What is a Flahute?
The best answer is a cyclist who is the toughest… not the fastest or the fittest… the toughest! You look at the forecast and laugh, or maybe you don’t even look at the weather at all… headwind, crosswind, pshhh I just ride, I’m a Flahute!
If you say pshhh, I’m no Flahute, then we ask… are you ready to stretch your comfort levels this winter and find the most Flahute’n version of yourself? We will be available to answer questions on tires, apparel, hand/toe warmers, mindset and just starting with small goals to build off of. We are your Flahute’n Support Crew!
So then what is February Flahutes?
10 or more 😂 stages in total that make up a series of winter cycling challenges. This will be a mix of outdoor riding and indoor in Watopia (Zwift’s virtual world).
So let’s get off the couch, get outside or get online this February and flex our saddle toughness!
Each event will have specific details to the challenge and points awarded accordingly, you must first sign-up below and then read each challenge as it is posted on our Facebook page & Instagram profile:
- sign-up to be added to score sheet (it’s free)
- Indoor rides: Do you have a Zwift account & want to join the Monday night group rides on 2/6, 2/13, 2/20, 2/27 If so… join the Bloomington Cycle & Fitness Club on the Zwift Companion app to receive an invite.
Scoring
Points System: Riders earn points based on each ride’s temperature (colder = more points). The outdoor points formula is 25pts + a bonus point for each degree below freezing and we are going off “feels like” temps.
Ex: Feels like 26 degrees = 31pts.
Zwift: Monday night Zwift rides will be worth a flat 25 points if you stay on the ride until the end, we will be using the results for scoring.
Podium will be Women’s 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Men’s 1st, 2nd, 3rd.
Who’s Flahute’n?
Challenge Schedule
| DATE: 02.02 TIME: Anytime RIDE: Groundhog Day: Shadow or Deuces LOCATION: Outdoors |
| DATE: 02.04-05 TIME: Anytime RIDE: Challenge Yo Distance: 10+ Miles: cam·ou·flage LOCATION: Outdoors |
| DATE: 02.06 TIME: 5:30pm RIDE: Case of the Mondays LOCATION: Zwift, Watopia |
| DATE: 02.10 TIME: Anytime RIDE: FFxFF+PLD: Don’t Chafe p/b Chamois Butt’r LOCATION: Outdoors |
| DATE: 02.11-12 TIME: Anytime RIDE: Challenge Yo Distance: Graffiti Gang p/b BCF Race Team 15+ Miles LOCATION: Outdoors |
| DATE: 02.13 TIME: 5:30pm RIDE: Case of the Mondays LOCATION: Zwift, Watopia |
| DATE: 02.18-19 TIME: Anytime RIDE: Challenge Yo Distance: 20+ Miles: Keep it REEL LOCATION: Outdoors |
| DATE: 02.20 TIME: 5:30pm RIDE: Case of the Mondays LOCATION: Zwift, Watopia |
| DATE: 02.25-26 TIME: Anytime RIDE: Challenge Yo Distance: 25+ Miles: Snack Attack p/b Casey’s Cycling Team LOCATION: Outdoors |
| DATE: 02.27 TIME: 5:30pm RIDE: Case of the Mondays LOCATION: Zwift, Watopia |
#februaryflahutes
~ Tom Keller and Bloomington Cycle & Fitness
