Excellent. How you need to be getting a lighter bike with more gears... drop
handlebars... carbon frame... clipless pedals... bladed spokes on the
wheels... ;-)

Oh-err-missus! This means using my brain! Last summer did first one - in
France. Because I Had To! Cycling away from Gite de Flea et Cockroach, back
down to Bordeaux & out of Bordeaux again to find new accommodation... wasn't
exactly planned for but as bike was only transport - had to do it! And I was
on my heavier bike with full panniers. Doing centuries is very much an
occasional thing for me.

Stops - I can manage 30'ish miles comfortably without stopping - dependent
upon terrain & weather. Norwich & back (along back roads) is 55-56'ish miles
on gentle undulating roads & I can manage that easily. As a general rule, I
can comfortably cycle up to two hours without stopping (but I will be taking
sips from my drink bottle whilst riding).

Indeed, I can keep going all day (without checking mileage) as long as I
keep hydrated, keep the blood sugar levels up and take it at my own pace
(slow). The thing I find a killer for cycling any distance is wind. Rain I
can cope with, but wind really saps the strength - unless it's a tailwind,
which is hardly ever!

I rarely plan my cycling in such detail - I just get into my kit, get bike
out & ride. How far I go depends on where the wheels take me :-)

Cheers, helen s

If you'd like a cooler name for your bike, in LA it would be known as
a 'strand cruiser', named for folk who just want to cruise up and down
the bike path that runs along the beach for much of LA county.

That's not bad, not bad at all.  I used to commute about 8 1/2 miles
per day to work and about 30 miles home a couple of days a week.  I
was doing this on a twelve speed road bike though.

Make sure you have a water bottle holder and keep yourself hydrated.

It depends on the person.  You'd want to switch to a real road bike to
do centuries.  You're coming along nicely though.  Generally speaking
if you can do 50 miles on each of two successive days and suffer no
ill effects, you can do 100 on one day.

With hills, and rest stops, averaging 20mph for a beginning century
rider is excellent time -- you'd have to work up to that.

Some people plan one every weekend.  That's a tough crowd to hang
with.  When you think you're ready, you can be like most people who
ride centuries and do an occasional organzed charity ride where the
entry fees go to a charity after deducting the ride's expenses.

Most ride organizers would have three to four rest areas for a
century.  You can fill up on light fare like peanut butter and jelly
sandwiches or fresh fruit and refill your water bottle.  How long you
stay at the stop is up to you.  Some folks take a nice rest.  Some
treat the stop as if it was something to get over as quickly as
possible and back on the road.  These are the folks who are
clock-watchers and are concerned about their overall time.

My last century, I broke two spokes and had to had to replace them
with spares (needed a wrench from a gasoline station that fortunately
was handy), re-true the wheel, and I still finished in the middle of
the pack.  Remember, it's only a race if you make it one.

Hope this helps.

--
Regards and Purrs,
O J

Wow! That is impressive.
When I was a kid, my mother offered to buy me a bicycle, but I declined
because I was holding out for a horse.
So, I got neither the bike nor the horse.
I did manage to get some horseback riding lessons later in life, but I never
did learn how to ride a bike more than a few feet.   Once I tried one with
gears, and tried to back pedal to stop.
I think that was my last attempt at bike riding.
Annie