#fs2018dirtybiker – Pointless Prize Mountain for Dirt Miles for Freezing Saddles 2018

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  • January 1, 2018 at 12:50 pm #920025
    drevil
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    If you do at least a mile on dirt, gravel, or mountain bike trails, put the hashtag #fs2018dirtybiker (all lowercase) into the title of your ride in Strava, and you’ll get a point for that ride for the Freezing Saddles 2018 Pointless Prize Dirty Biker contest. If you need ideas where to mountain bike in the area, go to this page on the MORE site: http://www.more-mtb.org/where-to-ride/

    I’ll spot check to make sure you do at least that 1 mile on dirt and will zap the point if I don’t think the criteria’s met.

    NOTES:

    1. Yes, I will count C&O and gravel rides.
    2. Nope, I don’t care if you do ride the dirt on a mountain, hybrid, road, or time trial bike. However, if the trail’s gnarly and you’re rocking the shoe covers, time trial helmet and aerobars, please post a picture here for laughs.
    3. If the trail is not in the area (DC Metro area) and/or on that MORE list (above), post a pic of the trail with your bike on it in this thread (required) – and optionally in the ride in Strava – so we can all see how sweet it is. Action shots encouraged.
    4. I want to confirm if this is possible with Hozn, but only 1 point max per day, i.e., if you do multiple rides on dirt, you’ll still get max credit of 1.
    5. As a separate side prize, post any #fs2018dirtybiker pics in this thread. A favorite will be picked at the end. I generally prefer action shots, i.e., you on the bike gettin’ down and dirty.

    Have fun, be safe, and always wear your helmet because rocks/roots/tree limbs are always ready to take you down :D

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    Snowy Avalon Ride by ricky d, on Flickr

    EDIT 3/13/18: Read the following post for more info about contest end date, scoring, and prizes – http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?12874-fs2018dirtybiker-Pointless-Prize-Mountain-for-Dirt-Miles-for-Freezing-Saddles-2018&p=176111#post176111

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  • January 1, 2018 at 10:47 pm #1080226
    scorchedearth
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    Fountainhead today

    January 1, 2018 at 11:08 pm #1080228
    drevil
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    11° at Frederick Watershed

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    First Ride of 2018 by ricky d, on Flickr

    January 2, 2018 at 2:49 am #1080246
    hozn
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    Pimmit Run was fun on the 30m studded tires, but I realized after my ride that the section from Westmorland to Old Chesterbrook is only 0.8 miles. So it doesn’t count.c52caee3cf3cf5c1d4d020b63b60d73a.jpg

    January 2, 2018 at 2:39 pm #1080277
    Tania
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    Damn. If you’d posted this BEFORE the deadline, I might have joined FS again.

    January 2, 2018 at 3:03 pm #1080285
    Sunyata
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    @Tania 170489 wrote:

    Damn. If you’d posted this BEFORE the deadline, I might have joined FS again.

    Feel free to register as an alternate. We have already had four people drop out and I only have two more alternates left. :)

    January 2, 2018 at 3:34 pm #1080294
    consularrider
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    How much (percentage wise) of the ride had to be on dirt/gravel to qualify?

    January 2, 2018 at 3:41 pm #1080296
    rcannon100
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    @consularrider 170508 wrote:

    How much (percentage wise) of the ride had to be on dirt/gravel to qualify?

    If you do at least a mile on dirt, gravel, or mountain bike trails,

    Absolute value. Not percentage. (I am counting on this for things like the Tiki Ride which involve both rhode and dirt)

    January 2, 2018 at 3:51 pm #1080297
    consularrider
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    @rcannon100 170510 wrote:

    Absolute value. Not percentage. (I am counting on this for things like the Tiki Ride which involve both rhode and dirt)

    I’m still blaming my cold for my lack of reading comprehension (and anything else I do wrong for the next month).

    My first qualifying ride was yesterday, but I didn’t stop for any pictures. I looped around the Grüneburgpark and hit several trails in the Volkspark Niddatal in Frankfurt. Just over ten miles total, about six of that on crushed stone.

    [ATTACH=CONFIG]16005[/ATTACH] This is from 1/3, not 1/1, but a section I rode that day.

    January 2, 2018 at 10:31 pm #1080371
    GKW
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    Island Creek trails near Springfield

    January 3, 2018 at 12:35 am #1080385
    hozn
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    @consularrider 170511 wrote:

    My first qualifying ride was yesterday, but I didn’t stop for any pictures.

    That sounds mutually exclusive if out-of-area rides require photos.

    But also sounds like a fun route.

    January 3, 2018 at 12:45 pm #1080423
    consularrider
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    @hozn 170596 wrote:

    That sounds mutually exclusive if out-of-area rides require photos.

    But also sounds like a fun route.

    Photo to fix that. ;)

    [ATTACH=CONFIG]15996[/ATTACH] Along the Nidda at the Volkspark

    January 3, 2018 at 1:05 pm #1080425
    consularrider
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    Just over two miles on sloppy crushed stone in several sections out of 19.4 miles total riding the Nidda Route from Ginnheim to Bad Vibel for coffee and then back. There is a shared used path along the length of the Nidda River from its confluence with the Main River at Höchst out at least as far as Schotten, a distance of 76 km. The path is either asphalt or crushed stone (like the GAP). From Höchst to Ginnheim there is a path on each bank of the river, one paved the other crushed stone. For several kilometers after that the there is a dirt/grass path on one side for the more adventurous.

    [ATTACH=CONFIG]15997[/ATTACH] Rainbow over Bad Vilbel after hailstorm

    [ATTACH=CONFIG]15998[/ATTACH] crushed stone section Bad Vilbel

    [ATTACH=CONFIG]15999[/ATTACH] crushed stone section Harheim

    [ATTACH=CONFIG]16000[/ATTACH] crushed stone section Bonames

    [ATTACH=CONFIG]16001[/ATTACH] crushed stone section Eschersheim, you can see one of the transitions to asphalt just past my riding partner

    January 4, 2018 at 10:20 am #1080466
    consularrider
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    Question, if I reride out of area trails do I need new pictures each time?

    Today I was back looping around Grüneburgpark and Niddapark in Frankfurt. Again about six of ten miles on packed crushed stone. The Grüneburgpark trails have been redone over the past 18 months and drain very well although the surface can be a little soft right after a good rain. The Niddapark is a major off leash dog area so you have to be very careful, but the dogs are generally better behave than their human companions. There is a combination of trails along the perimeter that totals about three and a half miles.

    [ATTACH=CONFIG]16016[/ATTACH] Greek orthodox church in Grüneburg

    [ATTACH=CONFIG]16017[/ATTACH] End of hedgehog ball playing area

    [ATTACH=CONFIG]16018[/ATTACH] Trails crossing in Niddapark

    [ATTACH=CONFIG]16019[/ATTACH] Not such good drainage with the Telekom Tower in the background

    [ATTACH=CONFIG]16020[/ATTACH] A short dirt section in Niddapark, the speck in the center was a woman with four off leash dogs

    January 4, 2018 at 1:11 pm #1080474
    rcannon100
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    Dirt is all around us. Much like the tiki ride, one can glue together dirt trails and make some very decent CX training.

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    Trail in Glen Carlyn Park along the WOD

    January 4, 2018 at 3:56 pm #1080498
    consularrider
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    Is that the slope with the big fallen tree across the trail at the bottom? A drevil special.

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