Okay… I am calling it (yes, a bit early, I have packing and riding to do)! Anyone that signed up, was placed on a team, but failed to commit (by joining their team’s Strava group) is hereby officially cut and should be heckled relentlessly for the rest of their days.
I would like to officially welcome The Replacements:
Team 2: sszibler
Team 3: notinthe18
Team 4: coffeeneur
Team 6: Karen B
Team 7: mborbacs23
Team 9: rosato
Team 11: Bob James
Team 12: skibumleg
Team 14: Terpfan
Team 15: MrRodgers82
There were eight teams that were actually missing a teammate. Only seven of those teams got replacements (the last one is doing just fine on their own, so I do not think being a man down is going to be a disadvantage to them). There were three teams in the bottom 50% that were only assigned 12 members.
That equals 10 teams that “needed” a new member and I had 10 confirmed replacements ready to go. They have been assigned based on their estimated weekly mileage (lowest ranked team got highest mileage person, etc.).
Unfortunately, there are three local teams that now have non “local” riders (one DC team and two MD teams). Sorry (not sorry).
The new members have been sent an email with instructions and links to their respective team Strava groups with the instructions to join up. If team captains have set their group to invite only, please let me know so that I can give you your new teammate’s Strava ID or email address.
I tried to make the replacement assignments as fair as possible, but since there were several high mileage people that wanted in, things might get a little competitive from here on out. It will be fun. So get out and ride your bike.
If there are questions/concerns, I will address them after you have bought me a beer.
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