Missing Team Members and Substitutions

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January 12, 2016 at 6:51 pm #917783

Sunyata
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So, by now, I have spoken to all of the Team Captains/Acting Captains/Persons in Charge of Stuff for each team that is missing members.

I think that we will set a deadline for Thursday at 1700 (one week from team announcements) for the missing teammates to join their Team’s Strava page and authorize the FS app. At that point, unless there are extenuating circumstances, they will be ostracized forever and a replacement will be made to take their place.

If anyone has any concerns or suggestions, feel free to leave them here.
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January 13, 2016 at 12:47 am #1044977

Mikey
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My wife’s team is missing a lot (team 12) she has a friend who is interested. It would be a good fit. Can I pm you his info.

January 13, 2016 at 3:24 am #1045000

wheelswings
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Does this friend have something in common with a… doorbell…so to speak? If so, it sounds like he would be a perfect fit for team 12.

January 13, 2016 at 10:03 am #1045015

Rod Smith
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A friend from our National Bike Challenge team, Bob James, wants to be sure he’s on thee waiting list. He joined the forum, user name Bob James, strava#5637862, but doesn’t have permission to post on threads which seems odd but one of my teammates also was denied permission. Anyway, he wants to play. He registered late, January 7. Hopefully you can find a spot for him! Thanks!

January 13, 2016 at 1:07 pm #1045020

scorchedearth
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Our team is short one member and I’m pretty sure that Subby has reached out to those who aren’t yet on the leaderboard.

January 13, 2016 at 1:12 pm #1045022

wheelove
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@Rod Smith 132022 wrote:

….but doesn’t have permission to post on threads which seems odd but one of my teammates also was denied permission.

I didn’t have permission to post until a couple days ago. Just email the mod; they helped me out within an hour or so.

January 13, 2016 at 1:56 pm #1045030

Sunyata
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@Mikey 131984 wrote:

My wife’s team is missing a lot (team 12) she has a friend who is interested. It would be a good fit. Can I pm you his info.

Yep, please do. Include his email address and strava number. And make sure he signs up for the forum, too.

January 13, 2016 at 2:00 pm #1045032

Sunyata
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@Rod Smith 132022 wrote:

A friend from our National Bike Challenge team, Bob James, wants to be sure he’s on thee waiting list. He joined the forum, user name Bob James, strava#5637862, but doesn’t have permission to post on threads which seems odd but one of my teammates also was denied permission. Anyway, he wants to play. He registered late, January 7. Hopefully you can find a spot for him! Thanks!

Yep, he reached out to me, so he is just waiting on team assignment. Thanks!

January 13, 2016 at 9:21 pm #1045082

dasgeh
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If you need more subs to even the teams, I can probably get the hubs to play. Or maybe my 3yo, who requested that I for a run while he rode his bike for his special Mommy/Son time THIS MORNING.

January 13, 2016 at 9:55 pm #1045088

notinthe18
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Also willing to volunteer myself as a potential substitute. (I will not hound or beg — my own fault for missing sign up as I am new to the board! I’ll be prompt next year.)

January 13, 2016 at 10:00 pm #1045089

vvill
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@Sunyata 132041 wrote:

Yep, he reached out to me, so he is just waiting on team assignment. Thanks!

Can I suggest Team 16? #beerbribe

January 14, 2016 at 2:15 pm #1045129

Sunyata
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@vvill 132100 wrote:

Can I suggest Team 16? #beerbribe

You guys have all your people!
(Still holding out for the Warbird bribe…)

January 14, 2016 at 7:31 pm #1045180

Sunyata
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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.

January 14, 2016 at 7:55 pm #1045188

vvill
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A little competitive would be nice!

@Sunyata 132140 wrote:

You guys have all your people!

One has no rides yet and one is out with a broken thumb. Just sayin’.

January 14, 2016 at 11:00 pm #1045213

cvcalhoun
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@Sunyata 132198 wrote:

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 4: coffeeneur

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.

Yay! Before I even had a chance to contact our new teammate, she had already requested to join our Strava group, a request which I of course approved immediately.

@vvill 132207 wrote:

A little competitive would be nice!

One has no rides yet and one is out with a broken thumb. Just sayin’.

You’re still ahead of us (Team 4), even with the new person’s miles counted! We have one who has no rides, and another who has one. We started out with only 12 people rather than 13. And I’m barely managing perfect attendance, with much reduced mileage, after mishaps that included developing a kidney stone on one ride (yes, really!) and developing a bent wheel rim on another that took me three days to get fixed (and involved my riding on a flat tire with no rear brake in between).

January 14, 2016 at 11:16 pm #1045215

KWL
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Woohoo! Skibumleg has already joined Team 12, adding 36 miles for this week and hitting the leader board a couple of times. Obviously the bum leg doesn’t hamper cycling.
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