Roman Siromakha in the autumnal woods

Our newest OpenDev member, Roman Siromakha, has recently just documented his effort during last year's Festive500 challenge. Riding 500km over a week is no easy feat, but completing it over three days during a New York winter is verging on the side of crazy! 

"To be honest, I have never finished the Festive 500 - every time I hit the 350-400km mark I just give up. It's exhausting! This year I decided I would finally achieve my goal, but it wasn't easy. I had a Christmas trip planned to Boston until the 26th and a CX race to shoot on the 31st, leaving me with very limited time in between to do some big rides that could count."

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