2017 Freezing Saddles Thread #1

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  • November 23, 2016 at 5:33 pm #1060807
    Judd
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    @Powerful Pete 149376 wrote:

    Signed up. Remember ride often. Unless you are Boomer. Miles/Kms ridden on the wrong side of the road in the British Isles are, of course, not counted.

    I will do my best to visit the DC area to ride in pain and discomfort with all of you. Although, given the fact that summer is now in full swing through March/April, I will ride and work on my tan throughout all of BAFS this coming year. :p

    Boomer is starting Dreary Saddles a year round English cycling contest. Riders are penalized 1 million points if the sun is actually out on a ride.

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    November 23, 2016 at 5:35 pm #1060808
    Judd
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    @drevil 149369 wrote:

    What if you happen to live and work from home? :) If I’m accepted to play, I have to put some slicks on one of my mountain bike so my mileage isn’t embarrassingly low!

    I telework sometimes. It turns out that my apartment is anywhere from 4 to 30 miles away from my apartment on telebikecommute days.

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    November 23, 2016 at 5:41 pm #1060809
    cvcalhoun
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    Anyone else having multiple 503 errors when they try to post or edit?

    November 23, 2016 at 6:21 pm #1060817
    cvcalhoun
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    @drevil 149374 wrote:

    I mountain bike at least 4 times a week and shoot for at least 8 miles/ride. Sometimes even in the snow ;), but if this is geared primarily for road mileage, I can bow out.

    16591389856_6e29e55734_b.jpg
    Bike Ski by ricky d, on Flickr

    You’re fine. If you check out this link, you’ll see that 8 miles at a time, 4 days a week, times 13 weeks would have put you comfortably above the bottom in last year’s competition. And because we balance teams among the hypercompetitive and the wimps, you benefit your team if you bike more miles than expected given your history, even if you don’t bike more miles than the top players. (When you’re a newbie, we expect very little of you; after that, what we expect is what you did the preceding year.)

    TL;DR You’re fine. Stay in the competition.

    November 23, 2016 at 6:54 pm #1060826
    DismalScientist
    Participant

    :confused::confused::confused:

    Isn’t the above contraption a unicycle? I thought those didn’t count on account of the weirdos that ride them.:rolleyes:

    November 23, 2016 at 7:08 pm #1060833
    bentbike33
    Participant

    @DismalScientist 149402 wrote:

    :confused::confused::confused:

    Isn’t the above contraption a unicycle? I thought those didn’t count on account of the weirdos that ride them.:rolleyes:

    I would have loved that contraption back when I lived in the upper midwest in the 80s, but the fat bike hadn’t been invented yet, and the rear wheels of mountain bikes always bogged down in the snow unless you were on a well packed snowmobile trail.

    Anyway, I think the motion to ban unicycles on account of weirdness failed to be seconded and was tabled.

    November 23, 2016 at 7:10 pm #1060835
    PRSteve27
    Participant

    Sadly I am out of the running before the competition starts this year, due to bunion surgery on my foot last week. I will be recovered in time to join in the end-of-competition festivities and will be coming back strong in 2018, though!

    @Steve O 147790 wrote:

    Just putting this out there to get the “discussion” started.

    Feel free to refresh yourselves on some of the ideas we had last year.
    http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?10016-Existential-Thread-Or-What-is-Freezing-Saddles-Really-All-About

    Also, here was the general information thread:
    http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?9384-Freezing-Saddles-2016-Important-Information

    And the all-time funnest thread:
    http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?6457-FSSB-3-Find-the-Founding-Fathers

    November 23, 2016 at 7:17 pm #1060842
    Powerful Pete
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    @consularrider 149379 wrote:

    We expect some mountain top finishes from you to at least get some respectable temperatures. Maybe Huascarán, I’m not sure the Renegade can climb that slope, get a fat bike and don’t forget your oxygen bottle.

    Working on my fitness as we speak… but funny you should mention Huascarán…

    http://theradavist.com/2016/10/taking-the-scenic-route-to-perus-great-divide-ryan-wilson/#1

    http://theradavist.com/2016/10/beasts-of-the-southern-blanca-ryan-wilson/#1

    http://theradavist.com/2016/03/traversing-the-peruvian-cordillera-blanca-ryan-wilson/#1

    http://theradavist.com/2016/08/the-beginning-from-perus-desert-coast-to-the-cordillera-ryan-wilson/#1

    http://www.masterlyinactivity.com/peru/cordillera_blanca/circuit.html


    @Judd    , I like the idea of Dreary Saddles. It also involves imbibing warm beer… or so I am told.

    November 23, 2016 at 7:52 pm #1060829
    CPTJohnC
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    @cvcalhoun 149299 wrote:

    I will also point out that I recently managed to accidentally leave my cell phone (with its GPS) at home when I went biking in Virginia. I printed out a map from Google maps, but what with the whole “no street signs” thing, I was losing my way anyway. But I was trying to get to Chain Bridge Road, which is a big street, so it couldn’t be that hard, right? I asked four people in a row where it was. I didn’t need a specific address, just, “What’s the quickest way to any part of Chain Bridge Road?” Not one person could tell me.

    That’s because to a Virginian, the proper question is “how do I get to 123?” street names are for squares. (we also have a penchant for re-aligning roads, then keeping the street name but adding the word ‘old’ to the beginning, such as Old Chain Bridge Road, Old Lee Highway, Old Braddock Road (just to name a few). That said, I don’t actually think MD is any better in terms of marking streets (I drive in both places pretty regularly). Give me the Grid plus spokes of DC anytime.

    November 23, 2016 at 8:03 pm #1060844
    cvcalhoun
    Participant

    @DismalScientist 149402 wrote:

    Isn’t the above contraption a unicycle? I thought those didn’t count on account of the weirdos that ride them.

    @cvcalhoun 149320 wrote:

    I’m sorry, but if we exclude all the weird people, we won’t have enough left for even one team.

    Keep up! ;)

    November 23, 2016 at 8:05 pm #1060845
    Greenbelt
    Participant

    Ricky d (ski bike photo) is a local — we should definitely get him in Freezing Saddles 2017.

    November 23, 2016 at 8:14 pm #1060847
    cvcalhoun
    Participant

    @Greenbelt 149420 wrote:

    Ricky d (ski bike photo) is a local — we should definitely get him in Freezing Saddles 2017.

    Do you have a way to contact him?

    November 23, 2016 at 9:04 pm #1060850
    drevil
    Participant

    @cvcalhoun 149422 wrote:

    Do you have a way to contact him?

    I registered this morning.

    November 23, 2016 at 9:56 pm #1060855
    cvcalhoun
    Participant

    @drevil 149425 wrote:

    I registered this morning.

    Ah, I hadn’t realized you were the Steve D in question. Welcome!

    November 24, 2016 at 2:43 am #1060864
    mdbiker
    Participant

    @sjclaeys 147840 wrote:

    One simple rule: you must pedal a bicycle.

    Mono, Trike, Quad, Penny Farthings, Tandems? ;)

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