Most miles in a day?

Somehow I ended up riding 75 miles yesterday -- a new personal best.  I think I could have kept going, but it was dark and I was out of snacks.  I'm now convinced I can pull off a century, especially if it were organized so I'm not carrying locks, food, tools around like normal.  As a frame of reference, I thought I was going to die after a 20 mile ride this Spring.  

How far have others pushed themselves?  

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Permalink Reply by Rick norris on August 23, 2010 at 5:32am
Hey joel,

keep up the work, yes, you can do a century... once I started hitting 50 miles, 100 was not so hard.

This year I've had issues and about my best is 70 miles, not so much the issue of conditioning but more just time... Last year I started ridding what I call serious, and early in the year 20 miles was a big deal, by the end I did several century.
Permalink Reply by Ruby Red on August 23, 2010 at 5:40am
It's all about perspective. I started a bike trip last summer, fully loaded with food, camping gear etc. We did 26 miles on our first day and I wanted to die. My boyfriend asked if I wanted to stop or keep going that day and I said, "Naw bitch, are you crazy! We're stopping right here." By the 21st day of our trip, we hit the last campground before San Francisco and I said, "whaddya think? You wanna sleep in that tent one more night?" and he said, "How far is it to San Fran?" "30 miles." "Fuck it! Let's go!" So we rode in San Francisco that night and ate home cooked steak at my best friend's house after a 72 mile day.

Gonna do the perimeter ride next weekend? I'm thinking about it.
Permalink Reply by Leah on August 23, 2010 at 5:45am
My personal high was 109 miles, on day two of AIDS Lifecycle.
Permalink Reply by millenial removing Bernie tattoo on August 23, 2010 at 6:56am
125 miles, weaksauce
Permalink Reply by yaj 7.4 on August 23, 2010 at 7:14am
My most miles = 113 when my friend and I got lost during a century.
Most hours in the saddle = about 75 miles in the mountains in Utah.
Permalink Reply by Michael A on August 23, 2010 at 7:30am
I did my first century last yr ( the evanston/ccc pampered century ) almost a year to the day. The longest I had ridden was 35 miles, and did not even have 100 miles in for the season. I had also not ridden a bike for more then 10 miles in over 20 yrs. In the last year I have over 7000 miles in, including at least 10 organized centuries and 2-3 x that is just long rides..... If a 45 yr old 245 lb man can do it, almost anyone can. The longest I can remember was a 160 mile day. My group did a 200 miler but I was racing that day.
Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on August 23, 2010 at 7:31am
400K = 250 miles. It's a better thing to have done than to be doing.
Permalink Reply by JeffB on August 23, 2010 at 7:33am
My first century was by accident really. I got an early start and was checking out the various north shore trails and was at about 35 miles before getting on the Des Plaines River Trail. I checked my map and realized I'd be just over 50 miles if I went all the way to the WI border. I did the math and realized I could make it 100 miles round trip before it got too late. I got home and was at 98 miles, so I cruised around the neighborhood until I hit 100.

My next one was the North Shore Century, and I did my personal best of 125 miles. I rode to and from, plus I added a few extra miles when I blew a spoke a few miles into it and went back to the start to see if any of the tune-up guys could help. They couldn't, so I did ~110 on a wobbly back wheel.

I was surprised to find that I was most sore in my shoulders afterwards. My legs were just fine. They get stretched more.
Permalink Reply by Dr. Doom on August 23, 2010 at 7:37am
125. If you can do 75 you can do 100 no problem at all, especially around here. Eat before you're hungry and drink before you're thirsty, as they say.
Permalink Reply by Mark Kenseth on August 23, 2010 at 9:21am
my most is 62+, which is a metric century i believe (100 km), for the boulevard bike tour a couple years ago. i was beat for about 30 minutes as i ate lunch, but then rode home. i was ready to go the next day and have been dreaming of 100+ ever since. my goal is to ride to madison and see how far i can get in one day. but first i have to fix my shifter and get knew handle bars. i'm tired of the striaghty bars.
Permalink Reply by Ricardo Cervantes on August 23, 2010 at 9:38am
My personal best was 102 last summer. My problem tends to be my hands and shoulders. The legs do fine...aside from occasional cramping.
Permalink Reply by Mike Bullis 5.5-6.5 miles on August 23, 2010 at 10:00am
Kevin Conway said:
400K = 250 miles. It's a better thing to have done than to be doing.

Well put and congratulations.

I did a lot, and I mean a lot, of ultramarthon cycling in the mid eighties, early ninties. Double Trouble, Race Across Wisconsin, WisIll 24 hr TT series, countless brevets, and PBP. My best day was 302 miles in 22hrs.
Now, 25 years later, 30 miles is a big day for me and about all the time I care to spend in the saddle. That said, because of all that distance training, I could hop on my old brevet bike tomorrow and do a century. I'd have a sore ass, sore quads, sore neck, and wouldn't break any speed records but I could do it without any extra training.

And so can you guys. Just ride. Drink before you are thirsty and eat before you are hungry. And make double sure your bike fits.

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