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I have a soft spot for these kind of "meaningless" challenges. Personally I'm now trying to figure out how to ride a 100K, but using the least amount of road to

I have a soft spot for these kind of "meaningless" challenges. Personally I'm now trying to figure out how to ride a 100K, but using the least amount of road to do it. So basically riding 3-4 hours in a roundabout is the best. Challenge is finding something with the appropriate radius. Too small and it's hard to keep up the speed. Another one I'm doing is using wandrer.earth to track the amount of unique roads I've traveled (so opposite of 100k challenge). Trying to cover every street in my city.

pythko 4y ago
Some college guys I know rode 200 miles around essentially a big roundabout (the loop length was probably less than 300 meters) at 20mph. When asked why they did it, they basically just shrugged and said they thought it would be a cool challenge. And I guess it was.
michaelt 4y ago
> Personally I'm now trying to figure out how to ride a 100K, but using the least amount of road to do it. Maybe you could join this guy: https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/cyclist-rides-100-miles-around-regents-park-inner-circle-at-4am https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/cyclist-rides-100-miles-a...
popotamonga 4y ago
Funny i have no problem doing a 100k, but i tried what you mentioned, i found a nice 1K loop but at 25km i couldn't handle it mentally anymore and never got do it it despite multiple tries.
- keiferski 4y ago
  I have a 1K loop near me and I had the same idea. The most I've done is about 20KM before the boredom became too much. I'm starting to think that dealing with the monotony may be the challenge itself.
  - matsemann 4y ago
    I did try with a ~145m loop here, but it was hard to keep up the speed. Turns so tight I couldn't do them much faster than ~27km/h, and then I would be stuck there all night. So did 100 laps out of ~700 before I caved in haha. Found another one here that's ~700m, but it's actually quite hilly and had bad luck with the wind being against me going up the hill, so caved in after 33 rounds. Will try this round again with a faster bike and better weather, though ideally I'd like a shorter and flatter one. But yeah, combating the boredom is somehow the alluring part for me. Just zone out and do it. I've biked 300km races and similar, so the distance isn't the problem.
    - Someone 4y ago
      > but it's actually quite hilly and had bad luck with the wind being against me going up the hill, so caved in after 33 rounds I don’t think it would be against the rules or spirit of this challenge if you changed direction whenever you wanted to.
etrautmann 4y ago
Have you heard of this race? https://3100.srichinmoyraces.org/ https://3100.srichinmoyraces.org/ Participants spend months every year racing around the same city block in queens, NY to see who can go 3100 miles first.
- wazoox 4y ago
  Is this the same Sri Chinmoy who was John McLaughlin Mahavishnu's guru?
  - etrautmann 4y ago
    no idea, I'm only familiar with the race

pythko 4y ago

Some college guys I know rode 200 miles around essentially a big roundabout (the loop length was probably less than 300 meters) at 20mph. When asked why they did it, they basically just shrugged and said they thought it would be a cool challenge. And I guess it was.

michaelt 4y ago

> Personally I'm now trying to figure out how to ride a 100K, but using the least amount of road to do it. Maybe you could join this guy: https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/cyclist-rides-100-miles-around-regents-park-inner-circle-at-4am https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/cyclist-rides-100-miles-a...

popotamonga 4y ago

Funny i have no problem doing a 100k, but i tried what you mentioned, i found a nice 1K loop but at 25km i couldn't handle it mentally anymore and never got do it it despite multiple tries.

keiferski 4y ago
I have a 1K loop near me and I had the same idea. The most I've done is about 20KM before the boredom became too much. I'm starting to think that dealing with the monotony may be the challenge itself.
- matsemann 4y ago
  I did try with a ~145m loop here, but it was hard to keep up the speed. Turns so tight I couldn't do them much faster than ~27km/h, and then I would be stuck there all night. So did 100 laps out of ~700 before I caved in haha. Found another one here that's ~700m, but it's actually quite hilly and had bad luck with the wind being against me going up the hill, so caved in after 33 rounds. Will try this round again with a faster bike and better weather, though ideally I'd like a shorter and flatter one. But yeah, combating the boredom is somehow the alluring part for me. Just zone out and do it. I've biked 300km races and similar, so the distance isn't the problem.
  - Someone 4y ago
    > but it's actually quite hilly and had bad luck with the wind being against me going up the hill, so caved in after 33 rounds I don’t think it would be against the rules or spirit of this challenge if you changed direction whenever you wanted to.

etrautmann 4y ago

Have you heard of this race? https://3100.srichinmoyraces.org/ https://3100.srichinmoyraces.org/ Participants spend months every year racing around the same city block in queens, NY to see who can go 3100 miles first.

wazoox 4y ago
Is this the same Sri Chinmoy who was John McLaughlin Mahavishnu's guru?
- etrautmann 4y ago
  no idea, I'm only familiar with the race