Freezing Saddles: Winter Bike Challenge (sign up open)

[rcannon100]

Freezing Saddles: Winter Bike Challenge
Never Give an ELITE Cyclist an Even Break

Official Frozen Scoreboard

NOTE: 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 subs

Team one
http://app.strava.com/athletes/126281
Matthew Whatley
Shawn Dread
443749
John Fisher – 608636

Team Two
Pete DeNitto – 768183
Steve Appel
James Hoofnagle
Jason Kyzer
Mega Beth – http://app.strava.com/athletes/136523
Joe Birkenstock – 1154396

Team Three
Trish Newberg
randy napiza 313677
Mark Blacknell
essigmw
obenlandk@gmail.com – http://www.strava.com/athletes/1564295

Team Four
EKR
Kel Moore
Chris Shue
Crystal Bae
Elizabeth MacGregor

Team Five
http://app.strava.com/athletes/benbhsu
307483 (Mark Williams)
Christopher Niebylski
vvill
Kevin Ulrich – http://www.strava.com/athletes/kevin_ulrich

Team Six
Arlingtonrider
sjclaeys
ejwillis@yahoo.com
http://app.strava.com/athletes/302448
feomike@gmail.com – http://www.strava.com/athletes/feomike

Team Seven
Henning Schulzrinne
klizotte
Brad Hancock
Ron Alford
Chris Randall

Team Eight
Ken Buja (1224809)
Kevin Williams, Strava # 580756, BA “GuyContinental”
Lena Varuolo
Hans Lellelid

Team Nine
Steve O
jopamora
Justin Antos (Strava 1473093)
http://app.strava.com/athletes/488016

Team Ten
certifried
strava name Karen Smith (forum poster acl)
Cyndi Janetzko
Rod Smith

Team Eleven (Freezing Saddles Team Mongo (11) on Strava)
Greg Ba
cptjohnc
rcannon100
mdevoll
Sarah Dots
Sean Chisham

Team Twelve
Calpike
BonzaiBuckaroo
Daniel Alexander
ochsendorf@gmail.com

Topic

[consularrider]

@rcannon100 40247 wrote:

If it is going to be in the 60s this weekend, any interest in a group ride? I am thinking go out the WOD and have lunch somewhere? Something like

11 am Ballston to Vienna or Reston for lunch

I’ll be at Carolina Brothers around 12:30. I expect that it will be crowded.

[bikenurse]

@ejwillis62 40145 wrote:

That’s okay everyone should take a few days off. He he he he team six this does not include you. Ride everyday and
Ride many many miles. I want first place

You’re making me feel guilty for not riding yesterday! I am riding to dc and back tomorrow morning so will make up some miles!!

[Rod Smith]

Is riding for money “cheating”?

[KayakCyndi]

@Rod Smith 40309 wrote:

Is riding for money “cheating”?

Absolutely not!

[GuyContinental]

Meethinks that Hans is going for the longest “oops I missed my office, commute” with 35 extra miles this morning.

http://app.strava.com/activities/37141481

Go Ochos!

[ejwillis62]

that would kill me I cannot imagine trying to ride lugging all that behind me. Just lugging my body weight is enough to make me stay on my diet. That just looks so hard. Wow.

[rcannon100]

Cpt John should be getting on board Team 11 soon, giving us a full compliment of five riders. Watch out Team 2 (currently directly ahead of us in the standings)

[birddog]

I think team ‘II’ needs a logo.

How about ‘eye-eye’:

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or an ‘aye-aye’:

[ATTACH=CONFIG]2257[/ATTACH]

What do you think? haha…

[hozn]

@GuyContinental 40319 wrote:

Meethinks that Hans is going for the longest “oops I missed my office, commute” with 35 extra miles this morning.

http://app.strava.com/activities/37141481

Go Ochos!

I think you claimed that podium spot long ago with your “accidental” rides to Purcelville I have to pack my miles in during the week since my weekends are always very low mileage. Team 5 & 9 are pretty serious competition, but we’ll make them work for it With you back in the saddle this week, our weekly mileage trend looks very promising. (Sounds like you should have skipped today, though! Hope you feel better.)

[ronwalf]

@birddog 40336 wrote:

or an ‘aye-aye’:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]2257[/ATTACH]

I’m not on Team II, but THIS!

[Steve]

@birddog 40336 wrote:

or an ‘aye-aye’:

How could you pick anything besides aye-aye. Brilliant.

[Megabeth]

I believe the aye-aye is most appropriate. I must admit look like that aye-aye after my morning commute and I pull off my skull cap…

[Bilsko]

@GuyContinental 40319 wrote:

Meethinks that Hans is going for the longest “oops I missed my office, commute” with 35 extra miles this morning.

http://app.strava.com/activities/37141481

Go Ochos!

I’d like to nominate my evening commute yesterday for honorable mention:
http://app.strava.com/activities/37092448

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With only one or two exceptions, I’ve been doing some kind of really long route in or home every day. I think the most I’ve stretched it is about 20 miles. It should be about 2.5 door-to-door.

[Certifried]

@Bilsko 40363 wrote:

I’d like to nominate my evening commute yesterday for honorable mention:
http://app.strava.com/activities/37092448

With only one or two exceptions, I’ve been doing some kind of really long route in or home every day. I think the most I’ve stretched it is about 20 miles. It should be about 2.5 door-to-door.

You should’ve dropped in for a beer! I live in Bethesda.

[rcannon100]

@Bilsko 40363 wrote:

I’d like to nominate my evening commute yesterday for honorable mention:

Sounds like a pointless award candidate: Most circuitous route home. Anyone wanna volunteer to develop and award this award?

[Author]

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