First century i've ridden this hard in a very long time, probably over a year. I have been really wanting to destroy myself for a good while now and I definitely achieved that. Had a good shot at a 20mph avg for a long time, but I dawdled trying to find water and the wind was against me on the way back(although it was pretty light, got fairly lucky there). I really love how I have my road bike set up right now, with bars with more curve and the 1x 12 setup is great and so smooth. The Continental GP 5000 tubeless tires are just the best. I am so glad I am able to run contis again, I have always loved them. Lately and for this ride I used a tad under 60psi front and about 60psi rear. Traffic wasn't that bad. I was afraid of the HWY 54 section at lunchtime on a Saturday, but way more traffic was going south than north and it wasn't too bad. After Shoal creek I got passed by 6 cars in a row, they all gave space and in the section before that was only perhaps 6 cars, all giving me room.