Freezing Saddles General Carping Thread

[Steve O]

@Boomer2U 149497 wrote:

I just signed up on both the registration page and the Strava leaderboard without a glitch. Thanks for setting this up so that we can have some fun riding bikes this “winter.”

@Steve O 149502 wrote:

(ftfy)

consularrider is in a wintry climate. So is elwbikes, even more so. Boomer, phatboing and especially Powerful P are all in milder (or summer!) climates. Their saddles won’t be freezing at all.
Discuss?

@Judd 149506 wrote:

Does Boomer get more winter riding credit if he doesn’t specify that the temperature is in Celsius? Those 10 degree rides are killer!

@cvcalhoun 149511 wrote:

You may get more responses to this one if it goes into the general carping thread, or a separate thread, rather than under registration. Personally, I don’t propose to discuss.

Okay, here’s a general carping thread – mostly about Boomer and Powerful Pete, since they are easy to carp at.

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[Powerful Pete]

I am outraged! Don’t carp at me! Carp at Boomer. He is in the British Isles and works on agro-forestry. That means he is more weird than I (currently I am a Roots and Tubers Crops – RTCs – guy – we are so much cooler than the forestry folks, no really). Also he is in a part of the world where they drink warm beer and eat icky food. I am currently in a part of the world that is the birthplace of ceviche and the national drink is the Pisco Sour. Nuff said.

Also, I am about to suffer through the South American summer season! I know you feel the terrible injustice I will have to go through to ride in spirit with all of you!

A few points:

1. Discount Boomer miles. He is a cheater and will be riding on the wrong side of the road.

2. Happy to be told I need to be a slacker (although this is a natural condition for me) and/or whatever else given the weather advantage that the southern hemisphere presents me.

3. I should be traveling regularly to the DC area in Jan-March so will also be riding with you, occasionally, in person. Which kind of sucks, as I would rather be riding with you in spirit wearing my bib shorts.

[LeprosyStudyGroup]

I was carping you wouldn’t be koi about this

[jrenaut]

I want to carp about this thread because I don’t really know what “carp” means if you’re not talking about a fish, and I’m much too stubborn to Google it.

[Phatboing]

And I want to carp about how the PNW may not get below freezing, but it does come with a kind of cold that crawls into your soul and dies there. Plus this rain. It’s a drizzle, but it’s relentless in its drizzliness.

[rcannon100]

Would it be possible to have a positive energy thread?

[lordofthemark]

@jrenaut 149531 wrote:

I want to carp about this thread because I don’t really know what “carp” means if you’re not talking about a fish, and I’m much too stubborn to Google it.

Hmm. Gefilte fish ride. Maybe gefilteneuring. Thinking about this.

[Phatboing]

@rcannon100 149535 wrote:

Would it be possible to have a positive energy thread?

A ‘Cannon will keep firing’ thread?

[Boomer Cycles]

Firstly, I object, because secondly, @PowerfulPete resembles those remarks!!

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[Boomer Cycles]

Thirdly, it is a historical fact of climatical history that Bristol UK has already experienced more freezing temps this season than that swamp (which BTW will soon be drained by your President-elect) that the majority happens to muck around in, and I have black-ice (not black puddin’) road rash to prove it!!!

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[Boomer Cycles]

Fourthly, Unfair forum! How about equal air time?!

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[Boomer Cycles]

That’s it! I’ve had enough carping!! I’m coming back in Jan to drain the swamp and crash the inaugural FS2017 HH to earn points for the Social Butterfly pointless prize

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[Boomer Cycles]

I here by call out @PowerfulPete. Laps @ HP. Jan 1st. B there or B2!!!

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[Judd]

@Boomer2U 149828 wrote:

I here by call out @PowerfulPete. Laps @ HP. Jan 1st. B there or B2!!!

I’m in. I’ll even keep riding during both Boomer and Pete’s multiple old guy naps.

[Powerful Pete]

@Boomer2U 149828 wrote:

I here by call out @PowerfulPete. Laps @ HP. Jan 1st. B there or B2!!!

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Unfortunately I will have escaped to warmer climes in time for 1 January and will only be able to ride with you in hungover spirit.

I will, of course, document my first ride of 2017 and ask all of you for your recommendations on sunscreen given the very difficult riding conditions I will be subject to.

Now, if anyone would like to pointlessly ride at HP post-Christmas I am more than happy to join you.

Also, Boomer is still a cheater riding the wrong way and drinking warm beer. Just sayin’

[Boomer Cycles]

I hereby call out @PowerfulPete on Christmas day, laps @ HP. B there or B square. Oops, that won’t even be FS2017 season yet. Oh, shucks, forget it. FS2017 is rigged!! Allowing him to ride in summer in Lima; that’s unpresidented!!!:-0

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