Freezing Saddles 2015 ~ At Least Yer Not in Kiev, Comrade

[cvcalhoun]

@DCAKen 102124 wrote:

A surprising number of participants did all 78 rides last year. That was one of my goals last year, but this year I won’t be able to do that. I don’t think I’ll have a bike available to me on a week long cruise in February…

My favorite was the day I walked my bike to the nearest theoretically plowed road, only to discover that even the buses still weren’t running because conditions were so bad. I still managed to bike to the subway, and participate in a snowball fight, though.

[americancyclo]

@cvcalhoun 102213 wrote:

I still managed to bike to the subway, and participate in a snowball fight, though.

All the way to NYC? or just your local chain sandwich store? :p

[dasgeh]

@KLizotte 102181 wrote:

I don’t want to have to read thru 100 posts to find the answer to this very basic question: WHEN DOES THE CONTEST START?! The first day of winter?? The sign-up page does not list start/end dates.

It’s a good point – contest dates should be on the reg page.

[Mikey]

Just wondering, how is registration going? how many players are we up too? About how many teams do you expect. Please tell me it’s not 2 teams – 1 team of 10 riders, and 1 team of 100 slackers.

[jrenaut]

@Mikey 102242 wrote:

Just wondering, how is registration going? how many players are we up too? About how many teams do you expect. Please tell me it’s not 2 teams – 1 team of 10 riders, and 1 team of 100 slackers.

If the slackers team gets as big as double the average team size, I’m going to delete them from the Freezing Saddles website.

[rcannon100]

We just crested 100. Not getting the deluge that I feared. Getting some nice new blood.

So far everyone but Steve O is on Steve O’s team.

[Arlingtonrider]

Organizers may need to huddle on this, but there are several of us who think the slackers team should be limited to those who have earned that status (by previously making a significant contribution of time/effort to the success of FS) and that newbies should be on regular teams. Let’s not release the number of slackers till the happy hour. Number of registrants is around 100 now. I still need to sign up. Definitely plan to.

[DismalScientist]

I think we should huddle and arbitrarily and capriciously remove people from the Slackers and return them to regular teams. Excessively begging and pleading may or may not leads us to honor your Slacker preference.

[Mikey]

How about a request to be in the middling class – not a slacker but a team that strives to be average
I mean, I don’t ride a single-speed but I don’t change gears either.

[rcannon100]

@Mikey 102267 wrote:

How about a request to be in the middling class – not a slacker but a team that strives to be average
I mean, I don’t ride a single-speed but I don’t change gears either.

“Welcome to Freezing Saddles, where all the women are strong, all the men middle-aged and in lycra, and all the cyclists are above average.”

[Greenbelt]

@Mikey 102267 wrote:

How about a request to be in the middling class – not a slacker but a team that strives to be average
I mean, I don’t ride a single-speed but I don’t change gears either.

I nearly won the “joe average” award for hitting my handicap exactly either last year or the year before (I’m too old to remember), but Mark Blacknell caught me in the sprint.

I think slackers should be limited to people who may have nagging injuries or personal issues (brain deterioration etc.) that could cause them to inadvertently overdo it in a competitive type situation, or else be over the age of 50, over 200 pounds, and ride more than 9000 miles per year. Either way.

[Steve O]

@Mikey 102267 wrote:

How about a request to be in the middling class – not a slacker but a team that strives to be average
I mean, I don’t ride a single-speed but I don’t change gears either.

Sounds like a pointless prize opportunity, Sir Mike (or anyone who is thinking about offering a pointless prize, but needs a creative idea).
Pointless prize for the team that ends up in the middle.
And the individual who ends up in the middle
And the individual who ends up in the middle of the team that ends up in the middle.
You get the idea.

[KLizotte]

@Arlingtonrider 102249 wrote:

Organizers may need to huddle on this, but there are several of us who think the slackers team should be limited to those who have earned that status (by previously making a significant contribution of time/effort to the success of FS) and that newbies should be on regular teams. Let’s not release the number of slackers till the happy hour. Number of registrants is around 100 now. I still need to sign up. Definitely plan to.

I signed up for the slackers team because I already know I’m gonna be out of town for half of March and I only rode 400 miles last winter. I’m also not competitive so I won’t be motivated to go out in the cold and yuck just to get team points. I fully expect to be a disappointment on anyone’s team!

[Arlingtonrider]

400 miles is a significant amount of winter riding!

[Alcova cyclist]

I think I saw this somewhere waaay upthread, but what’s the general consensus on kids (of the teenaged sort) participating? My 15yo is starting to get into cycling, but since he doesn’t bike to school, he’d realistically be unlikely to ride more than a few times a week for 5-15 mile a go. Could we ask to be on the same team so we could try to do team rides together?

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