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Hello, friends of three speeds! Thank you to everyone who has participated during the first week of this year’s very different Three Speed Adventure April Challenge. (If you want to see how this year’s challenge works, please go here.)
Week One’s Prompt was You and your three speed. By far, the most participation has happened on Instagram. So I’m going to share some of these posts:
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Alright, thank you to everyone who’s been participating in the very different for 2020 Three Speed Adventure April Challenge! It’s been fun. And now it is time for the prompt for Week Two, which is Sunday April 5 through Saturday April 11th (all times local):
Getting Artsy with your Three Speed
What do I mean? I want a not-ordinary shot of your (or someone else’s) three speed. See the example above: You know it’s a three speed by the Sturmey-Archer trigger shifter, but the focus of this shot isn’t even necessarily the bike. So this one is open to interpretation, dig? It can feature a full shot of a three speed, or part of it, or heck, maybe no three speed at all if you are sufficiently creative.
I’ll give you another good artsy shot, this one from Scott Joseph:
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Okay friends! Here is the start of the brave new Three Speed Adventure April 2020 Challenge. Remember, this is not about “winning” or prizes, just simply a way to enjoy three speeds safely during this pandemic.
And the prompt for Week One, which is Sunday March 29 through Saturday April 4 (all times local to you) is:
You and your three speed
I’d like to see photos of you and your bike! This can done in the safety of your home and/or garage.
Here are the fine print details:
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Hello friends. I didn’t want to do the traditional Three Speed Adventure April Challenge like I’ve been doing for the last few years–all the registrations, info collecting, Google spreadsheets, and nagging people had got me down. But now we are in this brave new world of global pandemic, which has led to the cancellation of my April ride in Portland. I want to do something.
I thought about bringing back some form of the original Adventure April challenges, since they can be done alone and with appropriate social distancing. But I also don’t want to encourage any risky and irresponsible behavior. So, I am going to do another three speed typed challenge project, one that you can even do when you are self-quarantined!
Over the next five weeks, from Sunday March 29 through Saturday May 2, I’m going to have a weekly Self-Challenge. The weekly prompts will be posted by…
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