Freezing Saddles starts today!

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January 1, 2017 at 9:20 pm #1062439

jrenaut
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And if you miss a day, you can NEVER BE GREEN AGAIN on the Ride Days chart.

Except for the beginning of the competition when hozn hasn’t reset the database.

January 1, 2017 at 11:37 pm #1062443

AlanA
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But it wasn’t even that cold today. I don’t think that other peoples miles should count since it wasn’t freezing! Although mine should still count since I’m new at this.

January 2, 2017 at 12:30 am #1062448

Brett L.
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I think the start of freezing saddles should be delayed. Far too warm. Rule 9 was not in effect.

January 2, 2017 at 1:27 am #1062453

Judd
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@AlanA 151170 wrote:

But it wasn’t even that cold today. I don’t think that other peoples miles should count since it wasn’t freezing! Although mine should still count since I’m new at this.

Don’t worry. Everyone who rode a lot today will be punish d for it on the Freeze Points chart.

January 2, 2017 at 1:33 am #1062455

jrenaut
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@Judd 151181 wrote:

Don’t worry. Everyone who rode a lot today will be punish d for it on the Freeze Points chart.

Although if you DIDN’T ride today, the first day of the competition and it’s sunny and warm – I’m not sure this competition is really for you (unless you had some extenuating circumstances and no, a hangover doesn’t count).

January 2, 2017 at 1:41 am #1062457

Judd
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@jrenaut 151183 wrote:

Although if you DIDN’T ride today, the first day of the competition and it’s sunny and warm – I’m not sure this competition is really for you (unless you had some extenuating circumstances and no, a hangover doesn’t count).

Today is about as good as it gets except the occasional March days. Lots of huge rides today, but the competition is a marathon. It was interesting to see lots of the folks with the early Vegas odds decide not to do 200 mile rides today.

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January 2, 2017 at 3:07 am #1062463

hozn
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@Judd 151185 wrote:

Today is about as good as it gets except the occasional March days. Lots of huge rides today, but the competition is a marathon. It was interesting to see lots of the folks with the early Vegas odds decide not to do 200 mile rides today.

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Sure, it is a marathon. But it’s the sort of marathon where people run 26.2 miles every day of the competition.

January 2, 2017 at 6:55 am #1062470

consularrider
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@AlanA 151170 wrote:

But it wasn’t even that cold today. I don’t think that other peoples miles should count since it wasn’t freezing! Although mine should still count since I’m new at this.

Speak for yourself. It didn’t get above freezing on my ride and there was actually a little (very little) snow. :p

January 2, 2017 at 2:17 pm #1062476

Boomer Cycles
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I see that the HP Circle of Cycles was in full effect yesterday to kick off #BAFS2017

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January 3, 2017 at 2:09 pm #1062522

ian74
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@Judd 151185 wrote:

Today is about as good as it gets except the occasional March days. Lots of huge rides today, but the competition is a marathon. It was interesting to see lots of the folks with the early Vegas odds decide not to do 200 mile rides today.

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Marathon indeed. My commute is what keeps me moving up the leaderboard, we’ll see who’s still crushing 200 mile weeks come early March. These fair weather, high mileage type riders come and go.

January 3, 2017 at 2:20 pm #1062383

jrenaut
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Ok, now TODAY feels like Freezing Saddles. Except maybe a little warm.

January 3, 2017 at 3:00 pm #1062384

cvcalhoun
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@jrenaut 151257 wrote:

Ok, now TODAY feels like Freezing Saddles. Except maybe a little warm.

Yeah, but after fording several lakes and streams, I got chilled enough to make up for the excessive warmth.

January 3, 2017 at 3:32 pm #1062377

Sunyata
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Woohoo! Team Assignments are DONE. Feel free to buy me ALL of the beer at the happy hour!

For those that are curious, I decided to go with more, but slightly smaller teams this year. Every team (including the non-team Slackers band of misfits) has the exact same number of players. My super secret, magical, team assigning formula indicates that this should be a fun and close competition.

In addition to everyone assigned a team (and those silly slackers), I have five alternates (these were people that signed up after the fact and actually entered in valid forum ID’s*) that are (almost confirmed) ready to step up in the event that someone needs to drop out or fails to “show up”.

*There were a few more that signed up after the fact but did NOT enter valid forum ID’s and I got tired of chasing people down. 😡

January 3, 2017 at 4:23 pm #1062529

ShawnoftheDread
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Wait, team assignments are done? Registration is closed? I missed it?! Was there a thread about this somewhere?

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January 3, 2017 at 4:26 pm #1062530

cvcalhoun
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@ShawnoftheDread 151271 wrote:

Wait, team assignments are done? Registration is closed? I missed it?! Was there a thread about this somewhere?

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Given the number of people who signed up for the Strava club but failed to register, and the number who registered but gave forum names that do not exist on this forum, I’m thinking that reading comprehension is not necessarily universal among those trying to participate.
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