sax

Is a century considered 100 miles or 100KM?

jamlo21

guess it depends on what country you're in, but in the US its 100 miles unless otherwise stated. There are rides that are described as metric centuries which are 100KM.

mattm

yup, 100 miles

airosen

The convention I've learned is: century = 100 miles, metric century = 100 km..but there's often some ambiguity outside of the U.S.

Pedaleur

Yes.

Psimet2001 

I think we had a thread on this once.....or twice, but in the US a century is 100 miles.

For clarification one could easily say "Imperial Century" or "Metric Century"

I commonly say "Century" for 100 miles and "Metric" for 100k.

The rest of you....take your "system of units" arguements over there:
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We'll come over and join you in a little bit....seriously .....we willl......

LanceFanBoy

Either way, they are lots of fun!

johnny99

Real century = 100 miles
Metric century = 100 km

Richard_Rides

An American Century is 161 Kilometers.

Machka 

Metric century = 100 kms
[Imperial] Century = 100 miles
Double Metric = 200 kms
Double Century = 200 miles
Triple Metric = 300 kms
Triple Century = 300 miles

etc.