SVCC – Ride The Nine Challenge

 1) Eligibility

• Open to all paid-up SVCC members.
• You must have a Strava account and join the SVCC Strava Club.
• Your Strava privacy settings must allow your segment efforts to be visible for verification. If you prefer not to do this, contact the organisers for an alternative verification method.

2) Monthly Segment (Feb–Oct)

• Each month SVCC will publish one Strava segment.
• To count for that month you must ride the segment at least once within the calendar month.
• Any pace, any day, solo or group.
• Completion counts (not fastest time).
• Only one segment completion can score per month.

Verification: Segment completion is checked using Strava at the end of the month, so ensure the segment is captured during your ride; if the organisers can’t see that you’ve ridden the segment that month, it won’t be counted!

3) Optional 100 km monthly ‘Big Day’ milestone

Riders can optionally complete a 100 km ride in each month.

• You can ride 100 km (or more) as often as you like on any route you choose.
• For Ride The Nine tracking, we record one qualifying 100 km credit per month (one “credit” per month).
• These rides are optional and do not affect your ability to become a Quarter Finisher.
• 100km ‘Big Day’ rides cannot be done on the same ride as your monthly Segment ride; they must be two separate rides.

4) Seasonal quarters

• 🌱 Spring: Feb–Apr
• 🌞 Summer: May–Jul
• 🍂 Autumn: Aug–Oct

5) Quarter Finisher (and raffle entry)

• A rider becomes a Quarter Finisher by completing all 3 monthly segments in the quarter.
• All Quarter Finishers are entered into the quarterly raffle at the end of Spring, Summer, and Autumn.

6) Ride The Nine – Challenge Finisher

To finish the challenge as a Ride The Nine – Challenge Finisher, riders must complete:

• ✅ all nine monthly segments (Feb–Oct),

7) Ride The Nine – ‘Big Day’ Rider Finisher

To finish the challenge as a Ride The Nine – ‘Big Day’ Finisher, riders must complete:

• ✅ all nine monthly segments (Feb–Oct),
• ✅at least one qualifying 100 km credit in Spring (Feb-Apr), and
• ✅at least one qualifying 100 km credit in Summer (May–Jul), and
• ✅at least one qualifying 100 km credit in Autumn (Aug–Oct).

8) Ride The Nine – Ultra Finisher (Top Tier)

To earn Ride The Nine – Ultra Finisher, riders must complete:

• ✅ all nine monthly segments (Feb–Oct), and
• ✅ all nine monthly 100 km credits (Feb–Oct).

9) Booking + evidence for 100 km credits (Spond)

To count a monthly 100 km credit, riders must do both:

1. Book onto the monthly 100 km attempt in Spond to register their intent, and
2. Post evidence on the relevant Spond post/event: either a Strava activity link or a screenshot showing distance and date.

Deadline: Evidence must be submitted by the 2nd day of the following month.

10) Qualifying rules for 100 km credits

A 100 km ride must be:

• ≥100 km in one continuous ride
• Outdoors
• Completed within the relevant calendar month
• Supported by the Strava link/screenshot submitted via Spond

11) Safety & fair play

• The rules of the road must be followed at all times.
• Safety of riders and others is the first priority.
• The organisers’ decision is final in any dispute.