Adrianinkc

Specialized and Strava challenge.

https://www.specialized.com/us/en/bc/...rava_Challenge

wi.flash

I like to see challenges like this, but I don't have the hills or the ability.

jsutkeepspining

pfff i could do that in like 2 rides

this is bf's right...im allowed to say stuff like this!

fishymamba

I'll try, but I don't think I have the time to do it. I have no excuse of not having any hills nearby....

rangerdavid

I'm in~!!!!

jmX

I'm not scared of the climbing, but being employed and having a family pretty much make this one impossible for me. I can get 10k feet in 6 hours, so it'd be 65 hours, or about 10 hours a week, plus about 1.5 hours of driving a week to get to the most optimal climbing spots.

I wonder how many people will hit the goal? Couple hundred?

fishymamba

Oh wait! Day light savings time is going to be in effect! If I ride 1.5 hours every weekday(which I am not able to do right now due to the time) I might be able to complete the challenge.

My Saturday rides are usually around 5000ft of climbing and sunday rides are usually 2000 but up to 4000 depending on whether I ride alone or with the local club.

K.Katso

This contest favors those that live near hills. I would have to take time off from work and drive places to do this, so I don't think I'll be participating. Riding back and forth over the same freeway overpass doesn't sound like fun. Firing up the Strava app on my smartphone and launching it into orbit to achieve the required altitude might be.

I will however actually ride the full courses during the tour versions of Flanders, Liege-Bastogne-Liege, and Milano-San Remo this year. I would have done the others also but some idiot decided to put the Roubaix cyclo on the same weekend as Flanders, and Amstel Gold was fully booked. I don't see myself doing any of them 3 times though. That would be insane and really expensive.

I'm really curious what the "surprise finisher gift" is. I can't wait to hear from the finishers what they actually receive. Hopefully it's not totally lame.

pallen

I did almost 6500ft last Sat, but I wont get a chance to do anything like that again for several weeks.

bored117 

Tempting... only thing is... wonder if it is going to mass with my KoM training rides... (over training)

Adrianinkc

I'm tempted on going for it but looking back at my Garmin data from last year, I don't think its hilly enough around here. Most elevation on a single ride was 4900FT and that was a century.

K.Katso

You just need to do 22 of those in 45 days.

fishymamba

Wow, I can get that much elevation gain in 40 miles.....

brn2run

To get that much elevation around where I live I would need a helicopter.

mechBgon

I'm currently averaging 2000ft ascent per (serious) ride for 3-4 rides a week, should be no problem. Joined.

Crappymonkey

I would only need to ride up the local hill about 1600 times!

abstractform20

i hope either the volagi guys or someone on a volagi does it.

znomit

A new pair of knees?