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 do these 2 or 3 things below and then read each challenge as it is posted on our Facebook page & Instagram feed (FB posts will also be linked in the schedule below as they are posted just in case you are anti FB, we don’t judge):
- 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.
Schedule
| DATE: 02.02 TIME: Anytime RIDE: Groundhog Day ride: 5+ Miles LOCATION: Outdoors | |
| DATE: 02.04-05 TIME: Anytime RIDE: Challenge Yo Distance: 10+ Miles LOCATION: Outdoors | |
| DATE: 02.06 TIME: 5:30pm RIDE: Case of the Mondays LOCATION: Zwift, Watopia | |
| DATE: 02.10 TIME: Anytime RIDE: Don’t Chafe p/b Chamois Butt’r LOCATION: Outdoors | |
| DATE: 02.11-12 TIME: Anytime RIDE: Challenge Yo Distance: 15+ Miles LOCATION: Outdoors | |
| DATE: 02.13 TIME: Anytime RIDE: Case of the Mondays LOCATION: Zwift, Watopia | |
| DATE: 02.18-19 TIME: Anytime RIDE: Challenge Yo Distance: 20+ Miles LOCATION: Outdoors | |
| DATE: 02.20 TIME: 5:15pm RIDE: Case of the Mondays LOCATION: Zwift, Watopia | |
| DATE: 02.22.22 TIME: Anytime RIDE: Snack Attack p/b Casey’s Cycling Team LOCATION: Outdoors | |
| DATE: 02.25-26 TIME: Anytime RIDE: Challenge Yo Distance: 25+ Miles LOCATION: Outdoors | |
| DATE: 02.27 TIME: 5:15pm RIDE: Case of the Mondays LOCATION: Zwift, Watopia |
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.
Monday night Zwift rides will be worth a flat 25 points.
Ex: Feels like 26 degrees = 31pts.
Podium will be Women’s 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Men’s 1st, 2nd, 3rd.
Who’s Flahute’n?
#februaryflahutes
~ Tom Keller and Bloomington Cycle & Fitness
