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@Lynchman
Love the concept of the festive 500. The principle of challenging and motivating yourself and each other to get out there is great, but 500km over the course of a week hardly qualify as an epic achievement by anyone's standard, presuming for the sake of argument that we're talking about able bodied people.
Honour and achievement is all in the heart. To me the patch is like claiming a trophy for wiping your butt; I wouldn't want one if you paid me to take it, and I certainly wouldn't lie or fabricate evidence to get it.
Fuck the patch. Just ride.