Freezing Saddles: Winter Bike Challenge (sign up open)
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@Mark Blacknell 39496 wrote:
I move to strike all miles until VVill is as miserable as the rest of us.
Sorry – we set the rules, he’s just playing us
We have not, however, set the the prize table. I suggest a `special` first prize: For every southern hemispheric point used to win the competition, said rider gets one ice cube in the chamois.Personally, I would like to register a vote against a team challenge that falls immediately on the heels of Freezing Saddles. I’m already tired and week #1 isn’t even finished
If things remain close, I am sure there will be some extreme mileage intensity in the final weeks of this race. And then I have a 6-hour MTB race on the 23rd. Yes, little violin. Obviously I’ll participate with the team if that’s what everyone else wants to do, but it seems to me that Freezing Saddles *is* the competition and we don’t need more ways to win; one will be more than enough for Team Ocho. 
Assuming Kevin decides to return from his warm beach, anyway. I would be all for some sort of competition (using same teams, if appropriate) later — say, for the hottest month of the summer?On a completely unrelated note, is there any interest in putting together [non-team-specific] cycling kits (or just jerseys) for the freezing saddles competition? I worked with Primal Wear most recently for our corporate team kit and we were able to do full custom bibs & jerseys for $150 (obviously things like quantity are important factors). [These would probably be summer jerseys, admittedly.] Anyway, just throwing it out there; I have very little artistic ability/inclination, but if this is interesting to a significant number of people *and* someone is willing to do the art work, I volunteer to work with the sales reps & see what we could do. If the desire would be for just jerseys, may be better to use someone like Jek Sports (have worked with them in the past too), etc.
@JoeB 39500 wrote:
He rode a Freezing Saddle, he wore lycra from head to toe
He commuted on the bike paths, in temps down to ten be-low…Sign this man up!
@consularrider 39494 wrote:
Henning, where are you?????????????
Probably not back from break yet. His office is next door to me. He is on sabbatical from his normal day job.
Originally Posted by JoeB View Post
Hi group – I think I must have messed something up when I tried to sign up for Freezing Saddles a couple weeks ago. (I’m listed on the contest results page with the right Strava account: Joe Birkenstock, http://app.strava.com/athletes/1154396, but I’m not assigned to a team.)JoeB – sign up like Ron suggested. I will be making late team assignments on Sunday. All mileage counts from Jan 1 (so ride). If demand is sufficiently high, there will be a team 11. As of right now, we have four late sign ups. Where you get placed will depend on your November/December handicap score.
Some of us “Feds” are so vital our work would collapse without us. I fear the Army would not work if I were not here at work tabulating numbers. oh wait that isn’t it, I am here because I take to many days off during the summer. I can’t help it I love the sun. I still cannot believe I am even out on my bike in the winter. But I will say I am sure I could win the prize for the most layers. I wear 4 layers on top, bike shorts and two layers of pants (one tights and one a bit looser) all of these are running clothes that are supposed to be for extreme cold. Two pairs of socks, a hat that goes over my whole head and covers my face. Glasses and two pairs of gloves. i am going to be so much lighter come summer time just because i will get to peel off all these clothes, but I am warm. Told you I hate cold.
@ejwillis62 39537 wrote:
… I still cannot believe I am even out on my bike in the winter. But I will say I am sure I could win the prize for the most layers. I wear 4 layers on top, bike shorts and two layers of pants (one tights and one a bit looser) all of these are running clothes that are supposed to be for extreme cold. Two pairs of socks, a hat that goes over my whole head and covers my face. Glasses and two pairs of gloves. i am going to be so much lighter come summer time just because i will get to peel off all these clothes, but I am warm. Told you I hate cold.
Just a casual observation that I’m sure you already know, when you are cycling versus running, the big difference on what makes you cold is wind (either what you are generating or what is hitting you from nature). That means that it is more important to have a wind blocking layer on the bike that may be missing from your running outfit.
I made this mistake yesterday. The thermometer on my garage read 23 degrees so I put on another layer – which was a complete disaster. I got sweaty, fogged up my glasses, and ended up being just as cold and that much slower
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