When you first started riding could you do 330 miles in 48 hours after 30 days training?

[aj101]

Cos this bloke is going to try it

Dan Bilzerian $600k challenge Los Angeles Las Vegas

and if he fails he has to shell out $600,000 on a wager.

He's 35, had two heart attacks, does weight lifting (a good start) and has now got Lance Armstrong offering advice.

So, in your first month of cycling, could you safely knock out 165 miles for two days on the trot or have you just remembered how much your saddle area used to hurt!?

(For info I couldn't, I rode from London to Eastbourne after a few months and slept for 13 hours straight when I got there. The thought of doing another 260 miles after that didn't bare thinking about.)

 

[gavroche]

If Armstrong is helping him, he will use EPO so he should do it.

 

[palinurus]

I haven't ever ridden that far, plenty of Audaxers do though. I mostly don't like to challenge myself much, just like riding- although sometimes I happen to like riding a fairly long way (and I do this on the back of relatively short rides, although of course I have some experience of longer rides even if I might not have done any for a while)

I guess he'll have good advice on bike setup because those are going to be long days.

Presumably he has plenty of time to train (and rest), the training program looks sensible. I'll wager he does it.

 

[Racing roadkill]

Unless you are morbidly obese, or have a medical condition, it's no problem.

 

[ColinJ]

Every such attempt that I made was a complete success!

 

[iandg]

When I first started cycling I did a 100 mile ride within a month - I was 12 years old at the time

edit: when I got my first 'racer' and joined a club - I started cycling a long time before then and had done 20-30 mile rides on my mums Raleigh Shopper

 

[Lonestar]

When I first started cycling I did a 100 mile ride within a month - I was 12 years old at the time

I was 13 when I passed my cycling proficiency in Feb 1977....

 

[jefmcg]

I've driven it - in a Mustang, natch, - and I couldn't do it ever. It includes death Valley, and I would succumb to heat exhaustion

 

[Jefferson Meriwether]

I reckon I could've done it if I'd had a strong enough desire to do it.

At least, I like to think I could've done it.

 

[iandg]

I was 13 when I passed my cycling proficiency in Feb 1977....

I did my cycling proficiency at primary school so I'd have been about 11(?).Wish I'd still got the badge, that would look cool on my Carradice

 

[slowmotion]

If there was $600,000 riding on it, yes. Otherwise, no.

 

[Lonestar]

I did my cycling proficiency at primary school so I'd have been about 11(?).Wish I'd still got the badge, that would look cool on my Carradice

Certificate,you could probably find a badge on ebay sometime.I've got a copy of my certificate on a hard drive somewhere.

 

[slowmotion]

I seem to have failed spectacularly in my quest to become a proficient cyclist.

 

[DRHysted]

No!

When I restarted in 2010, I spent 30 minutes lying down in the back of the car after a 12 mile ride.

 

[pawl]

Cos this bloke is going to try it

Dan Bilzerian $600k challenge Los Angeles Las Vegas

and if he fails he has to shell out $600,000 on a wager.

He's 35, had two heart attacks, does weight lifting (a good start) and has now got Lance Armstrong offering advice.

So, in your first month of cycling, could you safely knock out 165 miles for two days on the trot or have you just remembered how much your saddle area used to hurt!?

(For info I couldn't, I rode from London to Eastbourne after a few months and slept for 13 hours straight when I got there. The thought of doing another 260 miles after that didn't bare thinking about.)

Yes no probs. Must get these delusional thoughts treated.