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The original was posted on /r/randonneuring by /u/deman-13 on 2024-08-25 08:37:01+00:00.

Just decided to take off and go far far north, take a swim and come back. Can’t write more as i am dead tired, but here is my wholesome achievement :

Update: things I learnt :

• In general, riding very long alone is not my problem, but for some it might be a challenge.

  • Riding 500km within 24h is hard, like really really hard. I wanted to do a different longer ride, not within 24h, I am glad I did not, yet.

• Preplanning the ride is a must, not only the route but all aspects of it : where are you going to stop, where are you going to get food and water especially at night you don’t want to show up to a show which just closed. does your accumulator works to charge devices and you all have cables needed. Doing things on the ride is hard, it slows you down and puts stress you don’t need, coz you already have enough.

• consuming 6000+kcal in 24h is very very hard too. I wanted to puke at some point.

• Preparing a rout carefully is a must, you don’t want to ride on an auto-generated route by komoot or similar without careful examination of it and end up in a forest at 3am on a cobblestone road impossible to ride even very slowly.

• having all setup in a way you can easily manage during a ride is a must, e.g. access stuff when you need it, e.g. power gel, cables, etc. When you are tired the last thing you want is to waste time, and when you are tired you just don’t want to do anything. I did not even want to stop to put the light on.

• make sure all your devices are charged. I woke up before the ride and realized my garmin was half empty.

• you will get tired no matter what, be prepared to be tired as never before.