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Rapha - The Festive 500
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Re: Rapha - The Festive 500
Postby sb944 » Thu Dec 27, 2012 10:23 am
http://app.strava.com/activities/34102339
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Re: Rapha - The Festive 500
Postby DTdotcom » Thu Dec 27, 2012 11:40 am
sb944 wrote:Another great riding morning in Sydney. Headed through North Ryde, North Sydney, over harbour bridge, eastern suburb bays to Watsons bay, down the beaches to La Perouse, then back through cycleway to Olympic Park, 101kms, 273km done now:
http://app.strava.com/activities/34102339
Nice ride Sam, Kudos sent.
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Re: Rapha - The Festive 500
Postby GeoffInBrisbane » Thu Dec 27, 2012 11:43 am
329km done, 171km to go. Going alright!
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Re: Rapha - The Festive 500
Postby Mugglechops » Thu Dec 27, 2012 2:19 pm
200kms done and my Single Speed challenge is starting to hurt.

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Re: Rapha - The Festive 500
Postby Riggsbie » Thu Dec 27, 2012 3:47 pm
http://app.strava.com/activities/34126731
Now upto 335km on 3 different bikes......tomorrow I may ride my recumbent trike

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Re: Rapha - The Festive 500
Postby Riggsbie » Thu Dec 27, 2012 3:52 pm
gabrielle260 wrote:Hey Riggsbie, I am staying at Point Lonsdale for the week, do you want to meet up for a ride? I will be out early each morning....
Andrew
Hi Andrew,
That would be good.......I am going to ride a recumbent tomorrow as my bum needs a rest, these upright bikes are not as comfortable as my recumbents.......
I was going to do an easy 70km ride tomorrow, probably Jan Juc to Barwon Heads/Ocean Grove.....depends on the weather as well.....if its windy I'll end up taking the velomobile as the wind does not affect it too much !
I'll PM you my email and mobile number and maybe we can meet up ?
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Re: Rapha - The Festive 500
Postby gabrielle260 » Thu Dec 27, 2012 4:23 pm
Riggsbie (and anyone in the area) - happy to ride off road or bitumen. I ride uprights but happy to ride with recumbents....
Andrew
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Re: Rapha - The Festive 500
Postby marinmomma » Thu Dec 27, 2012 7:39 pm
If the challenge had been between Dec 20th to Dec 27th I'd be done, I've ridden 516ks in the last 8 days


Four days to get 195ks!
Good luck everyone!
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Re: Rapha - The Festive 500
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Re: Rapha - The Festive 500
Postby Releng » Thu Dec 27, 2012 8:20 pm
Family time has been great but time consuming, now the visitors have gone home and I have 2 days free before we are travelling again.
Yesterday (boxing day) I had great plans, one lot of family left at 9am and the next were due to arrive at 2pm. I thought I would get in 100Ks easy. 27.5 Ks in I got out of the seat to get up a small hill and snapped a rear spoke. I turned around and made it home slowly, walking up the steepest hills as too much force on the back wheel would cause it to lock on the brake. I managed 40K this morning while the rest of the house slept in and another 15 this afternoon moving between family gatherings.
What can go wrong tomorrow?
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Re: Rapha - The Festive 500
Postby ldrcycles » Thu Dec 27, 2012 9:47 pm
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Re: Rapha - The Festive 500
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Re: Rapha - The Festive 500
Postby Lukeyboy » Fri Dec 28, 2012 12:02 am
29,203.7km
Distance
3,477m
Elevation
09:15:25
Moving Time
7,120
Calories
Time 09:15:25
Elapsed Time 09:20:56
Max Speed 72.9km/h
Avg Speed 3,154.8km/h
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Re: Rapha - The Festive 500
Postby GeoffInBrisbane » Fri Dec 28, 2012 8:57 am
Just got back from a 60km ride (Harrisville-Rosevale return, some good climbs too) which was quite an effort as I'm knackered today. Paused the ride when I got home, until I got in wifi range, phone in pocket, got inside, took phone out and ride had gone! Would have been 402km down, 98 to go, but now I'm still at 158km to go! Don't suppose there's some secret cache on the phone somewhere (he says, without much hope)?
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Re: Rapha - The Festive 500
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Re: Rapha - The Festive 500
Postby grantw » Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:33 am
Dimma wrote:Done and dusted, time to take it easy for a couple of days.
Well done


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Re: Rapha - The Festive 500
Postby marinmomma » Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:55 am
Dimma wrote:Done and dusted, time to take it easy for a couple of days.
Congratulations huge effort!
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Re: Rapha - The Festive 500
Postby sambo3 » Fri Dec 28, 2012 12:10 pm
Next three days 41, 41, 40
I have managed 3 rides;
Christmas Eve 100km
Boxing Day 75km
Today 120km
205km to go.
I had hoped to not ride on New Years Eve but will have to now.
I originally planned to do a few arvo rides with my morning rides but its to bloody hot!
Anyway I guess that's why they call it a challenge.
I hope it storms over this arvo, I can maybe then sneak in another short ride.
Cheers
Sambo
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Re: Rapha - The Festive 500
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Re: Rapha - The Festive 500
Postby Lukeyboy » Fri Dec 28, 2012 1:13 pm



Dimma wrote:Done and dusted, time to take it easy for a couple of days.
Congrats.
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Re: Rapha - The Festive 500
Postby zakka101 » Fri Dec 28, 2012 2:04 pm
i unfortunately was 100k into a 140k ride xmas eve and snapped a spoke on the front wheel. nothing open, nowhere to repair it so i have been out of action since. wont be able to make the 500 at all ( and only took the wheel in to get fixed today ) so safe to say my festive 500 is out.
good luck to everyone else!
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Re: Rapha - The Festive 500
Postby GeoffInBrisbane » Fri Dec 28, 2012 3:07 pm
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Re: Rapha - The Festive 500
Postby skull » Fri Dec 28, 2012 3:18 pm
Today's ride was a real struggle after yesterdays 150km. Planning another 100km tomorrow then depending on how my legs are Sunday is going to be a leg buster to finish off.
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Re: Rapha - The Festive 500
Postby Mugglechops » Fri Dec 28, 2012 5:10 pm
Even threw in a Ferry ride

My Rapha may be over though as I had a stupid crash and have done something to my calf muscle


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Re: Rapha - The Festive 500
Postby Riggsbie » Fri Dec 28, 2012 5:34 pm
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I met up with a BNA forum member today, which was nice.....we rode together for about 40km and had a coffee and a good chat....nice one Andrew ! Did you get any bargains at De Grandi ?
I have now completed 426km on 4 different bikes (Specialized Roubaix, Mango Sport Red Edition, Scott Spark 29er, ICE Vortex FS)..... Tomorrow I may dust off my Catbike Musashi for the last 74km.....also a 100km ride planned for Sunday !!
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