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  • December 30, 2016 at 3:55 am #1062310
    jrenaut
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    2016 highlights:
    – Accompanying my wife on her first organized ride (Seagull metric century, which I did fixed)
    – Hearing “we thought she didn’t know what biking was” from my daughter’s camp counselor at hearing we biked from DC to Alexandria to get the bus
    – Crushing my previous mileage total for Freezing Saddles
    – Watching the number of families biking to the kids’ school explode and knowing that I helped inspire many of them
    – Getting caught in a really cold rainstorm we totally weren’t prepared for and the kids owning it and having fun anyway

    2017 goals:
    – More rides with friends
    – Organize a fundraising ride for Trash Free Maryland (you all are invited)
    – More family rides when the kids are on their own bikes
    – Stretch goal – I’ve biked to every property that I manage EXCEPT the one in Pikesville MD. I should fix that.

    December 30, 2016 at 4:04 am #1062312
    dkel
    Participant

    @Judd 151031 wrote:

    Spelled out “Shue Sucks” in a parking lot at the Pentagon

    I no longer have need of any personal goals.

    December 30, 2016 at 7:01 am #1062313
    vvill
    Participant

    2016:
    -Rode with my family (wife’s first riding in 10 years or so, and my older kid learned to bike – and I promptly took him on 20 mile deathmarch which hasn’t been repeated).
    -PRs on various climbs I’ve done before, felt like I was off the pace on those rides but good to know I have actually improved despite less mileage/ageing/beer/etc.
    -closer to have better/fuller bike kit wardrobe
    -bought first set of crabon wheels. whoooosh!

    2017 Goals:
    -Buy a crabon crankset and ‘gram it.
    -More srsly, just get over various injuries from 2016, and learn to handle bike better/more confidently.

    December 30, 2016 at 7:02 am #1062314
    drevil
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    2016 Highlights:

    • Bikepacked at the GW National Forest on some ridiculously hard trails and froze my butt off at night
    • Gave in and finally got a full suspension bike, rediscovering comfort and speed on rocky trails, after primarily mountain biking rigid singlespeed for the last 15 years.
    • Got over a 37″ log
    • Beat some of my faster buddies at the Single Speed USA race in stupid hot conditions
    • Won the Fat Bike category at Wakefield @ Wednesday race series (nevermind that there were hardly any – or no – competitors in some of them :D)
    • Got up a tight switchback at Wakefield, inspiring others to try, but not sure anyone else has been successful :)

    2017 Goals:

    December 30, 2016 at 10:20 am #1062315
    consularrider
    Participant

    2016:
    – Was way too lazy, but did cycle in several new (to me) countries.
    – Extended my string of consecutive months with at lest one ride of 100 miles to 72.

    2017:
    – Get off my lazy butt and ride more.
    – Continue my century-a-month string.

    December 30, 2016 at 11:41 am #1062316
    Harry Meatmotor
    Participant

    2016:

    • No broken bones from fall-down-go-boom
    • 7k miles in over 400 hours in the saddle
    • Top step on a podium

    2017:

    • Podium in a CAT3/4
    • 8k miles or 500 hours in the saddle
    • ????
    • Profit!
    December 30, 2016 at 1:15 pm #1062317
    Sunyata
    Participant

    2016 Highlights:
    Almost doubled my Freezing Saddles mileage
    Went bikepacking for the first time (and also got hypothermia for the first time :( )
    Bought my first set of studded tires and used them
    Came in 2nd in a 6-hour solo MTB race against some pretty tough competition
    Came in 1st in the Women’s Open category at GRUSK
    Had an amazing cross season, getting on the podium multiple times
    Bought a drop bar gravel bike (drop bars are scary!)
    Made even more amazing bike friends
    Crushed my initial yearly mileage goal (4,800) by a lot (over 6,300!)
    Have ridden every day since December 30, 2015

    2017 Goals:
    Ride every day during Freezing Saddles (keep the streak alive!)
    Get more comfortable on drop bars
    Bikepack again (without the hypothermia this time)
    Increase both speed and endurance
    Do more gravel races (Dirty Kanza is on the calendar if I can get in)
    Learn to remount my bike properly (cyclocross-style)
    Buy a cross specific bike
    Move up to a Cat 3 in cyclocross
    Get more women involved in racing (MTB, gravel, & cross)
    Ride at least one metric century 10 months out of the year

    December 30, 2016 at 1:57 pm #1062319
    huskerdont
    Participant

    So not worthy. However.

    2016 goals:
    Finish Monster Cross (check)
    Ride another century (check)
    Ride 5,000 miles (FAIL)

    2017 goal: Ride 5,000 damn miles

    December 30, 2016 at 1:57 pm #1062320
    Crickey7
    Participant

    2016:
    – Get fatter.

