Message #12095

[LivingProof]

The largest organized bike ride is RAGBRAI where about 12,000 cyclist ride across Iowa on the last full week of July each year. http://ragbrai.com/ Did in in '92, maybe, just maybe, would consider doing it again. Average miles per day is about 60.

Ragbrai = (Des Moins) Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa  Much more a social ride to meed the people. Many stops in towns along the way where the locals set up in town squares ( yes, they do exist ) to greet the riders and sell food and drink. Plenty of real drinking too at night. A funny story. In one town who hosted a party at the day's end, an elderly woman told me she had not seen this much fun, excitement and people since the end of WWII.

Last night I got to thinking...do I really want to subject my bod to a 100 mile ride. The last 30 is very tedious. At the end of many training rides, I play "what if" and ask if I could continue through 100 miles. Answer is always the same.... Hell No.