Roberts "Winter Ride Challenge Series"

Robert starts his series on Saturday again. Same deal as every winter - no matter what the conditions will be, we will meet for a bike ride 4 times a week!

Mondays at 6:50 PM
American Cycle and Fitness, Royal Oak
20 miles / 1.5 hours

Wednesdays at 6:50 PM
Community Center, Royal Oakd
20 miles / 1.5 hours

Saturdays at 11 AM
Cosi in Birmingham
40 miles / 3.0 hours

Sundays at 11 AM
Einstein in Troy
40 miles / 3.0 hours

The focus will be basemiles for the next 12 weeks. The series last year ended with
2170 total miles,
ride time of 156 hours,
average ride time of 3:20 hours,
average wind chill temp of 16.6 F and
8 riders per ride.

The scoring:
"Riders earn points based on each rides temperature (colder = more points). Points formula: 70 minus lowest posted wind chill temp. 15 bonus points awarded to single-speed riders. After a rider has earned points on a ride he or she may earn 10 social points simply by showing up at the beginning of the ride to say hi."

I did pretty well last in the series year besides all the business trips I had going on during the winter time, finishing 4th overall of a total of more than 50 riders showing up the rides.