Originally Posted by
tomato coupe
Any cyclist with minimal riding skills should be able to eke out a century on a flat tire.
I crashed, tore the tire and split the rim while touring in rural China in 2010 and rode 65 km (40 miles) with a towel stuffed inside the tire to get to the next city. Not quite a century in distance, but it took much longer than a typical century. So in my opinion one can reasonably consider it a century.
It was on a hooked rim. Thomas De Gendt and I are no fans of hookless.