72 miler

Adey,

Think youll be just fine. Just did a 72 miler on Saturday,riding the same bike. I`d only ever done 30 miles twice before and that was back in April. I enjoyed the ride right up until about the 65 mile point, that was when i hit the wall ,died on my bike..made it though just. Make sure you keep eating, about the only advice i could give. a couple more bars or gels and i dont think i would have suffered so much. But loved it, a great sense of achievement.

Good luck with it. And remember to enjoy yourself!

Sure it'll be a challenge, it's a long way, but it'll be an enjoyable challenge. Try to drink & eat enough during & after the ride. Becoming dehydrated & losing all energy does put a damper on a good day out. Enjoy!

If you can do 30 milers for fun then you should have no problem completing a 72 mile ride when it counts. I recently rode an 110km Audax with a friend who was fit but had never done more than 25km at a stretch before. He suffered a bit in the middle section but got his second wind after about 80km, and he was fine.

I'd say so, yes. I suppose it depends a bit on how often you manage three 30-milers in a week compared to two - and how knackered you are when you're done - but either way you should be fine. Bit late to worry about it now in any case