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[dkel]

@Harry Meatmotor 104592 wrote:

I guess the first thing would be for us to decide on a team name?

Obviously it should have something to do with our merciless, black hearts, since we will not only crush the other teams’ points, but their spirits as well. 😮

[Harry Meatmotor]

@dkel 104594 wrote:

Obviously it should have something to do with our merciless, black hearts, since we will not only crush the other teams’ points, but their spirits as well. 😮

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PQ6335puOc

[sjclaeys]

I’m happy to be the captain since I did it last year, unless someone else wants to do it. In the meantime, I can set up to Strava team just using our team number for now. It can be changed to our team name once we pick it.

[sjclaeys]

Here is the link to our Strava Team: http://www.strava.com/clubs/121133. Please sign up as soon as possible.

[sjclaeys]

@Harry Meatmotor 104604 wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PQ6335puOc

Let me know what you all think of the image that I have for our Strava club. Speaking of which, sign up!

[Harry Meatmotor]

@sjclaeys 104678 wrote:

Let me know what you all think of the image that I have for our Strava club. Speaking of which, sign up!

Dee You Enn, done!

[dasgeh]

Hi all. Steve, thanks for stepping up as captain and getting us going. Sorry I missed happy hour – family.

Other teams seem to be introducing themselves, which is probably useful.

I’m Gillian. I live in Arlington, cherrydale to be exact (near spout run / the s curve of doom), and work in dc, near the state department/Lincoln memorial. Other bikey hats I wear include chair of Arlington’s bac and founder of Kidical Mass Arlington. I’m hopefully good for points everyday, but don’t expect to be putting in any long rides (for reasons that will be clear soon enough). For team challenges, I can usually meet during lunch on weekdays in downtown dc or near-the-river arlington. Weekends I’m usually arlington-bound with kids in tow.

Look forward to meeting yall. Oh and I have no name suggestions. My four year old suggests “Heart Maker Shop”. My more-creative-than-me husband suggestions something like “Courtland Milloy’s heart” or “Lon Anderson’s cardiologist”

[Alcova cyclist]

Hello all! I met several of you at the HH. I’m in central Arlington (Alcova Heights – hence the name). My normal commute is from there to the FCC which is at the DC landing of the 14th St bridge. I ride pretty regularly, but usually not too far – my commute is 11 miles round trip. I seem to be on parallel with Gillian, who’s one point ahead of me at the moment (which made me consider going out for another quick 2 miles ride tonight; sanity prevailed).

I am game for weekend rides of middling length (20-30 miles) though may have my 15-yo son along too (we’ve done the Arlington loop together and a 22-mile out&back). I can’t ride Sunday afternoons, since I assistant-coach my daughters softball team and we practice 12-3.

I like Gillian’s suggestion, but offer “Courtland Milloy’s Frozen Heart” as an alternative. By the way, googling “Blackheart” takes you to a lingerie site and is not recommended when you are on the Navy/Marine Corps Internet. I am open to other team names too and will try to think of some other suggestions. We could also go with something not heart-related.

Go Blackhearts!

[colleen]

Hi all! This is my first year participating in the freezing saddles competition. I met a lot of you at the happy hour and hopefully will meet the rest of you sometime soon. i do most of my biking to and from work, which is 9 miles each way from Old Town to Ballston. I volunteered to organize happy hours, and some of us were talking about a potential group ride or meet up at a central happy hour location. I’ll work on organizing that for an upcoming Saturday. See you all on the trails, and looking forward to crushing the competition with you!

[sjclaeys]

Howdy to my fellow Team 5 members. I live near the East Falls Church Metro station in North Arlington, commute most days to Capitol Hill, and try to get rides in on the weekends. I am most flexible on the weekends for meeting up but can sometimes make week nights work. For our team name, my mind keeps going to a pirate theme, something like Team Dread Pirate Black Heart, striking fear in the competition. We could also wear eye patches and other pirate gear at any Freezing Saddles events. Argh!!!!

