Creaky Bottom Bracket

Known for riding off the front of group rides only to be caught in the first mile, we got back on a road bike and realized he must win the Donut Derby at least once in his life. Regularly pledging we’re "not climbers," we can be found as a regular attendee of Trexlertown's Thursday Night Training Criterium or sitting on the couch watching Paris-Roubaix reruns. We have been constant riders of the Hell of Hunterdon in New Jersey and raced the Tour of the Battenkill.

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Events: Planning the 2023 Rapha Festive 500

Dec 10

Dec 10 Events: Planning the 2023 Rapha Festive 500

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The 2023 Rapha Festive 500 is in the works.

Essay: On the Festive Perspective

Jan 2

Jan 2 Essay: On the Festive Perspective

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Tragedy alters priorities for 2021.

Events: The 2021 Rapha Festive 500 Day Four

Dec 30

Dec 30 Events: The 2021 Rapha Festive 500 Day Four

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The Schoolhouse Festive 500 continues as seven more antique schools are added to the list.

Events: The 2021 Rapha Festive 500 Day Three

Dec 26

Dec 26 Events: The 2021 Rapha Festive 500 Day Three

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Day Two of Rapha’s Festive 500 had us passing old and new schoolhouses.

Events: The 2021 Rapha Festive 500 Day One

Dec 25

Dec 25 Events: The 2021 Rapha Festive 500 Day One

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The Rapha Festive 500 2021 explores the diverse schoolhouse structures in Bucks County.

Events: Planning the 2021 Rapha Festive 500

Dec 19

Dec 19 Events: Planning the 2021 Rapha Festive 500

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Events: The 2019 Rapha Festive 500 Day Eight

Jan 5

Jan 5 Events: The 2019 Rapha Festive 500 Day Eight

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The final day of Rapha’s Festive 500 presents challenges and tolls.

Events: The 2019 Rapha Festive 500 Day Seven

Jan 1

Jan 1 Events: The 2019 Rapha Festive 500 Day Seven

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Here is where the Festive 500 could have come to an end.

Events: The 2019 Rapha Festive 500 Day Five and Six

Dec 30

Dec 30 Events: The 2019 Rapha Festive 500 Day Five and Six

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The final days of the 500 ramp up the anxiety.

Events: The 2019 Rapha Festive 500 Day Four

Dec 27

Dec 27 Events: The 2019 Rapha Festive 500 Day Four

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Day Four of the Festive 500 sees lost roads and lost voices.

Events: The 2019 Rapha Festive 500 Day Three

Dec 26

Dec 26 Events: The 2019 Rapha Festive 500 Day Three

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The ‘George Washington Slept Here’ Tour Continues.

Events: The 2019 Rapha Festive 500 Day One

Dec 24

Dec 24 Events: The 2019 Rapha Festive 500 Day One

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Rapha’s Festive 500 Day One has unexepected historical implications.

Events: Planning the 2019 Rapha Festive 500

Dec 8

Dec 8 Events: Planning the 2019 Rapha Festive 500

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To finish the Rapha Festive 500 is of utmost importance.

Rides We Like: The Fiesta 500

Jun 24

Jun 24 Rides We Like: The Fiesta 500

What would a northern hemisphere Festive 500 look like if it took place during the summer solstice?

Events: The 2018 Rapha Festive 500 Day Eight

Dec 31

Dec 31 Events: The 2018 Rapha Festive 500 Day Eight

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The Festive 500 that came up short.

Events: The 2018 Rapha Festive 500 Day Six

Dec 29

Dec 29 Events: The 2018 Rapha Festive 500 Day Six

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On the back four days of the Festive 500, distance totals take a turn for the worse.

Events: The 2018 Festive 500 Day Three

Dec 26

Dec 26 Events: The 2018 Festive 500 Day Three

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Revisiting an old article while knocking back miles for the Festive 500.

Events: The 2018 Festive 500 Day One

Dec 25

Dec 25 Events: The 2018 Festive 500 Day One

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Events: Routing the 2018 Rapha Festive 500

Dec 9

Dec 9 Events: Routing the 2018 Rapha Festive 500

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The Rapha Festive 500 challenge returns for 2018, and we expect to roll all 310 miles.

Events: The 2016 Festive 500 Day Eight

Dec 31

Dec 31 Events: The 2016 Festive 500 Day Eight

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Sad to say, but the Festive 500 beat me this year.