The Rapha Festive 500

Cheers, woah 14k is shitloads more. There's only 373 in the rwgps one, which runs from 14th to 1st and is based on trying to cycle 10,20 or 35 hours and it keeps a record of your miles.

So it seems I've greatly increase my chance of prizes, but for the fact they have'nt given any indication of what the prizes are and how they will be dished out. It'll probably be a bag of crisps, that they won't ship to the UK.

So I'm not very hopeful of a new wheelset, cassette, chain and cables that I've almost ground to dust during the end of days weather during the course of the challenge. I'm doing the 35 hour one, and though I was'nt the first to get there I'm currently leading with 59 hours and 907 miles so if I don't get at least a badge, by god I'll be forced to write a strongly worded letter or get a life or something.

Wahey sorry to hijack thread again but I got an 'honourable mention' for the ridewithgps challenge, and a 'wow!'

http://ridewithgps.com/competitions/Pre-resolution-challenge/overview
http://blog.ridewithgps.com/blog/2013/01/07/PreResolution-Recap/

And better than the predicted bag of crisps/chips I've been given a 3 month trial upgrade of their premium service, a T-shirt and a water bottle, woop woop.

OK so I've probably taken more value than that off my bike and its components by exposing my poor italian stallion to Decembers shite weather, but I'm easily pleased and this is offically the start, and more than likely the finish, of my cycling palamares.

I'll be expecting calls from Team Sky anyday and am preparing to adjust all my letterheads for the expected mention and free upgrade in the Queens honours list.