#Rapha Festive 500

[kilometermacher]

Auch heuer wieder: #noFestive500

Mein Kapperl habe ich 2019 “erfahren”, probiert habe ich es auch die 2 oder 3 (?) Jahre davor. Kann man, muss man aber nicht – hier – nachlesen. Und auch heuer werde ich nur fahren, wann mir danach ist – ohne Zwang, ohne Verbissenheit, einfach so, wenn’s Wetter und die Stimmung passen… Trotzdem: Allen Ehrgeizlern (m/w/d): Gutes Gelingen, möge der Wind mit Euch sein! Hinweis(e): 1.) Die mit (*)…

[theelementaryparticles]

Last ride of 2023 was a wet gravel ripper to finish off the year at 27,063 km. This last one week push saw my biggest 7 day distance of 847 km and I completed the December eight day Rapha Festive 500 with 1,009 km ridden.

It’s been a trying year, with some unexpected time off the bike due to injury and a mental challenge to try and bounce back. I will attempt to bring back some more balance into my lifestyle in 2024 which will mean more quality and less quantity.

This year I was more interested in how I could push my limits and I was fortunate circumstances for the most part allowed me to test this. Happy New year everyone.

[smcspeedminicycle]

📸 @gandhirawan_gp Opening Ride Rapha Festive 500. . . . 📸 : @difotogoldy 🔥 #MyBrompton #MadeForCities #CHPT3 #BlackEdition #BikeIsBest #bromptonbicycle #bromptonlife #bromptonbike #bromptoncommunity #bromptonlovers #bromptonbicycle #brompton #jerseyjhony #smcbike #extralite #chriskingheadset #chriskingbuzz #fidlock #rideabike #tipartsworkshop #foldingbike #girocycling #goodr #goodr #031brompton #theMancals #gandhirawan #smcspeedminicycle #speedminicycle #smcwheel https://www.instagram.com/p/CmsWWKkKgSY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[creakybottombracket]

Events: The 2018 Festive 500 Day Three

Ride Distance: 43 Miles/ 227 Miles Remain

 Sometimes I write articles, lay them off to the interwebs, and then expect accolades of the highest calling. I think, “This will be the article of the century!” I’ll spend a couple of days expecting my online column to rise to the top as most read article. Except it often does not. Then there are articles that inflict curiosity as to why they are so often read.

 Take an old article for instance. It was an essay called ‘On a Heat Wave.’ It was the story of a ride in midsummer where I intended to chase my friend down who had departed at a slightly reasonable time for me to consider catching him. I rode hard relishing the moment when I would jokingly rip by him and seem as if I would continue on with a bullying, “On your left.” I never did catch him, nor did I find out how close I was.

 That story popped into my mind as I caught a glorious tailwind on Route 29 in New Jersey for the final leg home. One of the hurdles for the Rapha Festive 500 is life obligation. Our famous ridekick Mike had shown up at the creakybottombracket.com office to make his ride a duo. Unfortunately I was not able to go at the time but told him of my intended route. Perhaps I could ride him down. Perhaps.

 I was racing three mental finish lines. I had come up a bit short on yesterday’s average of 45 miles for a seven-day Festive 500. I respect the challenge enough to know every mile counts, and the possibility of coming up short again today would make the final days concerning. I was racing to get closer to the average than yesterday. Then there was the belief I could catch Mike. I was encouraged to ride faster as I saw numerous salty bike tire tracks along the route. He’s just up ahead I thought. With my late start time I was constantly doing the maths to make sure I was back before darkness descended. Sometimes a sunset is all we need for motivation.

 I couldn’t help think back to my summertime article that featured a photo of bubbling asphalt. On that ride I eventually lost all power on account of the heat. Here today I was riding in early winter gear and getting faster each mile. There was enough fuel in the furnace to keep me going. With this in mind perhaps I was going to catch Mike yet.

 In the end I came close to the 45-mile average. I never did catch Mike. Perhaps I could have caught him with a couple of minute head start and his not knowing of my pursuit. I left over an hour after him; there was no way I would even see a hint of his Curbar winter kit. I rolled to the final stop light just outside of the creakybottombracket.com offices where I removed my sunglasses to help see in the increasing darkness. Cloud cover had expedited the fading light.

 The Rapha Festive 500 doesn’t give us forever to finish, nor is 2018 around for much longer. After looking out the window, I’m glad the grass doesn’t need mowing.

[angefixed]

[:de]Ein Aufnäher für alle, die unter einem Rapha Festive 500 Teilnehmer leiden mussten[:en]A patch for everyone, who had to suffer under a Rapha Festive 500 participant [:] [:de] Wenn du Strava-Mitglied bist, wirst du irgendwann vor Weihnachten sicherlich über die Rapha Festive 500 Challenge gestolpert sein (wenn du sie nicht schon mal gemeistert hast) und dich gefragt haben: Wer macht denn so was, wer fährt denn schon 500 Kilometer zwischen Weihnachten (24.12.

