Definition of a century ride?

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Cyclist33

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Warrington
[QUOTE 1981412, member: 9609"]A true century is going between A & B where A is 100 miles as the crow flies from B

My biggest ride was 63.1miles, although I am sure most people would have added up all the twists and turns and come up with 94.6miles[/quote]

Drat - in that case both my centuries, and in fact all but four of all the rides I've ever done, have in fact been rides of 0.0 miles, as they began and ended at my house!

Stu
 
Drat - in that case both my centuries, and in fact all but four of all the rides I've ever done, have in fact been rides of 0.0 miles, as they began and ended at my house!

Stu

exactly - and given that all my training rides and races start and finish at the same point, I have now reduced my mileage total for the last few years down to zero.....
 
[QUOTE 1981486, member: 9609"] Bikes are for going beyond the horizon under your own power.[/quote]

but not coming back again..?
 

Thomk

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[QUOTE 1981412, member: 9609"]A true century is going between A & B where A is 100 miles as the crow flies from B

My biggest ride was 63.1miles, although I am sure most people would have added up all the twists and turns and come up with 94.6miles[/quote]

I calculate that the crow would need to take off from A and then land at B in order to go from A - B. Does that mean it's 100 miles from A to B following the take off trajectory and landing trajectory meaning that the straight line (still in a in a non-Euclidean sense because of the curve of the Earth) distance is slightly less than 100 miles? Or do you mean 100 miles once the crow is up to cruising altitude therefore making the A - B distance slightly MORE than 100 miles? In any case I've never managed to defeat gravity sufficiently while clipped in to my bike in order to attempt the 100 mile/crow fly challenge.
 
[QUOTE 1981661, member: 9609"]Total distance covered on a bike can only be calculated on roads cycled for the first time. IE if you have been on that road before, then it simply does not count.
Since taking up cycling 4 years ago I have only covered 2764miles SEE LINK, the 9238 miles shown on the cycle computer clearly indicate 6474 miles of repeating myself and not proper cycling :sad:[/quote]

You seem to know a lot for someone who's only been riding 4 years. Does my 20 years worth count for nothing when I tell you that you are quite simply talking a load of bollox..??
 

Cyclist33

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[QUOTE 1981644, member: 9609"]If the crow flies at 50' above the ground, it would only be 15 inches further over a 100 miles than if it flew at ground level (assuming perfectly round globe with radius of 4000 miles)[/quote]

Still, it would have clocked a 100-miles-and-15-inches "ride" - whereas I with my out-there-and-back-again behaviour would only have covered 0.0 miles (still).
 

jayonabike

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[QUOTE 1981661, member: 9609"]Total distance covered on a bike can only be calculated on roads cycled for the first time. IE if you have been on that road before, then it simply does not count.
Since taking up cycling 4 years ago I have only covered 2764miles SEE LINK, the 9238 miles shown on the cycle computer clearly indicate 6474 miles of repeating myself and not proper cycling :sad:[/quote]

This is the best example of someone talking out of their arse that I've seen on this forum in a long while (and that's saying something after reading some of black'n'yellow's posts :laugh:)
 
So if LEL at 1400km is classed as one ride (of 0 miles in Reivers case :rolleyes:) even though it as kip and shower breaks, does that mean my tour classes as a 1000 mile ride as there where 21 days of continuous riding in there and indeed anyone doing rtw gets a 4000 mile + ride?
 
Actually, I'm coming round to the idea. Using Reiver's formula, Liege-Bastogne-Liege would be a piece of pi55, as it doesn't cover any distance at all....
 

slowmotion

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[QUOTE 1982177, member: 9609"]Only if you done it in the same day[/quote]
If you start cycling at 8pm and ride through the night for 12 hours, I would count that as one ride, unless you stopped for a two minute shower along the way. Stopping at Hyde Park Corner just before midnight would clearly make it two rides.
Obviously.
 
If you start cycling at 8pm and ride through the night for 12 hours, I would count that as one ride, unless you stopped for a two minute shower along the way. Stopping at Hyde Park Corner just before midnight would clearly make it two rides.
Obviously.
what about if you stopped overnight on the Greenwich meridian..?
 
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