Freezing Saddles 2014 Rules

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  • December 9, 2013 at 10:46 pm #988054
    dasgeh
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    And tag any rides with kiddos on your bike as #Kidical for a kidically pointless prize.

    December 10, 2013 at 12:15 am #988061
    hozn
    Participant

    Just a couple of minor backend-related points:
    – We will honor the “trainer” checkbox in Strava; those rides will be ignored. As will rides with #NoBAFS (case-insensitive) in the ride name.
    – In order for rides to be counted, the athletes will need to authorize the Freezing Saddles application to read their Strava data. (Details coming very soon on how to do that.)
    – Also, riders will need to be a member of their “tribe” Strava club in order for their rides to count (we’ll only be showing riders that are on one of the competition teams) — and I will need the list of those team IDs for configuring the scoreboard. Of course any recorded rides will be counted retroactively if any of the team captains are late in getting the clubs formed (or late in getting me the ID of the clubs … or I’m late in updating the app configuration).

    I will also post the rules on the scoreboard website once this is finalized.

    Despite not participating this year, I’m really happy to see this is happening again. Thanks! I’m enjoying working on the software and I’m sure I’ll be back as a competitor too for the 2015 edition :)

    December 10, 2013 at 4:51 pm #988084
    Mikey
    Participant

    Points are 10 per day where at least 1 mile were ridden, and 1pt for each mile during the challenge. If someone were to ride 0.9 miles for 10 days they would still score 9 pts for their total mileage, just no day bonus. Also if you ride two time in a day for 0.5 miles, you still get the dailybonus, plus one point for the mile. Fractions of miles count towards the total.

    December 10, 2013 at 5:18 pm #988085
    KLizotte
    Participant

    Many thanks to rcannon and hozn for all your hard work putting this together!

    December 11, 2013 at 9:35 pm #988255
    dasgeh
    Participant

    It was suggested to add the reg deadline to the reg page…

    December 11, 2013 at 10:25 pm #988258
    Terpfan
    Participant

    Looking forward to it. And will definitely keep posted for the strava instructions since I last used it like oh, a year ago maybe. Shoot maybe I’ll do the monthly pay for version if it makes it easier during this time.

    December 12, 2013 at 12:27 am #988268
    KLizotte
    Participant

    Can someone tell me where to find the Freezing Saddles results website? I’ve registered and given authorization for the website to access my Strava data. I’ve looked on the forum but can’t find the soft launch site. Many thanks!

    December 12, 2013 at 12:41 am #988269
    guga31bb
    Participant

    http://freezingsaddles.com/

    December 12, 2013 at 2:33 am #988284
    KLizotte
    Participant

    Thanks! It’s a pretty slick website!!!

    December 17, 2013 at 8:25 pm #988794
    cvcalhoun
    Participant

    You might want to provide instructions for how to enter here, with a link for each step. As far as I can make out, to enter you need to:

    Bonus link:

    Here is the leaderboard.

    I’ve picked up each of these from a different place, and it actually took me quite some time even to find the links for where I did these things again. And apparently I’m not the only one who is confused, as others have for example signed up for the app and not the club on Strava. Any chance of getting one comprehensive list?

    December 17, 2013 at 8:31 pm #988795
    rcannon100
    Participant

    FS is a collaborative volunteer effort. If you see something that needs to be done, please feel free to volunteer to do it.

    Thanks

    B

    December 17, 2013 at 9:13 pm #988804
    cvcalhoun
    Participant

    I have added links to my post above, but I have no way to edit the original post in this thread, which is the one in which the information needs to appear. @rcannon100 72220 wrote:

    FS is a collaborative volunteer effort. If you see something that needs to be done, please feel free to volunteer to do it.

    Thanks

    B

    January 3, 2014 at 9:40 pm #989977
    rcannon100
    Participant

    Honz, you have it config’red such that a Sleaze Ride is any ride that equals 11 or 12 points. So – for us to be liberated of the disparagement of having ridden a sleaze ride – we have to have ridden 3 miles? (as opposed to say 2.1 miles). Is that correct sir?

    January 3, 2014 at 9:49 pm #989978
    Arlingtonrider
    Participant

    Ouch! (on behalf of non-slackers) I thought the extra points attached at one mile.

    January 3, 2014 at 9:55 pm #989980
    rcannon100
    Participant

    @Arlingtonrider 73470 wrote:

    Ouch! (on behalf of non-slackers) I thought the extra points attached at one mile.

    Yes yes. A 1 mile ride = 11 points. 2 mile ride = 12 points.

    But, any ride that is 11 or 12 points gets officially relegated in Honz’s coding magic as a “sleaze ride” and the rider is forever shamed with a scarlet letter “S”. Not wanting to dishonor Team 9, I made sure to ride 3 miles (in a circle around the neighborhood). But I want to ensure that the fruits of my labor are not wasted. If I merely need to ride 2.1 miles – then that’s .9 unnecessary miles.

    You see the dilemma.

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