You can’t plan for it. There is no way to ‘feel ready’.
I was stunned by Zeke’s assessment.
How do we do it then?
We just decide. We go. You can’t do this until you do it. You won’t be able to do it until you get on the bike and start grinding it out.
Then what the fuck are we doing - going over packing lists, gathering food and what not?
Zeke chuckled gently as he spoke. This stuff is so we merely don’t die. We’re getting this stuff together so we have a chance.
I didn’t realize this by Zeke didn’t spend his youthful, adventurous times riding huge distances.
Up until my first hundred off road, I never came close to riding this far before.
This didn’t seem to check out. You used to ride to Windsor to work on a farm?
Yeah. Eighty K. Once per week On road.
Road riding is a different game. Less friction, more gradual climbs and altogether less effort required just to stay on a bike. Much of what we ride is fairly punishing.
It was only a few years ago that I first rode 100 off road. It was only la…
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