Freezing Saddles 2015

[Raymo853]

I too vote for fully randomized teams. Especially after my inverse sand-bag last year. I was flying and riding long in December and then from mid-Jan until Feb I could barely ride.

[jrenaut]

I was talking to my wife about this, and she suggested (and I’m not sure I’m in favor, but throwing it out there anyway) taking the biggest sandbaggers after, say, 1/3 of the competition, and switching them to teams at the bottom. The only problem is who to swap back – my impression is that most of those who greatly OVER-estimate miles are those who had unexpected life changes (new job or something) or an injury, so it probably isn’t fair to move them.

In general, though, I’m opposed to change. But I’m not that competitive. I don’t really care if my team wins. My focus in this is 1) social and 2) making sure I’m providing the points I promised. I guess I’m more competing with myself and the weather in the context of a team than with the other teams. I realize this probably puts me in the minority.

[jrenaut]

@acl 100120 wrote:

Even if you are riding a bike outdoors in **gasp, clutch pearls** Cancun.

Yes, though if you do too much of this you may have an ice pack duct taped to you at the post party.

[Dickie]

I don’t have time to read a ten page thread about Freezing Saddles never mind actually participate, don’t any of you have bosses? …. So, could somebody summarize what I’m not going to read

[rcannon100]

We can always give people the option of being geographically segregated or not. It can be a check box. Would you like to be on a [] DC [] MD [] VA [] Mixed team. I think it would be nice to structure this to facilitate group rides and activities.

I like the simplicity of buckets. Problem is that it will be really hard to build balanced teams that way because the buckets will not divide evenly. And if there are not 12 necessary elite riders, than how many “Bobs” equal a “Rod”?

Random teams will only work if the team size is big enough to balance the random. I doubt TEN is big enough to do that.

So then we return to handicaps. And I guess one thing we can do is simply use Grumpy Cat to stare people down and say “Dont Sandbag – I will be checking your strava numbers – if you Sandbag, I will put you on Steve O’s team“

If we do use handicaps, WHAT do we use for handicaps. There are a couple of different proposals going around.

[Harry Meatmotor]

@vvill 100119 wrote:

You don’t need a GPS to participate. Just an odometer, or if you know your regular commute mileage that’ll work too.

I thought the competition syncs with strava? If not, I can self report no problem.

[rcannon100]

@Dickie 100125 wrote:

I don’t have time to read a ten page thread about Freezing Saddles never mind actually participate, don’t any of you have bosses? …. So, could somebody summarize what I’m not going to read

Yeah, in Sum, we have all agreed that you need to make some really cool prizes again.

That, and you owe us all Beer.

[rcannon100]

@Harry Meatmotor 100127 wrote:

I thought the competition syncs with strava? If not, I can self report no problem.

You can enter mileage into STRAVA manually. You MUST use strava to play (or whatever Hozn says)

[rcannon100]

@jrenaut 100122 wrote:

she suggested (and I’m not sure I’m in favor, but throwing it out there anyway) taking the biggest sandbaggers after, say, 1/3 of the competition, and switching them to teams at the bottom.

Also remember that someone has to volunteer to do things like this.

[vvill]

@rcannon100 100129 wrote:

You can enter mileage into STRAVA manually. You MUST use strava to play (or whatever Hozn says)

Yep. The only thing is that without GPS you won’t be able to participate in some of the side competitions, e.g. Hains Pt laps, most climbing, etc.

[Steve O]

@acl 100120 wrote:

Even if you are riding a bike outdoors in **gasp, clutch pearls** Cancun.

Yep.

[Rootchopper]

I found this confusing last year. I find it confusing now. Hopelessly confusing.

I have threee questions:

How many cups of coffee would I have to consume?

How do we defend ourselves against pointed sticks?

Why would anyone in his or her right mind want to do this?

Okay, wait a sec. I think I have the answer to the last one, so forget that.

[jrenaut]

@Steve O 99915 wrote:

Oh, by the way. For the first day of FS2015 I will unfortunately be in Cancun, so I’ll miss the New Year’s Hains Point cold, miserable, pointless circling. I just checked and, yes, the resort has bicycles.
(Note to self: remember Garmin.)

I will be highly disappointed if there is not a photo of you riding a bike in Cancun wearing pearls.

[Subby]

In, but there is no effing way I am riding as much as I did last year.

OR IS THERE?????

I will award a prize/prizes to the best pics on insta or twitter with the hashtag #freezingsaddles2015, #fs2015, or #WEALLGONNADIE

[americancyclo]

@jrenaut 100123 wrote:

Yes, though if you do too much of this you may have an ice pack duct taped to you at the post party.

i think you’re on to something there

@Dickie 100125 wrote:

I don’t have time to read a ten page thread about Freezing Saddles never mind actually participate, don’t any of you have bosses? …. So, could somebody summarize what I’m not going to read

ask your boss for the executive summary
@Subby 100137 wrote:

I will award a prize/prizes to the best pics on insta or twitter with the hashtag #freezingsaddles2015, #fs2015, or #WEALLGONNADIE

Also in for a strava/instagram based prize

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