Originally Posted by
roundrocktom
Oh dear lord, my legs ache thinking of that one. Did you ride a Schwinn Ten Speed.?
My hat is off to you for undertaking that ride as your first event. Did you talk to your brother in law in the months after that? My buddy still remembers my car that killed the tires after all these years.
It was a Panasonic DX2000 with standard crank set and a 23 T climbing cog. In the years that followed, my bro-in-law and I did that Century a few more times. We also cycled in Puerto Rico for a week and cycled from Sebago Lake in ME to my house in CT. That was about 300 miles in 3 days. He died from cancer about 10 years ago. I'm still pushing on at age 73 and, although I stick to shorter distances, my times are improving.