    2017:
    – Snappier one-liners and comebacks for various vehicular miscreants.

    December 30, 2016 at 2:16 pm #1062322
    lordofthemark
    Participant

    hmm, won’t match what some folks do , but here goes

    2016.
    Rode over 2700 miles (up from under 2200 in 2015) my most ever.
    Rode 345 miles in one month, my most ever.
    Commuted 3 times a week fairly regularly in the better weather.
    Commuted at least once a week almost the entire year.
    Rode over 100 miles in one day.
    Rode the length of the W&OD, the CCT, the MBT. Explored many other areas.
    Rode in a big organized ride (13 colonies) for the first time (would have finished but for a flat)
    Doubled my Freezing Saddles miles, to over 500.
    Rode somewhat faster (as evidenced by a bunch of PR’s)
    Became a member of BPAC, and participated in advocacy in several ways.
    Learned more about bike maintenance, including changing out a tube, fixing a flat, and then changing a tire.
    Got a CaBi membership.

    2017
    Increase my commuting, to the point where I am commuting most of the time by bike.
    Ride more miles total – 3000 is probably not an ambitious enough goal, but its a nice round number.
    Go faster – try to get my average speed for my commute into work over 13MPH.
    Ride 100 miles with a bit more time to spare this time. Try riding over 25 miles without a rest stop.
    Ride in a more challenging organized ride than 13 colonies.
    Ride the length of the ART. Ride the southern half of the GCCCT. Ride the full length of RCP/Beach Road, after it reopens. Ride the C&O from Georgetown to Great Falls.
    Do better in BAFS, especially points. Use CaBi to sleaze like mad.
    Ride CaBi a lot more, get to know it better.
    Learn more about bike maintenance.
    Do more advocacy with BPAC.
    Do not have anything stolen.
    Buy a new bike, a more aggressive one than my Dew.
    Get QOTM onto a bike again. Try to do a CaBi around the city day with her.

    Edit – Oh, and a big goal, not purely about biking, but mostly – get LDL cholesterol level down enough to get off statins entirely.

    December 30, 2016 at 2:31 pm #1062324
    Judd
    Participant

    @huskerdont 151041 wrote:

    So not worthy. However.

    2016 goals:
    Finish Monster Cross (check)
    Ride another century (check)
    Ride 5,000 miles (FAIL)

    2007 goal: Ride 5,000 damn miles

    Don’t forget the accomplishment of coming out to coffee club and joining Strava, both of which are gateway drugs to Freezing Saddles.

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    December 30, 2016 at 2:44 pm #1062326
    Judd
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    @jrenaut 151032 wrote:

    2016 highlights:

    – Watching the number of families biking to the kids’ school explode and knowing that I helped inspire many of them

    2017 goals:
    – More family rides when the kids are on their own bikes
    .

    So awesome that your actions are being magnified. I grew up mostly in places where kids rode to school regularly, but I don’t see kids on bikes much here at all.

    When do the kids get kicked out of the cargo bike nest?

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    December 30, 2016 at 3:01 pm #1062327
    Judd
    Participant

    @vvill 151035 wrote:

    2016:
    -Rode with my family (wife’s first riding in 10 years or so, and my older kid learned to bike – and I promptly took him on 20 mile deathmarch which hasn’t been repeated).

    -bought first set of crabon wheels. whoooosh!

    I love all the family biking achievements even if they involve death marches and freezing cold. The best of my childhood all involves spending time with my dad.

    How are the carbon wheels? Do I need some?

    December 30, 2016 at 3:07 pm #1062328
    Judd
    Participant

    @drevil 151036 wrote:

    2016 Highlights:

    • Bikepacked at the GW National Forest on some ridiculously hard trails and froze my butt off at night
    • Gave in and finally got a full suspension bike, rediscovering comfort and speed on rocky trails, after primarily mountain biking rigid singlespeed for the last 15 years.
    • Got over a 37″ log

    That log jump is pretty impressive. I hopped a curb this year. :). Did you measure the log or was it a guesstimate?

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    December 30, 2016 at 3:10 pm #1062329
    Judd
    Participant

    @consularrider 151037 wrote:

    2016:
    – Was way too lazy, but did cycle in several new (to me) countries.
    – Extended my string of consecutive months with at lest one ride of 100 miles to 72.

    2017:
    – Get off my lazy butt and ride more.
    – Continue my century-a-month string.

    We must start new countries for Chris to ride in. I’ve enjoyed all the pictures you posted this year.

    I also thank you for inspiring my own century a month endeavor.

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