2023 & 2024 Festive 500

[Spinnekop]

On 12/24/2024 at 1:42 PM, Frosty said:

Compared to these mal mense?

If you are doing stuff like this then you are (in my opinion) missing the whole point why the festive 500 was created.
Back in the day indoor did not even count as an activity.

The idea is to get out.  Face the elements.  Do adventures.  Feel the sun (or snow) on your face.  
Brain dead, chasing kilometers, indoor sessions are just that.  Kilometers.  Its good but it is not what the challenge is about.  

[SwissVan]

45 minutes ago, Spinnekop said:

If you are doing stuff like this then you are (in my opinion) missing the whole point why the festive 500 was created.
Back in the day indoor did not even count as an activity.

The idea is to get out.  Face the elements.  Do adventures.  Feel the sun (or snow) on your face.  
Brain dead, chasing kilometers, indoor sessions are just that.  Kilometers.  Its good but it is not what the challenge is about.  

Agreed 100%

Having done both (outdoors and on the IDT) I would say doing the Rapha outdoors has more “gees” and feeling of achievement than doing it on the IDT.

Just stopping for a wee is a challenge when you have been riding outdoors in 0 degrees, layers of clothing and cold….. use your imagination 🔍🔎

Not to take anything away from indoor Raphas, spending that amount of time riding indoors has its own mind bending challenges, but it is open to “cheating”, being it unintentional or knowingly.

 

 

[Naidy]

Half way there. Its lekker to plan a ride for the upcoming days, get to ride your bike and enjoy the holiday's 

[The Ouzo]

Km 304 of 500

Just what was needed, a gentle recovery ride. 
 

 

['Dale]

Active recovery day 

[ajnkzn]

24th route was so good I had to do it again - super hot and dry today - awesome to ride with a really strong friend who’s just done the Munga. 
 

I was definitely the nail today 🤣

Edited Friday at 12:52 PM by ajnkzn

[Sandro]

7 hours ago, Spinnekop said:

If you are doing stuff like this then you are (in my opinion) missing the whole point why the festive 500 was created.
Back in the day indoor did not even count as an activity.

The idea is to get out.  Face the elements.  Do adventures.  Feel the sun (or snow) on your face.  
Brain dead, chasing kilometers, indoor sessions are just that.  Kilometers.  Its good but it is not what the challenge is about.  

Strictly speaking its supposed to be for braving the winter elements in the northern hemisphere, so none of us are really doing it properly anyway. But yes we should at least be doing it outdoors.

[W@nted]

1 hour ago, Sandro said:

Strictly speaking its supposed to be for braving the winter elements in the northern hemisphere, so none of us are really doing it properly anyway. But yes we should at least be doing it outdoors.

I can confirm that the challenge is real. Doing this challenge outside here in the north is something else. I braved the mist and 1 degrees C weather yesterday for a 90 km ride. I enjoyed the first hour outside, the rest was less than enjoyable. I will be be back on zwift for the rest of the challenge

[ajnkzn]

This thing isn’t easy regardless of temp / conditions - another close to 70km in the bank today but still 189km to go with only 3 days left. 
 

The mighty Roscoe 7 is trucking along nicely, but I may put on some faster rolling tyres when the current ones die. 

[The Ouzo]

Rapha Challenge : 80% done

Legs : 100% done 

if it was easy it wouldn’t be a challenge. There are some strong boys in our club, pushing the pace up front just fast enough that it uncomfortable. 
Tomorrow I’ll do my own thing at a nice easy pace. 

[Frosty]

Day 5, Ride 3

Edited 15 hours ago by Frosty

[babse]

CT has been spoilt with weather over the last few days... been on MTB yesterday and today 🙌

 

109km to go.

['Dale]

Quiet streets in the Northern Suburbs - bliss.

100 kms to the milestone. 

[NotSoBigBen]

When you have 20-some gears, there's always going to be a certain amount of mental energy spent deciding if you're in the wrong gear for this particular situation. With a single speed, you can rest easy knowing you're always in the wrong gear.

Still on track .... even a few K's in hand 😎

All things being equal ... Tuesday should be a short final spin with coffee and a hearty breakfast at a local establishment me thinks 😁

[Bike Dewing]

4 minutes ago, NotSoBigBen said:

When you have 20-some gears, there's always going to be a certain amount of mental energy spent deciding if you're in the wrong gear for this particular situation. With a single speed, you can rest easy knowing you're always in the wrong gear.

Still on track .... even a few K's in hand 😎

All things being equal ... Tuesday should be a short final spin with coffee and a hearty breakfast at a local establishment me thinks 😁

Please excuse my ignorance if completely wrong but looking at that set up, i feel thats a pretty aggressive set up you got there as well.?😰🤣

[NotSoBigBen]

1 minute ago, Bike Dewing said:

Please excuse my ignorance if completely wrong but looking at that set up, i feel thats a pretty aggressive set up you got there as well.?😰🤣

You are 100% right ... it was originally setup to ride on the track. Fixed gear, track bars, no brakes

Set it up just for this specifically .... why you may ask? Just because I can I guess 😎

The single speed road bike I normally ride has a 53x18, I set this up with 51x20 .... easier on the legs, a bit anyway