there are advantages of being young and naive. Impossible goals don't look impossible to some young'uns. They probably had some fun along the way without realizing the distance passing underneath their tires.
When Tom was 11 he was one of those little tiny boys. He had a 10 speed schwinn. He wasn't really that slow, in fact, he learned the advantages of drafting, and left his dad and brother behind by latching onto some bike team's paceline. This was on the Seattle to Portland Ride.
They did the first 35 miles friday, rode 90 on saturday, and did the last 80 odd miles on sunday. Kids are tough. they broke it up into 3 days because their father had had knee surgery 6 weeks before.
I'll post a photo if i can find the scan.