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Lousy roundel.jpgPartners’ roundel for Rapha Festive 500 widows
“You’ve earned your patch... or at least caught the sniffles trying to do so. Go ahead and show your gratitude to your loved one for tolerating your addiction.”
Each year, the Festive 500 sees Rapha invite friends and customers to ride 500km in the eight days between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. Tens of thousands of cyclists now make an attempt and last year over eight thousand were successful, each of whom was able to claim a commemorative woven ‘roundel’.
Such efforts don’t come without consequences, however – hence this complementary Festivus 2015 Lousy Roundel (which is not by Rapha). You don’t even need to complete the challenge. You just need to be willing to part with $9.25 (including postage).
Sadly, there doesn’t seem to be a version reading ‘I tolerated her holiday cycling…’ for Festive 500 widowers.
Alex has written for more cricket publications than the rest of the road.cc team combined. Despite the apparent evidence of this picture, he doesn't especially like cake.
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- David9694 42 min 15 sec ago
One Stop in Evesham ram raided on Christmas Day by thieves https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/24821392.one-stop-evesham-ram-raide...
- Spangly Shiny 3 hours 57 min ago
Bullseye!
- chrisonabike 4 hours 49 min ago
Shurely "we have to build more housing! But developers won't build 'affordable housing'. And where can we find land anyway (lots of nimbys)?"...
- RoubaixCube 4 hours 58 min ago
Its an Garmin'less Garmin for a lot less Garmin money.
- Backladder 9 hours 24 min ago
Totally agree, it is confusing, do they mean it was three times as many as before or was it up by three times as many so actually 4 times as many?
- hawkinspeter 9 hours 30 min ago
I've noticed previously that it can take a couple of hours for the post to show up in the forum posts section, but if it's not appearing at all,...
- wtjs 9 hours 38 min ago
Unable to trust it... My solution to this problem began a few years ago- just get another one when they're cheap and light enough
- Dnnnnnn 1 day 37 min ago
The CUK members' own stories about their travels in the mag make me wonder whether road.cc could built up a bank of readers' favourite routes? It...
- Hirsute 1 day 2 hours ago
There is no way on that terrain the wheels would clog up.
- TempleOrion 1 day 4 hours ago
No. But do you think Trump is? 🤡💩🤣
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i wonder what the % male/female split is in the 500km festive riders?
Maybe I'm being a little over-sensitive as a result of what I was reading immediately prior to this headline, but… "widows"?
BUGGER. Thought Rapha had developed a sense of humour for a minute there.