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Re:What it's like to ride 900 km in a day by swighton on Saturday November 20, 2021 @08:04PM (#29293239)
I think that his performance on the TransAm bike race is more impressive. He rode 440km every day for 16 days straight across the USA. Aside from all the elevation change and weather, he did it fully self supported, meaning he had to carry all his food, sleep gear, etc.

The TransAm / Tour divide are pretty incredible races and fun to watch everyone's GPS trackers virtually on trackleaders.

Re:What it's like to ride 900 km in a day by ch33zer on Sunday November 21, 2021 @12:45AM (#29294463)
For a point of comparison I took 72 days (3 rest days) to complete the transam. I averaged about 60 miles per day, and was generally wiped out by the end of the ride. I would consider myself in average shape, so a reasonable approximation of what normal people can do. Trans am racers are a cut above.