[procyclinguk]

Rapha Festive 500 2016 – Getting it done

Rapha Festive 500 2016 – Getting it done

Completing the 2016 Rapha Festive 500 This Christmas, I set myself the challenge to complete the Rapha Festive 500 again. The challenge that Rapha set is to cycle 500 kilometres between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, which given the Winter weather and social restrictions of that time of year presents a fair obstacle. I completed the Festive 500 back in 2014 so knew that I could do it again,…

[glastocycles]

#Repost @berdking with @get_repost ・・・ 1/5 done. 400km to go. Rapha festive 500 on my Njs samson . . . #raphafestive500 #festive500 #samsonnjs #fixedgear #cycleprojectstore #philwood45years #pacenticycledesign #nitto #thomsoncomponents #flite #trackbike #baaw https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm4ZiwKHqRI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19nm66uompnaj

[fred-onthemove]

Rapha Festive 500 day 7 Last PL3RS Thursday class yang nyaman di Zone 1, terakhirnya agak khilaf aja karena ada aba-aba “one, two, three, GO!” 😁 Kak @sylvianov menyusul ke Ombe dengan sepatu emas Cinderella barunya 😄. Sedulur @ardi_sasanahusada nggak mau kalah pakai sepatu baru juga. Makanya tadi waktu @brow_herman shooting video koq ke arah bawah terus rupanya ada pesan khusus yaa. 😄 #raphafestive500 #cycling #morningride #roadbike #bike (at Ombe Kofie Cikajang) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYHKmm_lMCP/?utm_medium=tumblr

[jessicaptain]

Alternatives To The Rapha Festive 500

Alternatives To The Rapha Festive 500

The Rapha Festive 500 is a challenge to ride 500 kilometers (310 miles) between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. I’ve never actually completed the Rapha Festive 500, sometimes for good reason and sometimes not.  For a long while, the miles only “counted” if you rode outside because, of course, Rapha follows the Velominati, and there’s some stupid unwritten rule that trainer miles don’t count.…

[derekdickey]

Man completes entire Rapha Festive 500 on Christmas Day

Computer programmer Dave Bage pedaled 500km on Zwift on December 25th in 13 hours and 30 minutes.

Read the full article at Man completes entire Rapha Festive 500 on Christmas Day on VeloNews.com.

Man completes entire Rapha Festive 500 on Christmas Day published first on https://throttlebuff.weebly.com/

[bricsl]

#Cycling • Challenge accepted !?! ———————————————————————————— Mon frère, @tobiconsolin, m’a lancé un challenge à effectuer avec lui, durant les fêtes de fin d’année 🙄 Quoi? Le Rapha Festive 500 !🥵 Vous connaissez ? J’accepte ou non!?!😅 ———————————————————————————— | | | ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• #gravelbike #veloderoute #bike #giantbikes #gravel #roadbike #velo #gravelgrinder #cyclinglife #giant #cyclisme #cyclist #bicycle #canyonbikes #roadbikelife #bikelife #mtb #cycle #gravelroads #cyclingphotos #raphafestive500 #outsideisfree #sport #roadcycling #throwback #shimano #gravelcyclist #instacycling #giantrevolt @canyon @decathlonbe @oakleybike ••••••••••••••��•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• (à Namur) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD1eZZ4HZIX/?igshid=1xk73g8uzhe8d

[creakybottombracket]

Events: Planning the 2017 Rapha Festive 500

It’s that time of year where people in the northern hemisphere slow down and enjoy the rapid succession of work holidays. It is the darkest time of year and for some the sun barely makes a daily visit. Luckily here the sun never calls it a day prior to 4:30pm to completely write off any chance of a longer ride. For road cyclists, the week between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve are of unofficial importance. It’s the week of the Rapha Festive 500.

 This year marks the seventh year of the unofficial event where riders attempt to ride 500 kilometers outdoors for a ridiculous patch and bragging rights. Yours truly has completed it once in 2015; quite literally calling it quits the moment the 500-kilometer distance was accomplished. Sometimes people continue beyond the distance. Some crash through the 500-kilometer distance without trying to double the distance or more. One immediately wonders if those participants have any friends or family at all with devotion such as that.

 In 2015 I explored the old haunts of Tory spies who lived in the area. It was my attempt to win the Moots bike by creating a journal with a historical back story. Despite doing work for the losing team, they are a bit of pride in our hamlet. The ringleader’s lifeless body was dumped not far from this keyboard. The body was flung down from atop a rider’s horse at the feet of his parents. It was proclaimed to the Doan parents that he would never bother the countryside again, or something like that. Once I crossed the distance marker, I stopped bothering the countryside with my zipping chain sound and echoing tires.

 With mounting responsibilities, I planned to fail in 2016. I knew unless something drastic was to happen, I would hardly get close to completing the Festive 500. I had the hunch so far in advance, I decided to look to the greatest land swindle of all time, the Walking Purchase for inspiration. Three men attempted to run as fast as they could for a day and a half. The first runner dropped out not far from this keyboard and his exertion maimed him for life. The second runner dropped dead while crossing a river on the second day. The ‘winner’ was never awarded his winner’s fee. He had crossed the Native Americans so badly they made him pay twice, murdering his family once to return years later to murder his new family. Naturally I saw myself as the early exit contestant.

