How often do you do a century bike ride?

[Dogtrousers]

Serious question - on these state of the art training machines, do they accurately simulate forces and road traction so that you have to lean round bends and can slide out? If so, can you "feel" reaching the limit? .

No, not now but maybe that will come with time. At the moment they focus on making the pedals harder (or easier) to turn. That's realistic.

The question of whether turbo training, is a "real bike ride" or not is something that we've argued endlessly on here and it would be a shame if this interesting thread about centuries got hijacked into that as some people have very strong views.

So I'm going to stop hijacking it.

 

[Fiona R]

Every month if possible, once I start making excuses and skipping I lose my fitness so quickly it's hell starting over so I make more excuses, weight goes up, pain increases. It's not a heroic thing, it works for me. I like my cycling to be interesting too, challenging, scenic, new routes, new places, different cakes. Not knocking out the same one every time. Everyone is an individual and should do what works for them, don't be intimidated by others. ride the same route that works for me, do it on a turbo, don't ride centuries if you don't want to. I started cycling less than 10 years ago in my late 40s.

 

[Falsesummat]

Just a thought. I may fit an old cateye computer ( not gps) to my bike and see how far i can travel on a set of rollers. An imperial or metric century would be a challenge

 

[vickster]

Just a thought. I may fit an old cateye computer ( not gps) to my bike and see how far i can travel on a set of rollers. An imperial or metric century would be a challenge

Don't forget to open the door to the house so that you can get out onto the rollers onto the roads to complete the distance

 

[rivers]

I normally due 4-5 century or longer rides/year. None thisbyesr though due to my wife and i welcoming a small human into our lives just before Christmas. Hoping to get back to regularly scheduled programming this year

 

[Fredo76]

A few every decade, provided the decade is my second...

 

[honeybadger]

I’m a stereotypical mile muncher that just loves to do long, hard rides. Be that on my roadbike or racing aboard my TT bike. Been recording my rides for about 10 years or so and in that time I’ve amassed 220, 100mile plus rides. (Including 6 200 plus road rides, 4 260 + 12hr TT and another 12hr TT that I did 310)
Guess I’m just blessed with a good endurance engine.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I’m a stereotypical mile muncher that just loves to do long, hard rides. Be that on my roadbike or racing aboard my TT bike. Been recording my rides for about 10 years or so and in that time I’ve amassed 220, 100mile plus rides. (Including 6 200 plus and one 12hr TT that I did 300)
Guess I’m just blessed with a good endurance engine.

Which means that you go somewhere between twice and three times as fast as me!

 

[Panscrank]

Never.
Furthest I've ever done is 55 miles a few years back on my hybrid.
Did 40 miles a couple of weeks ago and nearly had a Connery!
(54, 18 stone, riding a Cannondale Dutch heavy hybrid)

 

[harlechjoe]

Roughly once a year. My last ton was last week and my first one well over a decade ago; after the 1st I thought my return home would be a heros welcome but was sent to the supermarket to do the weekly shop

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Hopefully doing one tomorrow.

 

[iandg]

Monthly in the summer (did 9 in 7 months 2021) - unfortunately health conditions stopped me from doing the same this year and next year is unlikely to.