Ride 500 km, win stuff

Raph Festive 500

The head cold that’s been threatening for the past day finally emerged full bloom this morning, so when I read about Rapha’s Festive 500, I literally feel sick about it. 500 km (300 miles) from Christmas to the New Year? In the cold and rain?

Still, it’s a neat idea. The head cold will be done by Christmas so maybe I’ll go for it, and you can win nice Rapha stuff for participating. Via Andy on Twitter.



See also:

  1. Giveaway: Win the Ride Of Your Life
  2. Bicycle Christmas cards
  3. Rapha Continental tour of California
  4. A Cyclist’s Christmas Story


  • Andy

    I haven’t done many winter rides other than the daily commuting, but this will be my motivation! Under about 20F and I don’t do so well for more than 20 miles. The forecast here (though not incredibly accurate that far out) calls for 28-41F, so that should be doable. I’ll probably just do multiple 2 hour rides on the days that I can and warm up in between.

  • Anonymous

    Thanks for the heads up. I think I’m going to do this if the weather holds out.

  • Anonymous

    Thanks for the heads up. I think I’m going to do this if the weather holds out.

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  • http://justanothercyclist.com/ JustAnotherCyclist

    Hmmm. That’s an aggressive goal. I might just have to take the bait on this one.

  • http://justanothercyclist.com/ JustAnotherCyclist

    Hmmm. That’s an aggressive goal. I might just have to take the bait on this one.

  • Daniel

    yep I am doing this also! But today WILL be a challenge its 3 degrees out and dropping… plus its raining. I will update my blog tonight :) http://tinyurl.com/2e46dwg