Comments on: 100 Miles of Nowhere: View-of-Seattle-Skyline Division

By: Martin Criminale

Martin Criminale — Wed, 12 May 2010 14:03:18 +0000

Nice Tom! Thanks for this write-up!

By: Tom W (Seattle)

Tom W (Seattle) — Wed, 12 May 2010 02:29:29 +0000

Here’s a better story of this ride:
http://www.criminale.com/blog/2010/05/11/100MilesOfNowhere2010.aspx

By: ChrisB

ChrisB — Tue, 11 May 2010 18:16:19 +0000

It was a full 100 miles, at Tempo wattage. Friction and Resistance Management became the underlying strategy in order to keep the RPM high and speed legal. We did have a tailwind if that counts as cheating, and Guy’s Sub Zero Zipp disc gave him a distinct advantage with the yaw angle at 12 degrees out of the NW. The wind changed heading and I had to ride directly into a block headwind, and stayed in a tuck for half the ride. At the end, we logged over 500 miles collectively and went through 15 packets of dzNuts, and half a bottle of Noxzema.

By: NoTrail

NoTrail — Tue, 11 May 2010 18:03:37 +0000

Maybe it was a collective distance in three hours. :) My kind of century!

By: TomW

TomW — Tue, 11 May 2010 18:00:52 +0000

@jever98: Two of the guys (including the disk wheel) had race numbers on their bikes.

By: alan

alan — Tue, 11 May 2010 17:56:36 +0000

Not only fast riders but good guys all!

By: TomW

TomW — Tue, 11 May 2010 17:53:07 +0000

No, we did a full 100 miles, 100.02 was where my computer stopped. It was just about managing the resistance – big rollers = low resistance, and we all had 53×11 gears on our bikes. Most of the ride I was doing around 37mph. Cheating? You be the judge. We did adhere to the “nowhere” part of the theme exactly.
@NYCCarlos: Yes, the rollers up there rumble a bit. They’re (mostly) quiet, but not when you get several sets rolling at that speed.

By: Quentin

Quentin — Tue, 11 May 2010 17:16:07 +0000

“Under 3 hours??! Did you do a metric century??”
I was thinking the same thing.

By: Rose

Rose — Tue, 11 May 2010 16:31:26 +0000

Wow – incredible weather and view. You can even see Mt. Rainier. What a day and what a great cause! Way to go!

By: briebecca

briebecca — Tue, 11 May 2010 16:30:50 +0000

Under 3 hours??! Did you do a metric century??