Today is the LAST DAY of the Three Speed April 2021 Challenge!

Society Of Three Speeds

Hello, friends of Three Speeds! Yes, April has flown by. And today is the last day of the Three Speed April 2021 Challenge! You have now until 11:59 PM your local time to finish up the challenge. What’s that, you forgot to register? Well, you can still register and complete the challenge TODAY if you want!

Please remember a few points:

• You don’t have to do all five of the sub-challenges. You can do as many as you like. You need to do one sub-challenge to get stickers and at least three sub-challenges to get the patch.
• You can do the Bike Overnight tonight. If you do that (and only if you do that), you can complete other sub-challenges tomorrow (Saturday May 1st) as part of your return ride. Didn’t do the Overnight tonight? You can’t do challenges tomorrow.
• Finished your challenge? Now is the time to finalize your Official…

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Olympus XA2: Zen perfection

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A quick Three Speed April 2021 update

Society Of Three Speeds

Hello folks! We are in the last third of this year’s Three Speed April 2021 Challenge. So far thirty folks have signed up. Cool! I haven’t received any journals in the mail yet, but I have seen some reports on Instagram. If you are sharing on The Gram, make sure you tag your posts #3spdapr2021 and “ping” me if you would like me to share.

Haven’t signed up yet? You still have ten days to fulfill the challenge! Plenty of time. Remember you can do as many of the sub-challenges together as you want, so you can put them all together in one ride. Go here to see the rules and register.

And without further ado, here’s some Three Speed April posts!

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My Three Speed April 2021 ride: 2 April

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Midnite Bicycle League Challenge Update: Prize packs still going out and what the next one may look like

Hello, friends! It's been over a month since the Midnite Bicycle League Challenge closed. I've received around 75 completed journals from all corners of the world. We had a little over 120 registrants, so it's been a 60% return rate. So cool that so many of you completed the Challenge! And 75 journals is...quite a...