Festive 500

[Bentley]

Originally Posted by chiasticon

do you even Strava, bro? ('cuz that's where sign up is)

hoping to do it. as with every year, success largely depends on the weather. last year, it was in the single digits almost the entire week. first time in seven years I haven't completed. then again, I had a broken hand and couldn't ride anyway!

fingers crossed, better luck this year. but with the weather we've had so far...

Generally I'm not into all the houha but this caught my eye. i have the app now i have to make a decision.

Im old school

Ray

[azrider]

Originally Posted by MattTuck

Didn't they used to give out a patch if you finished it? or was that the thanksgiving one?

Do they still do that?

I've never heard of these.........patches......you say......

I completed one of these 'tests' few years back and with completion had the opportunity to buy a pretty sweet jersey but i've never heard of patches..............

I can't keep up with the times I guess.............

[R3awak3n]

they still give out patches I am pretty sure.

might be a rapha50 year but I will surely try again

last year weather was aweful

[Clean39T]

Think we could get the mods to promote a Paceline 444 in April?

444km in the month and you get a patch with the dancing banana on it?

[philhan89]

I adore winter riding. Its a lost season. Its harder to get up and motivate yourself during this time. But the work you put in is so rewarding, especially if the weather is not on your side. Makes the beer taste better. With that being said the Festive500MILES is a challenge that i look forward to every year.

[SlowPokePete]

I would love to do this, but am reminded of what it took to do a 300+ mile week last summer, on vacay...

I hate signing up if I know I'm not gonna make it.

But maybeeeee.

SPP

[SlowPokePete]

OK so in seven minutes I rethought the whole thing and changed my mind.

I'm in.

SPP

[chiasticon]

Originally Posted by Bentley

Generally I'm not into all the houha but this caught my eye. i have the app now i have to make a decision.

the idea is to get you to go outside and actually ride in the winter (and hopefully buy some of their kit to do so), so inside rides don't count. and they want to approve the data before giving you a free patch. kinda difficult to do that if people are sending in images of their Cateye computers or something, lol. so Strava just makes that process easier for them. plus then the digital roundel/donation to a charity option is possible.

Originally Posted by azrider

I've never heard of these.........patches......you say......

I completed one of these 'tests' few years back and with completion had the opportunity to buy a pretty sweet jersey but i've never heard of patches..............

usually you sign up on their website, they send you a link later to submit your riding for approval, they review it and send you a patch.

the patches are cool but between this challenge and the Rapha Rising one, I have a stockpile, with no idea what to do with them.

[pdonk]

I wish I had the time to do 500k in a month in the summer.

500k the darkest, wettest/coldest week of the year - good luck with that.

Maybe when I retire, in about 30 years.

[b33]

Originally Posted by SlowPokePete

OK so in seven minutes I rethought the whole thing and changed my mind.

I'm in.

SPP

LOl. Good man! I myself am too realistic to know I could never do those miles given the weather.

[mhespenheide]

Patches? We don't need no stinkin' patches.

[dbnm]

This is my strava if you'd like to follow along

https://www.strava.com/athletes/2432361

[azrider]

Originally Posted by SlowPokePete

I hate signing up if I know I'm not gonna make it.

Originally Posted by SlowPokePete

OK I'm in.

this made me lol

[azrider]

Y'all are going down..........

If you want to keep track of fellow Paceliners who sign up for challenge then join the "Paceline" Club and you can filter entrants by club members only.

[cgolvin]

Thanks for that! Joined