Freezing Saddles: Winter Bike Challenge (sign up open)
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Freezing Saddles: Winter Bike Challenge
Never Give an ELITE Cyclist an Even BreakNOTE: Excluded activities: If you post an activity to Strava during the competition period which is not an outdoor bike ride, then it should have the string “#NoBAFS” in the activity name.
Freezing Saddles! The Epic Adventure of a band of ELITE Cyclists, facing the challenges of the wild wild wild bike paths. Confronting the darkest of evenings, the coldest of mornings, and the stupidest of Ninjas – these brave cyclists challenge each other because, if they didnt, they might have to actually do some work during the day.
The saga runs January 1 until the last day of Winter, March 20. It will conclude with a March Madness Playoff that someone will probably design. There will be a Happy Hour at the end with many pointless trophies.
Tribes (teams):
- Composed of ~5 riders or less
- For riders from the #bikedc, Washington DC Bike Forum general community (Washington DC greater metropolitan area)
- Volunteer Captains (captains will address any data problems, negotiate or cause confusion, and provide motivational seminars);
- This is a ten-gallon hat tournament. Riders will be randomly assigned to tribes based on self declared average weekly mileage and days cycled. Tribes will be created so that each tribes’s average weekly point score is roughly equal to everyone else’s. To achieve this, tribes may be composed of differing numbers of riders.
- No late sign ups.
- Interested cyclists must sign up by December 25 Midnight – Tribes will be announced within a couple days.
Scoring: Riders will receive 10 points for each day and 1 point for each mile ridden. Minimum ride is 1 mile. The tribe’s score will be the sum of the tribe members (indoor trainers do not count- you must be freezing in the saddle outside).
Backend: STRAVA (please sign up for an account, and join the “Bike Arlington” club on STRAVA – you should be able to enter data manually or automatically. Additional information will be posted here on the forum.)
This is a self organized group activity based on consensus. No one is in charge or running this thing. Participation is voluntary and entirely at your own risk.
Be Brave. Be Bold. Be…. questful! In the words of Hedley Lamarr:
Men, you are about to embark on a great crusade to stamp out runaway decency on the bike paths. Now you men will only be risking your lives, whilst I will be risking an almost certain Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
Here are the teams with the new subsTeam one
http://app.strava.com/athletes/126281
Matthew Whatley
Shawn Dread
443749
John Fisher – 608636Team Two
Pete DeNitto – 768183
Steve Appel
James Hoofnagle
Jason Kyzer
Mega Beth – http://app.strava.com/athletes/136523
Joe Birkenstock – 1154396Team Three
Trish Newberg
randy napiza 313677
Mark Blacknell
essigmw
obenlandk@gmail.com – http://www.strava.com/athletes/1564295Team Four
EKR
Kel Moore
Chris Shue
Crystal Bae
Elizabeth MacGregorTeam Five
http://app.strava.com/athletes/benbhsu
307483 (Mark Williams)
Christopher Niebylski
vvill
Kevin Ulrich – http://www.strava.com/athletes/kevin_ulrichTeam Six
Arlingtonrider
sjclaeys
ejwillis@yahoo.com
http://app.strava.com/athletes/302448
feomike@gmail.com – http://www.strava.com/athletes/feomikeTeam Seven
Henning Schulzrinne
klizotte
Brad Hancock
Ron Alford
Chris RandallTeam Eight
Ken Buja (1224809)
Kevin Williams, Strava # 580756, BA “GuyContinental”
Lena Varuolo
Hans LellelidTeam Nine
Steve O
jopamora
Justin Antos (Strava 1473093)
http://app.strava.com/athletes/488016Team Ten
certifried
strava name Karen Smith (forum poster acl)
Cyndi Janetzko
Rod SmithTeam Eleven (Freezing Saddles Team Mongo (11) on Strava)
Greg Ba
cptjohnc
rcannon100
mdevoll
Sarah Dots
Sean ChishamTeam Twelve
Calpike
BonzaiBuckaroo
Daniel Alexander
ochsendorf@gmail.com
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@Bicyclebug 39705 wrote:
Can you put me on a team already so I can begin my trash talking
Soon, my pretty, soon!
@KelOnWheels 39753 wrote:
Do we need to #NoBAFS runs? I’m guessing not but just wanted to make sure
Sadly, yes. Strava doesn’t give me a way to differentiate runs from rides. I couldn’t even do it on speed – a lot of CaBi rides are slower than speedy joggers!
@ronwalf 39756 wrote:
Sadly, yes. Strava doesn’t give me a way to differentiate runs from rides. I couldn’t even do it on speed – a lot of CaBi rides are slower than speedy joggers!
Oh, good to know!
@essigmw 39758 wrote:
Do I get 3x per mile points for pulling the double trail-a-bike, althought they do help a little on the hills?
Bikes over 30 lbs should get extra points!
@KelOnWheels 39764 wrote:
Bikes over 30 lbs should get extra points!
Fat men over 40 should get triple points
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