Anyhow, please let me know if you have any problems with your rides showing up on Strava or the Freezing Saddles website. Also, the key to Freezing Saddles is to ride as many days as you can regardless of distance. The rider who does a few miles almost every day will will beat the rider who just does a century every weekend.

[hodgesse]

@sjclaeys 104811 wrote:

Howdy to my fellow Team 5 members. I live near the East Falls Church Metro station in North Arlington, commute most days to Capitol Hill, and try to get rides in on the weekends. I am most flexible on the weekends for meeting up but can sometimes make week nights work. For our team name, my mind keeps going to a pirate theme, something like Team Dread Pirate Black Heart, striking fear in the competition. We could also wear eye patches and other pirate gear at any Freezing Saddles events. Argh!!!!

Anyhow, please let me know if you have any problems with your rides showing up on Strava or the Freezing Saddles website. Also, the key to Freezing Saddles is to ride as many days as you can regardless of distance. The rider who does a few miles almost every day will will beat the rider who just does a century every weekend.

I’m Erin, and was at the Happy Hour last Friday. I was so pleased to meet you! Love the Pirate theme concept.

Here is a quick Point question, please: so if I ride 10 miles in the morning, I’ll get 10 points plus mileage points. Now suppose I ride again 5 miles in the evening. Will I get another 10 points or just mileage points, please?

Thanks,
Erin

[sjclaeys]

@hodgesse 104814 wrote:

I’m Erin, and was at the Happy Hour last Friday. I was so pleased to meet you! Love the Pirate theme concept.

Here is a quick Point question, please: so if I ride 10 miles in the morning, I’ll get 10 points plus mileage points. Now suppose I ride again 5 miles in the evening. Will I get another 10 points or just mileage points, please?

Thanks,
Erin

Erin,

You get 10 points for each day you ride at least one mile and a point for every mile that you ride that day. So, using your example, you would get 25 points, 10 points for riding over a mile today, 10 points for your first ride, and 5 points for your second ride.

Steve

[colleen]

@hodgesse 104814 wrote:

I’m Erin, and was at the Happy Hour last Friday. I was so pleased to meet you! Love the Pirate theme concept.

Here is a quick Point question, please: so if I ride 10 miles in the morning, I’ll get 10 points plus mileage points. Now suppose I ride again 5 miles in the evening. Will I get another 10 points or just mileage points, please?

Thanks,
Erin

Hi Erin! I think the answer is you would just get mileage points for the evening ride. You only get the 10 points once each day for riding more than one mile.

[ShawnoftheDread]

@sjclaeys 104811 wrote:

Howdy to my fellow Team 5 members. I live near the East Falls Church Metro station in North Arlington, commute most days to Capitol Hill, and try to get rides in on the weekends. I am most flexible on the weekends for meeting up but can sometimes make week nights work. For our team name, my mind keeps going to a pirate theme, something like Team Dread Pirate Black Heart, striking fear in the competition. We could also wear eye patches and other pirate gear at any Freezing Saddles events. Argh!!!!

Anyhow, please let me know if you have any problems with your rides showing up on Strava or the Freezing Saddles website. Also, the key to Freezing Saddles is to ride as many days as you can regardless of distance. The rider who does a few miles almost every day will will beat the rider who just does a century every weekend.

Sorry, the name Dread is trademarked.

[Harry Meatmotor]

Well, since I started the thread… I’m Clay, been riding bikes to and from work for about 7 or 8 years now. I’ve been in and out of bike shops as a mechanic for about 20 years now, and will gladly try to be of any mechanical assistance!!! I’ve started racing in the MABRA road/crit calendar this year with the VeloWorks-Spokes team, so that would partially explain the big miles I tend to put in on the bike. First year competing in the frozen saddles competition but I had a lot of fun doing the nat’l bike challenge this summer so I figured I’d give this a try, too!!!

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