Rapha #festive500 - All Done

Strava Rapha Festive 500 is all over.

I have order the special cloth patch and the limited edition Rapha Festive 500 Tee. I hope I will the prize.

A few days off the bike now to let the body recover.

Rapha #festive500 Part 12. Walter Burley Griffin

The road network called "Canberra" wasn't the only town planning the man did. In Somers it's actually easy to follow.

All done now. Really.  Time for a drink.

729 #festive500 kilometers complete. 

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Rapha #festive500 Part 11. The long way home

Well I have to get home form work. Why go the short way.

723 #festive500 kilometers complete.  

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Rapha #festive500 Part 10. All Done. Fully Cooked. Oh! I still have to ride home.

Well that's it. New Years Eve and the challange finishes today. I finished with a variation on the 1 in 20. It may find it's way into the MTS (Mystery Tour Series) in the next week or two.


713 #festive500 kilometers complete.  

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Rapha #festive500 Part 9. Monday Evening Gravel Rash

Wow.  Not very often I get to go for an evening ride.  It's the usual Wednesday Morning Gravel Rash on a Monday night.  Add in a trip to the city.  Convenient,  there are currently track works and closures on both sides of the river.

656 #festive500 kilometers complete.  

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Rapha #festive500 Part 8. Track Lesson 5 - Farting without breaking Cadence

The description says it all really.

"Who Dropped the H Bomb"

601 #festive500 kilometers complete.  

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Rapha #festive500 Part 7. Who goes for a 5 km ride?

I didn't really go for a 5 km ride.
That would have been pointless.
Add 70 more just for Rapha #festive500.

571 #festive500 kilometers complete. 

Rapha #festive500 Part 6. + 5 = 500

500 #festive500 kilometers complete.  

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Rapha #festive500 Part 5. Foiled by the Wind

Today's 300 km Epic didn't happen because of the Ferry problems yesterday.  
I was supposed to be at home in Glen Waverley but I'm still in Somers and I have to go and collect the car from Stoney Point.

So It's Arthurs Seat instead. That was on the original ride anyway.
The drive way at home is at 12 % just like Arthurs Seat but only 40 meters long.




495 #festive500 kilometers complete. 

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Rapha #festive500 Part 4. The Other Bay Ride.

It's gunna be a warm one today so we are off to Cowes on Phillip Island for a swim. It's only a 7 km trip by boat but as usual I go the long way which is actually the shortest way by road. 115 km.

Jess : Girls on Board

Cody had a surfing lesson with Jess from Girl on Board. Highly recommended in lots of ways.

When we went to catch the ferry back to Stoney Point from Cowes it did not turn up. "Cancelled by the Wind" They said. Ever tried getting accommodation on Phillip Island between Christmas and new year. We eventually go home at 10 pm after someone had to drive to Cowes to get us.

417 #festive500 kilometers complete.  

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Rapha #festive500 Part 3. Crop Circle

Santa got a sore head

Rapha Festive 500. Ride 500 kilometers in 8 days.

Part of "The Suburban Explorer" Series.
Find as many ways to climb a hill as possible.
Today it's Mt Eliza on the Mornington Peninsula.

11 ways to climb Mt Eliza.

1. Mountain Av.
2. Humpheries Rd.
3. Two Bays Rd.
4. Station St.
5. Maughan Rd.
6. Wooralla Dr.
7. Tower Rd.
8. Wooralla Dr.
9. Canadian Bay Rd.
10. Humpheries Rd.
11. Rosedale Gr.

303 #festive500 kilometers complete.    

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Rapha #festive500 Part 2. Emerald Super Loop

Another early morning.
Up the 1 in 20 on the Felt. Grantalla Rd, Emerald, a two minute stop by the Sylvan Reservoir then back home via Me Evelyn.
The traffic is light as it's Boxing Day. Cars and Bikes.

205 #Festive500 kilometers complete.

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Rapha #festive500 Part 1. The Surburban Explorer

Rapha Festive 500. Ride 500 kilometers in 8 days.

Rapha

Haych.mtb
104 km

http://app.strava.com/activities/101629439

The Suburban Explorer is just another point less ride close to home.
Sort of like seeing your name written in the sky. Only in reverse.

The ride took me about 1/2 hour to plan and 4 hrs to ride. I'm lucky it's Christmas eve, the traffic was light this morning and the pre-plotted Garmin map created in Strava Route's worked perfectly.

104 #Festive500 kilometers complete.