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  • February 21, 2015 at 8:44 pm #1023748
    rcannon100
    Participant

    @Subby 109093 wrote:

    Look who is being all sneaky in February. WE’RE ON TO YOU, KURT.

    :D

    Didnt someone strap a whole bunch of lead to his bike????

    February 21, 2015 at 10:34 pm #1023755
    Vicegrip
    Participant

    @rcannon100 109110 wrote:

    Didnt someone strap a whole bunch of lead to his bike????

    I tried to do that to Rod with 14 pounds of 1/1/15 award and a 3/8 thick steel seat bag to put it in. Seems my evil plan has not worked all to well……

    February 22, 2015 at 6:47 am #1023783
    Rod Smith
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    Some problems with compatibility of my awesome steel seat bag with my saddle rails. None of my miles should count (except for the ride home from the Freezing Saddles Kick-Off Party) until I get it sorted out. #NOBAFS. Apologies to team two. :(

    February 22, 2015 at 6:23 pm #1023797
    wheelswings
    Participant

    Sometimes it feels like Freezing Saddles makes no sense. Here we are, getting points and kudos for doing what we love. Huh?
    When I’m forced behind a wheel for work or for long-distance carpooling, like yesterday’s 3.5 hours of tense driving during the storm, I get absolutely nothing… not a single kudo, only stress. And then I get on my bike, pure joy, and I get points?!
    I feel truly sorry for the millions of Americans who have to drive their cars long commutes every day…. so many people have no choice. We are very, very lucky here in Arlington.

    February 22, 2015 at 6:50 pm #1023799
    rcannon100
    Participant

    @wheels&wings 109163 wrote:

    When I’m forced behind a wheel for work or for long-distance carpooling, like yesterday’s 3.5 hours of tense driving during the storm, I get absolutely nothing…

    Nah nah nah. For being an incredible mom and the outstanding things you do on weekends for your kids, you get all the kudos! I am always in awe of parents like you.

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    February 22, 2015 at 7:21 pm #1023803
    Steve O
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    @rcannon100 109165 wrote:

    Reason: Where are MY kudos for shoveling the F’ing driveway????

    Just ask your son.

    February 22, 2015 at 7:26 pm #1023804
    Steve O
    Participant

    @wheels&wings 109163 wrote:

    Sometimes it feels like Freezing Saddles makes no sense. Here we are, getting points and kudos for doing what we love. Huh?

    But it’s fun!
    And because it’s fun, we like to proselytize that fun to others. Every team has some players who are, for the first time, riding their bikes in the winter. Or maybe riding their bikes at all. And they are now experiencing the joy and freedom that others of us have enjoyed for years or decades. (Okay, and the pain and suffering, too.) And they are making new friends and hopefully adding value in some way to our community. That’s why it makes sense. See you on the trail.

    February 22, 2015 at 11:41 pm #1023818
    rcannon100
    Participant

    @Steve O 109170 wrote:

    Just ask your son.

    He did actually work today.

    February 22, 2015 at 11:55 pm #1023820
    Vicegrip
    Participant

    @Rod Smith 109147 wrote:

    Some problems with compatibility of my awesome steel seat bag with my saddle rails. None of my miles should count (except for the ride home from the Freezing Saddles Kick-Off Party) until I get it sorted out. #NOBAFS. Apologies to team two. :(

    Feel free to stop by. We can take it out to the shop and get it mounted right up. ;)

    February 24, 2015 at 2:53 am #1023914
    dkel
    Participant

    So last night I had this dream that we were doing Freezing Saddles in Italy! And it was springtime…

    …and then I woke up.

    Nuts.

    (True story.)

    February 24, 2015 at 3:42 am #1023915
    wheelswings
    Participant

    @dkel 109288 wrote:

    So last night I had this dream that we were doing Freezing Saddles in Italy! And it was springtime…

    I sooo want to be in that dream with you. Please include me in it tonight.

    (and apologies, Rockford10, I don’t mean what it sounds like I mean… :+) ).

    February 24, 2015 at 1:27 pm #1023918
    peterw_diy
    Participant

    Don’t worry. It’s all lovely in the valley but then there’s the climb… to the Alps crossing… where the snow hasn’t begun to melt since it’s only Spring…

    February 27, 2015 at 6:15 pm #1024276
    Anonymous
    Guest

    Ok, which one of you crazy people was southbound on Commonwealth about 12:20 today WEARING FRICKING SHORTS???

    I mean, ok, sure, it is a whole degree above freezing, with sunshine even, but the wind couldn’t really have been pleasant on bare skin, could it?

    (if no one owns up to this, I guess that means I should have waved him down and recruited him for next year, huh?)

    February 27, 2015 at 6:22 pm #1024277
    jrenaut
    Participant

    He must not have heard Dirt’s speech about keeping your knees warm.

    February 27, 2015 at 7:15 pm #1024286
    Steve O
    Participant

    @Amalitza 109668 wrote:

    Ok, which one of you crazy people was southbound on Commonwealth about 12:20 today WEARING FRICKING SHORTS???

    I mean, ok, sure, it is a whole degree above freezing, with sunshine even, but the wind couldn’t really have been pleasant on bare skin, could it?

    It wasn’t me, but long ago it could have been. When I first started commuting in the 90’s my temperature cutoff for shorts was 32 degrees. As I aged (like wine and violins, I got better) I incrementally bumped that up to 40ish.

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