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Thanks for sharing Ben. I have to agree, every time I see a nice bit of gravel being paved, my soul dies a little.

I've done the festive 500 three times now, all outside, in France. This time I was lucky with the weather it wasn't too windy, but I did do 125 km in fog to start on Christmas Eve. After that I did 3 x 80kms , then 3 short rides of 40 - 50 to finish a day early. It was cold, I was in a pretty hilly region and ended up doing about 7000m climbing. I'd say the same thing, try to get lots done early on and then you can ease up afterwards ! I wouldn't have liked to have to do my 125km foggy ride (with 2000m climbing) on 31st December !

Well done Ben and HNY! Another Foxy here, I completed the F500 yesterday (all outdoors). I did it over 6 days as I couldn't ride on Xmas Day or Boxing Day. It was definitely a tough challenge mainly due to weather as you say. We were having to ride through flooded roads yesterday with feet completely submerged and soaked for 4 hrs! I don't think I will do it again mainly because of time sacrifice and impact on family but glad to have experienced it.

I’m with you. I ride to enjoy it. I have stopped doing it for a challenge because it’s not always enjoyable.

Happy new year Ben. Wishing you more deserved success with the channel!!

F500 is brutal when the weather goes against you. I took the easy option - yeah I'm one of them (Zwift). Hat!

Thanks Ben for the videos you have done this year. Have brilliant new year, look forward to seeing more in 2024. I will have to try this route when I visit a friends in the northeast, but first I need to get fit again after having health issues for the last few months.

Well done ben i live in sussex i also did it over 5 days,2 punctures plenty of rain n strong winds but felt invigerated for getting outside 😊 health n happiness for 2024

Happy New Year mate👍 Think I’ll have a go this year, might be easier in Lanzarote weather, great vid 👍🚴😎

Cracking achievement, mate. Especially as you did it over just 5 days too! Storm Pia was a killer though. I did an imperial century on Christmas Eve and it took forever thanks to the wind! 🤦🏻‍♂️ Happy new year mate. 🎉

i did the Festive 500 all outside it was the 1st time for me i live in hampshire uk the wind most days was 20 - 50 mph it was tough it didnt help i did a 65 mile ride on the 23rd.

Fair play. I did 400km in 7 days on zwift then finished with 100km outside in the rain to get some credibility. But tbf riding the trainer is still harder than riding outside in summer like they can in Aus

Happy New Year Ben. Wishing you every success in 2024 👍

I did it on Zwift, 520km with 3000m elevation on 6 days. Scottish Highlands is a different proposition and on the 27th it was utter carnage here with Storm Gerrit, tens of thousands of trees flattened in the vicinity (our next door neighbours lost both their car and van) and today was my first "real" mtb out and about and most of the places I bike are impassable... and if it's not wet and windy it's been well sub zero..... yeah Zwift may not be "in the spirit of it" but I want to be riding this summer coming not recovering from avoidable injuries!!

Great video and well done, personally I love this challenge as it suits me, my wife works in retail and Christmas is her busiest time. This is my 6th year in a row and did it with 3 days to spare this year. Needless to say I enjoyed the two days off before the ride on New Year’s Day! Thanks for posting.

Happy new year Ben. 🍾🚴🏼🚴🏼

Happy New Year Ben! 🥳🇨🇦

Respekt and happy new year 🫶

Fair play mate 👏🏻 - like you I’ve always wanted to do it and tick it off the list, and would want to do it outdoors not indoors, but Christmas for me has always been about chilling with the family… maybe next year though… we’ll see 😂

The whole idea of a 500km challenge btwn Xmas & New Years sounds _adventurous_ but sketchy, especially there in the UK

nice one guys! have a happy and healthy new year everyone! 👍

Days like this may require a small backpack with a thermos and food. :)

Great work. Kudos on surviving the weather. Unfortunately I am recovering from a hip injury and had to do the Festivus 500 on Zwift. Good that I got it done with the injury but lame indoors. Graded myself a B-.

Well done 👏 happy new year 👌🏿💪🏿

We’ll done Benny boy 😘

Well you had a lot of factors against you. If you can. Come down to Australia the weather a lot better for it. Well done anyway mate 👍 😊

Well done! I did it for the first time this year, however I did it all on zwift. It was not fun 🍑🍑. I'm not sure if I will do it again. Next up for me is Sherwood Glorious Gravel at the end of March.

Nice work Benny boi

Happy new year 🎉, what gear do you use to make your videos? Microphone camera, mounts, etc? Thanks so much! So happy to see you hit your goals. Keep it up.

Hey there Ben, why does your headlight point up above horizontal, instead down towards the road?

Whats the brand of your long sleeved jersey? It's a wicked colour!

I done the f500 once wouldn't do it again. It's just to much hassle.