The Severo Society

Established 2016
Colorado Springs, CO

Training Stress Fuels the Severo Society

Two-Wheeled Exclusivity

Named in honor of Ottavio Severo, an unknown Colorado Springs resident, bicycle racing pioneer and fictional inspiration for the 719 Ride, The Severo Society (TSS) is an exclusive club of grimpeurs, puncheurs, diesels, mashers, granny gears and bricks united by a love for cycling and a challenge that involves roads that tilt up.

Anyone who completes at least one lap of the 719 Ride is a member of The Severo Society, as is anyone who successfully completes a DIY 719.

Members of The Severo Society who notch historic levels of relative effort, accumulate a notable training stress score (TSS), and successfully complete a DIY 719 are elevated to The Order of Ottavio.

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The 719 Cols

Meritorious Discoveries of The Order of Ottavio

Complete a DIY 719 to discover your 719 Col.

A 719 Col is any indoor or outdoor bike ride with a final distance between 71.90 and 71.99 miles and at least 7,190' of elevation gain.

Successful completion of a DIY 719 earns you a lifetime of glory and honor paid for with extraordinary commitment, effort and determination.

Submit a New Col
Passo d'Improvvisazione (11,152')
Discovered near Boulder, CO on November 9, 2019 by Corinne Warren, O.S.4.
Pazzo Pass (9,318')
Discovered near Littleton, CO on February 2, 2020 by Corinne Warren, O.S.4.
Col du Souffrir (8,970')
Discovered in Colorados Springs, CO on July 5, 2019 by Daryl Spano, O.S.2.
Les Deux États (8,780')
Discovered near Roan Mountain, TN on September 5, 2019 by Marc Poland, O.S.3.
Les Quatre Tours (8,767')
Discovered in Colorado Springs, CO on May 2, 2020 by Austin Frindt, O.S.5.
Mount Cloudier (7,608')
Discovered in Colorado Springs, CO on July 6, 2019 by Chris Giovagnoni, O.S.1.
Col du Rado (7,438')
Discovered in Colorado Springs, CO on June 29, 2019 by Chris Giovagnoni, O.S.1.

The Order of Ottavio

Meritorious Cyclists of The Severo Society

Bicycle racing pioneer, Ottavio Severo, participated in the first ever bicycle road race, Paris-Rouen, in 1869. Despite failing to finish the race, he became a regular and popular participant of Six Day racing in London throughout the 1870s.

Ottavio's racing accomplishments are mostly lost to history, but cyclists completing a DIY 719 are assigned badge numbers that honor him, document the order of enrollment and possibly provide access to benefits yet to be conceived.

Submit a New Col
Chris Giovagnoni, O.S.1

Discovered the Col du Rado on June 29, 2019.

Discovered Mount Cloudier on July 6, 2019.

Daryl Spano, O.S.2
Discovered the Col du Souffrir on July 5, 2019.
Marc Poland, O.S.3
Discovered Les Deux États on September 5, 2019.
Corinne Warren, O.S.4

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Discovered Passo d'Improvvisazione on November 9, 2019.

Discovered Pazzo Pass on February 2, 2020.

Austin Frindt, O.S.5

Discovered Les Quatre Tours on May 2, 2020.

Enhance your body on the bike

Celebrate your DIY 719 accomplishment and elevation to The Order of Ottavio with a DIY 719 jersey. Wear your DIY 719 jersey to mourn the loss of comfort you forfeited in your DIY, and put The Shroud of Determination on your body.

Purchase a DIY 719 Jersey

Ride local

Come one, come all. Wherever you are. Bring out your rested, watt-rich quads of power, yearning to be freed. Send these, the hope-filled and tempest turning to me. DIY, and you will be welcomed into the magnificence of The Severo Society and The Order of Ottavio.

