Oldest fart
I completed my 100 mile ride last year at age 49 and 11 months. I plan to do it again next month at age 50 and 11 months.
Claude
Well, it was nice while it lasted. Bruce reminded me that our friend and fellow RTL racer Joe Myers recently completed a 156 mile day, and his age starts with a 5. Not sure how he missed adding himself to the list, but thatās taken care of now.
The updated list:
Peter Bier
David Stone
Roger Davies
Alan Chambers
Steve Colligan
Mark Wiggins
Takayuki Koike (record holder 6hrs44min)
Lars Clausen
Ken Looi
Floyd Beattie
Johnnie Severin
Cathy Fox
Bruce Dawson
Jack Hughes
Dan Heaton
Scot Cooper
Sam Wakeling
Chuck Edwall
Joe Marshall
John Himsworth
Gracie Sorbello
Rowan Chivers
Tony Melton
Tim Lee
Joe Lind
Rob Muellerleile
Irene Genelin
Beau Hoover
Nathan Hoover
Mike Scalisi
Ryan Woessner
?~Xivind Johansen
Kjetil Juul Pedersen
James Amon
Leif Rustvold
Max Taint
Mark Osmundo
Mike Tierney
Joseph Sherman
Roland Kays
Claude Magnuson
Jan Logemann
Zeke Boisei
Paul Stacey
Joe Myers
Matthew Huber
Tom Blackwood
You are the oldest then, congrats. 11 months and how many days? How much climbing was involved?
I know, I know.
I was 49 years, 11 months and 3 days. My ride was mostly flat and involved very little elevation change. Congrats Joe.
Old fart!
Claude may be 50, but he rides as strong as someone in their 20s.
Congrats Tom for making the 100 mile list!
Watch for Monocyclism ā¦
My first century being completed after 50 & the two this year will seem small in a year or two when Monocyclism start doing his century(s) after 60.
Way to go Tom. Nice to get the first one over with. Next year I expect you to do a back-to-back set on your way to Portland.
Very impressive, oldsters! I failed last week to get past mile 80, and Iām āonlyā 42. In my defense, the NYC century is really hilly. It didnāt help that the day had a lot of wind during the flat stretches! Also, I bonked bc I hadnāt hydrated enough before or during the ride.
Iāll try for my 2nd C next year, and I have a feeling Iāll make it this time. And Iāll defāly have sth to shoot for now that I see that some of you have done it while over 50yo. Well done!
Thankās for your faith JMā¦Your so right 
I did 40 miles on the Coker yesterday and before too long I am determinedly madā¦ 
ā¦enough to add those extra few miles to reach 50. As a lifelong optimist that means my bucket will be half fullā¦not half empty.
I predict I will do the 100 next yearā¦when Iām almost 62.
Wonders 
perhaps I can make a few bucks on thisā¦any bets?
Monocyclism, I would certainly not bet against you accomplishing this, but will gladly buy you a beer if you make it!
āNathan
So, Joe, how old were you when you did your (latest) century?
Iād like to try for the oldest centurion medal, but unfortunately Iām going to have to wait about eight years, and probably longer if these older farts keep riding. I think the only sensible thing to do is to stop riding for a decade in order to preserve my energy.
Iām glad I did my first century ungeared because now I never have to do that again.
My thinking exactlyā¦
Trying not to acting my age ā¦
The years have been kind to me, I did a couple centuries this year. Last at 52 years, 7 months, and a couple days, ungeared.
With six centuries under the Big One ungeared, I think it may be time to do a geared century some time on the new KH 36 geared.
Centuries are no longer my toughest events/rides. The Cougar hill climb at 18 minutes left me in worse shape at the end of just two miles ā¦
Way more fun geared
Not my first century but my first one geared. I rode the Seagull Century in Maryland on Saturday with over 8000 bicycles. I did it ungeared last year and had fun but it was even better this year on my KH36 guni. The slower cadence (and faster speed) made it more enjoyable and also allowed me to get off the saddle occasionally to rest my seat. I was able to keep up with lots of bikes and pass a lot also. The route is fairly flat and fast. My average speed for the first 64 miles was 15.4 mph. My cruising speed for most of that section was between 17-19 mph. After mile 64 some strong headwinds slowed everyone down quite a bit. My final 100 mile average riding speed was 14.4 mph in 6 hours and 55 minutes of riding time. My total elapsed time from start to finish (including 4 rest stops) was 9 hours and 45 minutes.
Claude
Claude, that is awesome! Way to go. I certainly agree it is more fun geared.
Wow Claude
thatās smoking fast
right now im looking to break either the record for longest continuest ride or farthest distance in 24 hrs any tips
Ride fast and far. Good luck.
By continuous, do you mean without a dismount? Or continuous as in keeping riding without driving anywhere?
The first is well over 100 miles. The second is several thousand miles (one of the cross USA rides probably).
Farthest in 24 hours is 281.85 miles. If I was to want to even have a try at this one, Iād need to
a)develop incredibly good endurance
b)develop incredibly high speed
c)have a geared 36" wheel
d)have a very good smooth track to ride on, without too tight corners
e)really be very very fit
f) or perhaps very very very fit
The longest ride without a dismount, I think youād really have to
a) be very fit (so that 100 miles is a pretty easy ride)
b) have a very very comfortable saddle
a geared 36" would be an advantage for this too, as the less time you spend in the saddle the better.
If youāre serious about it, the best idea is to ask Sam Wakeling (http://redwelly.co.uk) - he has the 24 hour record, and I believe has ridden 100 miles without dismount, although I think he doesnāt quite have the world record on riding without a dismount, I think that is still the Japanese guy who has the 100 mile record (at 6 hours 44 minutes!)
Joe
Joeās got most of the good advice in his above post. Basically ride lots, and get comfortable doing 100+ miles in a day a few times. Before I did my 24hr record I had done 150 miles as a one day road ride, which convinced me to organise the 24hr event. A good track is very helpful too - mine was a 400m tarmac loop, which is a bit too tight as you loose speed on every corner.
The Guinness World Record for āUnicycle, longest continuous rideā is Jože VoroÅ” (Slovenia) with 143.46 km (89.14 miles). This is their current official record, even printed in the 2010 book. Does anyone know of Jože? From this photo he seems to have made a 700c disc wheel on a unicycle hub. 
Unfortunately Guinness havenāt been very helpful in recognising that during the first 105 miles of my 24hr record I rode continuously, so that is an unofficial benchmark. It may become official one day.
Iād say that my 24hr record which was done ungeared is still breakable as ungeared (though Iām sure it can go further geared).
Good luck! Itās great to hear someone other than me and Ken Looi even thinking about this record 
Sam
P.S. We should probably start another thread about attempting these distance records before this one goes too off topic.
Wow that is really fast! Glad it all went well. I had to opt out of the seagul due to my pending move to Coloradoā¦too much to do before next week.