Updating my entries in ROJA's excellent KOM sticky got me thinking. All this data is really interesting, how can we do something exciting with it collectively? So in light of all the recent challenges concerning how far you can ride in an hour, how high you can climb in an hour, how many push ups you can do, and how many burrito's you can eat - how about converting this into a KOM challenge.

Obviously, a lot of us have ridden with each other and have a good idea of each others abilities, so simply organizing a climb would be nothing unusual, and we could probably predict who'd get KOM on a given day. So how about organizing a different ride with a staggered start, so that the fastest riders have a longer hold at the bottom, and hopefully we end up with some more interesting finishes? This would also allow us to theoretically normalize between slowpokes and gladiators.

In order for this to work, we'd have to pick a climb that everyone will have ridden up at least once and can post a time for and is significant enough to warrant the effort of trying to get everyone together. So I've put a poll together listing climbs we could consider, but I'd also like your input.

1. Is this a good idea?

2. Are you interested in participating?

3. Which climb should we use (see poll)?

4. What else could we do to make this as much fun as possible?

I'd suggest we shoot for August or so to make the climb, hopefully before the rain arrives, but far enough away that we could get a list of times for everyone who'd want to participate. Lots of logistics to consider, but it seemed like an intriguing idea.

Just a thought for now....