Pointless Prize: Decasleaze

A Decasleaze is a day consisting of one or more rides that are, collectively at least 10 miles, but less than 11 miles. These rides yield between 65-66 points, the optimal point on our scoring graph for maximizing your points without having to bike a huge amount.

While a regular Sleaze day (a day consisting of one or more rides totaling at least one mile, but less than two) is considered by enthusiasts with a faint whiff of disdain, the Declasleaze day is the respectable alternative..

I’m going to award a Decasleaze prize for the person who rides the most rides greater than or equal to 10 miles, but less than 11 miles. Ties will be decided on who has the most points from Decasleaze days.

The winner gets 10 of something that will be a surprise, I’ll figure out what is thematically on point and appropriate for an open multi-age group closer to our closing happy hour.

I’d encourage folks to hashtag the ride that takes you over the 10 mile mark with #decasleaze if you ride at least 10 but less than 11 miles in a day. That said, the hashtags are not going to be the official scoring mechanism, that’s going to be Merlin’s excellent Decasleaze leaderboard, and its counting of Decasleaze points.

For the complete min-maxers out there, the ideal goal would be to ride 10.99 miles (but not 11) every day of the competition.

(I will be ineligible for this prize of course, last year almost every day I rode was a Decasleaze day, since my goal was at least 10 miles per day. Also, my goals are higher this year… 1000 miles by March 19th, 2025)