 That leads us to this year’s edition of the Festive 500. There’s the slow and steady approach that sees riders needing to complete roughly 65 kilometers per day (nearly 40 miles) during the eight-day affair. That sounds doable I’m sure until one factors in at least one day of bad weather. Also, factor in the small unlikeliness of riding on December 25 to those who celebrate that day. If this applies to the participant, it becomes a bit of a stress fest. With those two days struck from the riding log, the daily total skyrockets to nearly 85 kilometers (just over fifty miles).

 Luckily for me I have come up with just the exhibition for 2017. There are numerous residents who own ancient farmhouses in the Bucks County countryside. Among them are residents who claim a certain George Washington had slept there. Make a claim such as that and immediately you draw the attention of realtors who really want to find out if the nation’s first president really did rest his head in their house. Most of the time though, it’s false. There are at least four verified houses in Bucks County Mr. Washington set up headquarters. All of them are south of the creakybottombracket.com offices, yet the distance to access each house, photograph it, and return could put me in the neighborhood of the necessary distance. How tantalizingly plausible to pursue this. Should the Bucks County totals need some help; there is at least once house just outside of Lambertville in New Jersey that is also a George Washington house. There’s a sign out front. It must be true.

 This area likes to celebrate the nation’s first president so much, re-enactors load up Durham boats on Christmas morning near the location Mr. Washington put in the Delaware River at night on Christmas Eve 1776. People come from miles to watch the re-enactors row across the river and step out on the Jersey side. When the weather does not cooperate, the re-enactors use the steel bridge recently constructed as a means to overcome the flowing water. Imagine the anticlimax.

 Perhaps we will see you out there trying to earn your Rapha patch. Perhaps we will see you as you attempt what one local cyclist, Brian Boger, has introduced as the Sensible 200. It doesn’t matter whether you agree with Rapha or not, admitting they stumbled on a great idea to get riders out the door is good enough. Two years ago we rode through poor air quality or blowing snow to get miles in. Without that blasted 500 kilometers floating out there, we would have just staying indoors saying, “I could have rode today. Now how about another swill of egg nog?” See you out there.

[trynidada]

Rapha Festive 500: check✔️ 8km elevation gain: check✔️ Happy legs and frozen face: check, check✔️ Rest and repeat:) (em Oliwa)

[kofuka]

2018.01.01 . 🎈HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎈 年末バタバタでご挨拶やポストが出来ませんでした。 後ほどゆっくり拝見させていただきます。 去年お世話になった皆様 有難う御座いました✨ 本年もどうぞ宜しくお願い致します🙇 . 昨日Festive500最終日の残りは250kmでしたが 富士山を周りながら富士五湖＋田貫湖巡りをするという 去年目標にしていたライドを実行しコンプリート出来ました。 picは６つ周った湖のうち5つ目 河口湖からの富士山。 去年はFestiveの他 目標の距離1万km 獲得標高10万mも達成出来 充実の一年でした。 今年は必要な事を見極め 内容を充実させたい。 . dist. 301.55km / 3,707m ups #Festive500 (552/500) . . 2017年12月統計 / 2017年総計 走行距離: 1,612.6 / 10,861.2 km 獲得標高: 15,676 / 107,356 m . . . #HAPPYNEWYEAR 🎆 #2018 #FirstPost #フユコダチ 🎍 #PINARELLO #FUJIYAMA #MtFuji #sunset #bridge #Festive500jp #Rapha #Strava #Stravacycling #mountain #sky #lake #nature #landscape #cyclingphotos #bicycle #roadbike #team_jp_ #icu_japan #JAPAN #富士山 #富士五湖 #河口湖 #自転車 #ロードバイク (Lake Kawaguchi)

[gamboagarcia]

"Vencedores del Desierto" será una intensa rodada en Delicias

"Vencedores del Desierto" será una intensa rodada en Delicias. A realizarse el 7 de abril. Inscripciones aun abiertas...

Chihuahua, Chih. – El costo de inscripción para este evento es de 500 pesos en las tiendas Bicicletas Cano, Probike, Rapha Bike y Bici Sur, así como Intense Bike y Evolution Gym.

La décimo segunda edición de “Vencedores del Desierto” fue presentada en conferencia de prensa. Un maratón de ciclismo de montaña que se enmarca dentro del Festival Internacional de Turismo de Aventura Chihuahua (FITA…

[fred-onthemove]

Rapha Festive 500 day 7 Last PL3RS Thursday class yang nyaman di Zone 1, terakhirnya agak khilaf aja karena ada aba-aba “one, two, three, GO!” 😁 Kak @sylvianov menyusul ke Ombe dengan sepatu emas Cinderella barunya 😄. Sedulur @ardi_sasanahusada nggak mau kalah pakai sepatu baru juga. Makanya tadi waktu @brow_herman shooting video koq ke arah bawah terus rupanya ada pesan khusus yaa. 😄 #raphafestive500 #cycling #morningride #roadbike #bike (at Ombe Kofie Cikajang) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYHGnTFlGxU/?utm_medium=tumblr