I've always been curious to see how far I could ride my Brompton and I've been slowly working up to a century, which I rode yesterday. It was flat, and I stayed at the beach because SoCal is getting into yet another heatwave. I pretty much did The Crema twice. It was 91F at the end but the bulk of the ride was comfortable.
Each time I've increased the distance ridden I've found ways to make the Brompton more endurance friendly. This time I decided I need to double-wrap the top of the drops because I spend a lot of time there and there's no tape at the moment. Also, I want to move the elbow rests forward a bit so my knees don't feel like they're hitting my elbows.
I get a lot of compliments when I ride this, the best was as I approached the beach at 19mph into a light headwind, the guy drafting me pulled alongside as we reached the beach and asked if it was an e-bike!
At 25 miles I bought two ham and brie baguettes from The Crema which was second breakfast and lunch. At mile 75 I had a chicken sandwich as second lunch at the Bistro St. Germaine. It's OK to relax a bit and enjoy good food on a ride and I'm not a vegetarian when I'm endurance riding.
But the best bit was near the end. I had stopped to take some video of the ocean and this skated by. I slowed it down so you could see. I don't know who you are, but thank you.
Is a 200k in the future for my Brompton. Hell yeah!
