texaspandj

The walking thread. Still...
150 miles in 10 hours and change. Done in 1986 on a panasonic dx-3000. It was a ride to celebrate the Texas sesquicentennial.

novaboy

Last week I did 180km, then the next day rode another 100km. Planning a 200km in a weeks time, and 400km later this summer.

bgraham111

250 miles in 20:52
255 miles in 24:30

Huh.... i must slow down alot at the end...

1nterceptor

Have volunteered as a marshal for a few 100 mile/160 km. charity rides.
NYC century, Escape NY, Tour de Cure, etc.



Have gone on 125 mile/200 km. rides with a few New York City bike clubs:

Northwestrider

135 miles , but that was many years ago. Last year my longest ride was just over 90 miles .

devianb

136 miles. Probably the most I will ever do again since I am getting older and really hate being on roads in the dark. I don't have the free time like I used to so I can't afford to be on a bike for 12 + hours a day.

Cyril 

461 kms
This years fleche

joewein

366 km (227 mi) during the first 24 hours of a 400 km brevet.

I've done this twice, the first year without sleep, the second year with about 15 minutes.

rhm

243 miles on the NJ Arrow last weekend, so that was from 10 AM Saturday to 10 AM Sunday. Then I rode home... so, total 269 miles in a bit under 27 hours.

elh21566

121 miles a couple weeks ago

Cabdad

145 miles for ODRAM (One Day Ride Across Michigan)

vwchad

206 miles for the Cascade Bicycle Club Seattle to Portland (STP). I've done the 1 day ride two years in a row, 2014 and 2015.

lonesomesteve

I posted on this thread way back in '09 but I guess I can post again since I've bettered my 24 hr record since then.

Last summer I rode a 600k brevet in 23:45. It was actually a bit over 600 km, so let's call it 375 miles. It was a beautiful moderately hilly route with about 16,000 ft of ascending.

There's no way I could have done this by myself. For the first half I was riding with a strong group of 6 or 7 riders. We lost some riders at about the 300 km point and then one more at the overnight control about 400 km. Three of us pressed on from there and rode together for the last 200 km. It was definitely one of the hardest things I've done on a bicycle, but also one of the most fun.

Jan wrote a blog post about the ride here.

kingston 

R60 600k is impressive

unterhausen

nice, 600k in under 24 hr is one of my goals. I can stay up 24 hours no problem, riding that fast is the problem. My first year of randonneuring, I might have been able to get a lot closer than I can now. 32 hours with a lot of time wasted, specifically at the 400k control. I have a lot of work and weight loss to get there again

pinholecam

Wow! 600km in a day is something.


I'm new to long rides, longest in a day has been 259km on a Tyrell IVE mini velo.

clasher

I did ~409km in 22:17 on my 400K this year. I was slower on my 600K since I was going for a full value ride on that one, heh.

lonesomesteve

Riding fast helps, but I think it's the time spent not riding that matters most when trying to do a time on a long ride like a 600k. We kept all of our stops at controls to 5 - 10 minutes and only stopped when we had to for a control. That allowed us to ride a reasonable pace and even walk up a couple of the steeper hills to save energy.

The other key is working cooperatively with some strong riders who share your goal.

BigC_82

123.6 miles @ 8hrs 12 min

saint mucus

81 miles, yesterday but I've only been ridding for 2 1/2 weeks so that'll go up.

sloar 

164 miles in 9 hours. I did the first 100 in just a tad over 5 hours. That was a huge mistake.

Richard Cranium

Quote:

Riding fast helps, but I think it's the time spent not riding that matters most when trying to do a time on a long ride like a 600k.

I wish I would have kept definitive stats - but in June of 1986 I bicycled for at least 23:45 minutes out of a single 24hr period. The longest single stop being to pass solid waste around the 21 hour mark. Probably one of the most difficult urges in newbie ultra-riders is to ride a pace that is sustainable. But knowing one's limitations is something seldom learned through advice. Only ride experience hits home.....

An even bigger issue in brevet riding is the ability to find "route friendly" - meaning time-efficient - refueling stops that support truly comfortable recovery periods.

There's no use in stopping at all if you are not refueling or recovering efficiently.

c.miller64

429 miles in 24 hours at the 2013 Bessie's Creek 24 hour race.

Cykilist2

147.8. It was with a randonneuring buddy. In fact, most of my longer rides have been as Randonneur Permanents/brevets. Sore butt, afterward. My toughest was a 124.7, with almost 11K of climbing.
At these distances, you just have to pace yourself a little more. I know of ppl that have done 300K, 500K's. Maybe, they are members here :-)

Canuk1w1

240km, Toronto to Port Dalhousie and back. The return leg back to Toronto was solo. 180km was the longest I managed this past summer.