Century km or mile?

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    100 miles is a century and 100k is 100k

    Riding 100 miles is a bot of a milestone (see, another clue) whereas riding 63 miles............not so much.
  • markhewitt1978
    markhewitt1978 Posts: 7,614
    rickeverett wrote:
    Did a metric century yesterday which is about 63miles*?. The extra 40 miles for a ye-old-century is quite a difference imo.

    40 miles is a decent length ride in it's own right, so doing that straight after a 60 mile ride is a challenge indeed!
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Saying the words 'metric century' sounds really sad to me.
    Typing it seriously is bad enough, but never say out loud as it just makes you sound like a tw4t IMO.

    I am doing a metric century on Sunday morning, then another 40 miles in the evening to make it into a real one for the day ;-)
  • paultheparaglider
    paultheparaglider Posts: 123
    You're all wrong. A century is a measure of time, not distance. Now,, if you were arguing over a centum miles or kilometres...
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    paultheparaglider wrote:
    You're all wrong. A century is a measure of time, not distance. Now,, if you were arguing over a centum miles or kilometres...

    Time?
    Smidge over 5 hours here :P
  • drlodge
    drlodge Posts: 4,826
    Did a half metric century last night, only took me 2 hours :roll:
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  • ai_1
    ai_1 Posts: 3,060
    paultheparaglider wrote:
    You're all wrong. A century is a measure of time, not distance. Now,, if you were arguing over a centum miles or kilometres...
    Could also be talking about 100 soldiers :wink:
  • markhewitt1978
    markhewitt1978 Posts: 7,614
    200 to 1,000 soldiers apparently!
  • wavefront
    wavefront Posts: 397
    Carbonator wrote:
    Saying the words 'metric century' sounds really sad to me.
    Typing it seriously is bad enough, but never say out loud as it just makes you sound like a tw4t IMO.

    I am doing a metric century on Sunday morning, then another 40 miles in the evening to make it into a real one for the day ;-)

    Nope, that's two different rides, doesn't count :wink:
  • damocles10
    damocles10 Posts: 340
    miles...km's is cheating :D
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    wavefront wrote:
    Carbonator wrote:
    Saying the words 'metric century' sounds really sad to me.
    Typing it seriously is bad enough, but never say out loud as it just makes you sound like a tw4t IMO.

    I am doing a metric century on Sunday morning, then another 40 miles in the evening to make it into a real one for the day ;-)

    Nope, that's two different rides, doesn't count :wink:

    Drat :( What, not even if I keep my lycra and shoes on all day and only eat gels and energy bars?

    You will be saying that quoting 'ride time' instead of start/finish time is not allowed next :lol:
  • StillGoing
    StillGoing Posts: 5,211
    Carbonator wrote:
    wavefront wrote:
    Carbonator wrote:
    Saying the words 'metric century' sounds really sad to me.
    Typing it seriously is bad enough, but never say out loud as it just makes you sound like a tw4t IMO.

    I am doing a metric century on Sunday morning, then another 40 miles in the evening to make it into a real one for the day ;-)

    Nope, that's two different rides, doesn't count :wink:

    Drat :( What, not even if I keep my lycra and shoes on all day and only eat gels and energy bars?

    You will be saying that quoting 'ride time' instead of start/finish time is not allowed next :lol:

    It'd still be short of a century anyway. A 100 miles is just over 162kms so you'd still be 22ish kms short.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    philthy3 wrote:
    Carbonator wrote:
    wavefront wrote:
    Carbonator wrote:
    Saying the words 'metric century' sounds really sad to me.
    Typing it seriously is bad enough, but never say out loud as it just makes you sound like a tw4t IMO.

    I am doing a metric century on Sunday morning, then another 40 miles in the evening to make it into a real one for the day ;-)

    Nope, that's two different rides, doesn't count :wink:

    Drat :( What, not even if I keep my lycra and shoes on all day and only eat gels and energy bars?

    You will be saying that quoting 'ride time' instead of start/finish time is not allowed next :lol:

    It'd still be short of a century anyway. A 100 miles is just over 162kms so you'd still be 22ish kms short.

    ???

    A/ It was a joke (I only do real centuries and normally just call them 100 mile rides anyway).

    B/ Metric century (100KM) + 40 miles (64km) = 164km (102 miles). Wheres the shortfall?
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    sigorman85 wrote:
    Can't work out if your trying to make a joke or not

    I vote joke(or troll).

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