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[philfmg]

Anyone riding The Tour De Corn in East Prairie, Missouri this Saturday?  Just looking for  group to make the ride a little easier and faster.

[Furlan Ator]

I will be doing the TdC! What kind of pace are you thinking of? If it's as flat as they say it is and not windy, I am hoping for a (solo) total riding time around 5.40 hrs..

[philfmg]

I would like to make within 5 hours. If the wind is a non factor, I'm thinking a 20 mph avg.  if we have wind, ant 5 1/2 hours.

[stlcards]

I'll be there.  A few friends of mine that have ridden it multiple times say it can be very windy.  I was down in that area yesterday and I see why, there are no hills or any real amount of trees to block any wind.  I'll be in a US Army jersey on a black and white SuperSix, probably in the back lol.  This is my first century, so I have no idea of the pace I'll have.  I doubt it will be at 5 hours, but maybe 5.5 to 6.  I plan to take a few rest stops in and enjoy the event.

[Furlan Ator]

Hope the weather cooperates too! At the moment the forecast is for 90 F and a 5 mile east wind.. I just wished they allowed riders to start before 7.30am to partially beat the heat..

[philfmg]

Look for the Guy in the very large Lynskey....If possible, we can form a St. Louis Peloton and beat the wind....

See you Saturday......

[Caster Troy]

I'll be there.  I'll be wearing a US Navy jersey in memorial of a fallen relative.

[Furlan Ator]

I'll be riding a Bianchi with white-turned into grey-tires, hope to see you guys among the 800 other riders...

[Pot Hole]

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I would like to make within 5 hours. If the wind is a non factor, I'm thinking a 20 mph avg. if we have wind, ant 5 1/2 hours.

That's doable - but it's really hard to say whether you form the right group to go the entire distance.

I rode the  TDC several years ago - in 4:58 - the last 60 miles by myself. The only reason I could do it was because I used a Camelback and had "special support" from some of the TDC staff.

I had a guy in a pickup bring me fluids in between rest areas.

If you plan on riding sub-5 - then most likely you need to be comfortable riding at 22-23 for several hours - because between nature calls and rest stops - you'll be off the bike at least 10 minutes....

And be careful - there are several area where drafting will be made trickier my poor pavement....... Good Luck.... I'll be "touring it" in about 6:30 this year.....

[stlcards]

Not sure about everyone else, but I had a great ride on the century route.  Thanks to the other STL folks that let me join their group, we had a pretty strong pace line for quite a while.  Sorry about falling off on the 2nd half, after I took my pull at mile 60 I was toast.  Oh well, learned a lot and still had a decent pace.  Finished with a total time of 5:26:18 with the rest stops and a moving time of 4:49:16.  I'm happy as a total newbie, this was my first ride over 40 miles in my 6 month cycling career.  

[Furlan Ator]

Great time, stlcards! I finished in 5:11 hrs. Stayed with a strong group-which I think was leading the century- for about 1 hr but the pace was too high for me, so I ended up riding the rest solo. Could have used some draft on the eastwards sections for sure!

[philfmg]

Great ride with great support. Sorry for dropping the group but a guy from Marion Il set a horrid pace at 26-27 mph. I just put my head down and hammered. 4 of the group were left at the end. We finished with a time of 4 hrs 40 mins.  -avg a little over 21 mph. Thanks for the pull CJ.