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43km in 90 minutes (all the time I had). 28.67kph average. No speedo, so that's just a calculation from a route drawn on gmaps and going by my watch, so it's safe to say it's not entirely accurate! But it felt pretty good, and I reckon 3 times that is fairly doable for me. I also used my tachymetre on my watch -- set it going, count to sixty in time with pedal revolutions, glance down, BAM cadence reading! Thanks to rabbit, I know that my gear (48/17, 23c) means 60rpm = 21kph, 70 = 25kph and 90 = 32 kph. 80ish is a nice pace. Old school, me.
Saw a guy on what looked suspiciously like that famous "world's best trek madone". Carbon wheels, aero bars, chris king bling blinding me, and a rack front and back!
Momentum -- I'll PM you my details and we can sort something out, it'd be good to have someone to ride with!
Seldom Killer -- thanks for that list, that's great. I'll just copy people until I get some experience of my own to go on! I'm going to take a pair of latex workshop gloves, too. They weigh bugger all, and I can stick my phone inside to keep it dry. Means I don't get greasy oily hands / grip tape / riding gloves in case of a mechanical. I'll go for 100k on monday, and see how that goes. If it goes ok, I'll look at the calendar and pick something out!
My hands were fine, but I lost sensation in my toes pretty quickly. I think overshoes are the way forward. I will also be investing in some decent bibshorts and jerseys if I'm going to be spending any longer on my saddle (which I had to fix before leaving).
Cheers everyone for the info, you're saving me from what I imagine are frustrating / painful / expensive mistakes!