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Registration for the 719 Ride comes with a purposefully made, 719 inspired, 17% discount on Colorado 14er gear from @CO14k. Why 17%? Because 7+1+9 is 17. Of course. #ridelocal #hikelocal #bikecolorado #hikecolorado Details are at 719ride.com/discounts, along with all the other discounts that come with registration for our #cyclingevent. The link is in our bio. 🔗⬆️ The 719 Ride subscribes to the idea of less is more with its $17.19 registration fee — far LESS than for a typical event — while offering registered riders MORE through generous discounts from local Colorado Springs businesses. #lessismore #coloradospringscycling #coloradocycling #bikecoloradosprings #14er #14ers #14ersofcolorado #14erboulder #14ersummit
Registration for the #719Ride comes with a lodging discount at the newest #ColoradoSprings #boutiquehotel, @kinshiplanding Get 10% off Junior Queen Suites the weekend of the event, and if you book three nights, the third night is 20% off. You also get to enjoy a free pint of beer or kombucha at the Homa Bar and Cafe during your stay. Details are at 719ride.com/discounts, along with all the other discounts that come with registration for our #cyclingevent. The link is in our bio. 🔗⬆️ The 719 Ride subscribes to the idea of less is more with its $17.19 registration fee — far LESS than for a typical event — while offering registered riders MORE through generous discounts from local Colorado Springs businesses. #lessismore #coloradospringscycling #coloradocycling #bikecoloradosprings #bikecolorado #kinshiplanding #cycling #cyclingfun #cyclinglife #cyclinglove #cyclistlife #cyclistlifestyle
Effective NOW and through the end of July, 😲 riders registered for the 719 Ride get $20 off a regularly priced basic tuneup from @routes.outfitter. This is a multi-use discount. 🤯 Turn on, tune in, tune up. Over and over, just like doing laps on The Course That Cannot Be Defeated. But WAIT! That’s not all. 😲Registered riders also get 15% off in-store purchases now through the end of July. This is also a multi-use discount. 💥YOWZA!💥 Details about the discounts are at 719ride.com/discounts, along with all the other local #ColoradoSprings discounts that come with registration for our #cyclingevent. The link is in our bio. 🔗⬆️ The #719Ride subscribes to the idea of less is more with its $17.19 registration fee — far LESS than for a typical event — while offering registered riders MORE through generous discounts from local Colorado Springs businesses. #lessismore #localbikeshop #shoplocal #ridelocal #coloradospringscycling #coloradocycling #bikecoloradosprings #bikecolorado #coloradospringsbikeshop #socovelo #cosracing #303cycling #bikestate38 #instacycling #instacycle #ciclisme #ciclismo #cycling #cyclingfun #cyclinglife #cyclinglove
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Need cawfee? @switchbackroasters got cawfee. Coffee too. And registration for the 719 Ride comes wit uh cawfee discount fuh yuh. 10% off drink, food and bean purchases at either #switchbackroasters location and a 10% discount on online coffee purchases. Details about the discounts are at 719ride.com/discounts, along with all the other local #ColoradoSprings discounts that come with registration for our #cyclingevent. The link is in our bio. 🔗⬆️ The #719Ride subscribes to the idea of less is more with its $17.19 registration fee — far LESS than for a typical event — while offering registered riders MORE through generous discounts from local Colorado Springs businesses. #lessismore #drinklocalcoffee #localcoffeeshop #localcoffeeroaster #drinkcoffee #awardwinningcoffee #awardwinningcoffeeroasters #coffee #coffeeculture #igerscoffee #coffeecommunity #coloradocoffeecollective #coffeeandcycling #coloradospringscoffee #coloradospringscycling #cyclingandcoffee #coloradocycling #bikecoloradosprings #bikecolorado #socovelo #cosracing #303cycling #bikestate38 #cyclinglife
There’s lots of cold and snow about lately. It’s temporary, even if it feels decidedly not so. You could lean into it with some #icecream or #gelato. Really, you could. But if later sounds better, like in July, know that registration for the #719Ride comes with 50% off scoops, shakes or sundaes the weekend of the event, courtesy of Blue Mountain Creamery at #UniversityVillageColorado. #eatlocal #enjoylocal #localicecream #localicecreamshop Details about the discount are at 719ride.com/discounts, along with all the other discounts that come with registration for our #cyclingevent. The link is in our bio. 🔗⬆️ The 719 Ride subscribes to the idea of less is more with its $17.19 registration fee — far LESS than for a typical event — while offering registered riders MORE through generous discounts from local Colorado Springs businesses. #lessismore #coloradosprings #coloradospringscycling #coloradocycling #bikecoloradosprings #artisanicecream #artisangelato
Anyone want a nice warm #pretzel? As in the Zwift ÜBER Pretzel. The Über Pretzel is considered by many to be the toughest route on #Zwift. It finishes with the leg-softening, pretzel-izing #AlpeduZwift climb, AFTER having ridden 71.46 miles (115km) of riding — a nice distance unto itself. It’s like completing the 719 Ride and then climbing Alpe d’Huez. AWESOME! Earn your ÜBER Pretzel badge this Saturday, February 10 at 7 a.m. MST with nearly 4,000 other #zwiftcycling pretzel munchers. You can learn more about the challenge at https://zwiftinsider.com/badge-hunters-uber-pretzel/. #socovelo #cosracing #303cycling #bikestate38 #zwift #zwiftcycling #zwifting #gozwift #zwifttraining #instacycling #instacycle #ciclisme #ciclismo #cycling
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Throwin’ back to the 1800s with #KittieKnox, a cycling pioneer who changed #cycling for the good, forever.  This pioneering Black woman who was faster and more skilled on the bike than most men of the time, finished in the top 20% of every ride she ever participated in, many of which were at least 100 miles long, made biking more accessible to us all today. We wouldn’t be on the streets without her.  Learn more about how Kittie Knox changed bicycling forever at 719ride.com/kittie Join @usacycling and @blackisbeautifulmke in the Kittie Knox Virtual Cycling Challenge (link is in their bios) to celebrate and honor this humble seamstress who defied the racial and gender barriers of the time to pursue the activity we all love and which she excelled at. The challenge rides from Feb. 8 to 28. Follow @usacycling throughout the challenge to learn more about Kittie, honor Black cyclists across the country, and hear from riders leading the way in making cycling more inclusive, accessible, and excellent. #usacycling #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMonth2021 #BlackHistoryMonthChallenge #throwbackthursday #tbthursday #tbt #retrocycling #vintagecycling #velovintage #classiccycling #cyclingportraits #vintagepedaller #safetybike #safetybicycle #instacycling #instacycle #ciclisme #ciclismo #cycling #cyclinglife #cyclinglove #cyclinglegends #cyclingimages #cyclist #cyclistlifestyle
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