BAFS 2024 Team Won Won (#11)
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January 10, 2024 at 6:14 pm #1128833Boomer CyclesParticipant
Home base for members of Team #11
Action items for everyone to get ourselves operational for this freezing saddles season:
1. Join our Strava Club https://strava.app.link/uR7VMJm2fGb (by invitation only so you first need to request to join or follow me on Strava: Boomer Cycles and I can send you an invite directly)
2. Introduce yourself below and say a few words about why you are participating in Freezing Saddles
3. Suggest a name for our team
4. Go ride your bike!
January 10, 2024 at 6:24 pm #1128838Boomer CyclesParticipantGreeting Pedalwans! I’ve been participating in BAFS since 2015 after having commuted from Falls Church to NW DC for 25-ish years. It transformed my outlook on biking through just about any weather conditions so much that I went car-free in 2016. I ride everywhere for everything including local errands (errandonneuring, often with a bike trailer), coffeeneuring, weekly club rides and the occasional fun-themed (public art), timed race, multi-day rail trail or bike-packing adventures and have a garage full of bicycles of different sorts and a full-service shop for doing most of my own bike maintenance and repairs. I do BAFS to keep off the sofa and get in some solid base miles while most others are not riding outdoors at all, which gives me a leg up when club rides start up in the Spring. I also do it for the camaraderie, accountability and fun of the reindeer games, some of which I sponsor. You can find me on Strava here https://www.strava.com/athletes/boomer-cycles
What’s your story?
January 10, 2024 at 8:43 pm #1128875JuddParticipantHi team! I’ve done BAFS since 2016 (except for taking 2021 off) including captaining the 2017 winning team. Freezing saddles helped me transition from a casual fair weather cyclist into a transportation cyclist including going car free. I’ve got 8 bikes and dabble in a little bit of every type of biking, even an occasional mountain bike ride which is still wicked scary. I do a bike tour every year with a group of friends and have ridden the Natchez Trace, Erie Canal, all around Vermont and a nice Maryland & Pennsylvania loop. I run the Friends of the Mount Vernon Trail and do trail maintenance every Saturday.
January 10, 2024 at 9:12 pm #1128882steph3bikesParticipantHi, all! This is my third year of FS in the past four years of living in the DMV area! I am recovering from a bender into long distance running and am happy to be motivated to jump on the saddle during these cold winter months. 😁 Hoping to meet you all IRL sometime soon
Team names: We’re Number 1(1), Double Won, one one won one
January 11, 2024 at 3:15 pm #1128957JuddParticipantTeam One One Won One has me cracking up.
January 11, 2024 at 9:22 pm #1129011JoanParticipantI’ve participated in Freezing Saddles since 2016 (except last year), so this is my 8th year. Last year, I biked only 415 miles during the FS timeframe and my fitness suffered even though I ran regularly. FS brings out my competitive nature big-time and I have gone overboard some years, but I plan to rein it in this year. I love meeting other cyclists and being inspired to bike all through the winter in all kinds of weather. You just need the right clothing and gear. Some of my most memorable rides were on days when I would have stayed inside without the incentive of Freezing Saddles. It’s a lot of fun biking in the snow or riding after midnight when snow is predicted the next day.
I have been a member of Babes on Bikes since its inception over 25 years ago and I lead many (daytime weekday) Babes rides. (You can identify some of us by the pink jerseys on our names.) I also bike for transportation (though not exclusively). I spend most weekends with my two grandchildren, so my rides are mainly on weekdays. However, I plan to bike at least 10 miles every day.
January 12, 2024 at 8:18 am #1129054TarowellParticipantHello, team members, this is my second year participating in FS. I am a lifelong DC resident. Before I retired, I commuted to work by bike and have continued riding after retirement — road, some gravel and cross, and even bought a mountain bike last year (and, yes, it is wicked scary). I ride with several different DMV clubs (I believe I have ridden with Babes on Bikes before). I recently did a multi day bike tour in the Alsace region in October. So I love to ride, but I am not an indoor rider, so FS gets me out during the winter months. Some days I can only do the minimum and other days much more, but happy to support the team. Team One One Won One is catchy.
January 17, 2024 at 8:51 pm #1129569Boomer CyclesParticipantOur cool new team logo 😉
January 17, 2024 at 9:24 pm #1129575JuddParticipantBest team logo of all time. Everyone should be jealous of us.
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