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

[DismalScientist]

@Bilsko 40363 wrote:

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

I accidentally turned the wrong way on the WOD on Tuesday:
http://app.strava.com/activities/36829949

[ShawnoftheDread]

@DismalScientist 40369 wrote:

I accidentally turned the wrong way on the WOD on Tuesday:
http://app.strava.com/activities/36829949

Looks like you accidentally missed the Key Bridge too.

[GuyContinental]

@DismalScientist 40369 wrote:

I accidentally turned the wrong way on the WOD on Tuesday:
http://app.strava.com/activities/36829949

Bah, you didn’t even make it to Reston!

[ejwillis62]

grumble grumble grumble, i am not liking this rain, not even a little bit. I want sunshine. Why couldn’t it just have waited a while. Grumble grumble grumble.

[Certifried]

@GuyContinental 40372 wrote:

Bah, you didn’t even make it to Reston!

I’m not sure how not, with a max speed as high as he hit!

[TABLE=”class: layout”]
[TR]
[TD]Time[/TD]
[TD]02:08:12[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Elapsed Time[/TD]
[TD]02:19:17[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Max Speed[/TD]
[TD]65.6mi/h
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Avg Speed[/TD]
[TD]14.5mi/h[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

[consularrider]

@Certifried 40375 wrote:

I’m not sure how not, with a max speed as high as he hit!

[TABLE=”class: layout”]
[TR]
[TD]Time[/TD]
[TD]02:08:12[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Elapsed Time[/TD]
[TD]02:19:17[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Max Speed[/TD]
[TD]65.6mi/h
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Avg Speed[/TD]
[TD]14.5mi/h[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

Clearly using a wireless computer with interference problems. I just wonder where it is mounted on the unicycle?

[rcannon100]

That could be another pointless award: Most Suspicious Ride.

[DismalScientist]

@Certifried 40375 wrote:

I’m not sure how not, with a max speed as high as he hit!

[TABLE=”class: layout”]
[TR]
[TD]Time[/TD]
[TD]02:08:12[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Elapsed Time[/TD]
[TD]02:19:17[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Max Speed[/TD]
[TD]65.6mi/h
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Avg Speed[/TD]
[TD]14.5mi/h[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

I hit the max speed under the Whitehurst Freeway. The data shows me in the middle of the Potomac River, traveling upstream. My droid phone was “mounted” in my pocket.

[Certifried]

@DismalScientist 40379 wrote:

I hit the max speed under the Whitehurst Freeway. The data shows me in the middle of the Potomac River, traveling upstream. My droid phone was “mounted” in my pocket.

My mind is aglow with whirling, transient nodes of thought careening through a cosmic vapor of invention.

[TwoWheelsDC]

Rough timeline of my #BAFS commute:

**imagine 60 Minutes stopwatch ticking

5:00PM: check Weather.com. 43 and cloudy. “Sweet, I don’t need rain gear.”

5:20PM: walk from building to bike rack (located in garage) in pouring rain. “Okay, guess I DO need the rain gear.”

5:21PM: put on rain gear, readjust pannier accordingly

5:25PM: exit parking garage. rain has stopped. “fuuuuuuuuu…..”

5:25:15PM: “Maybe I’ll stop and take off my rain coat…nah, I’ll just sweat it out.”

5:30PM: sweating profusely, still not raining.

5:35PM: “do you not see my 300L blinky??? yes, people still ride bicycles in the rain a-hole!!”

5:38PM: sweating profusely, still not raining.

5:39PM: “do you not see my 300L blinky??? yes, people still ride bicycles in the rain a-hole!!”

5:42PM: sweating profusely, still not raining.

5:45PM: “do you not see my 300L blinky??? yes, people still ride bicycles in the rain a-hole!!”

5:50PM: “do you not see my 300L blinky??? yes, people still ride bicycles in the rain a-hole!!”

5:55PM: sweating profusely, still not raining.

6:00PM: home.

[KelOnWheels]

You should probably take off your rain jacket now

[ejwillis62]

Team six first place woo hooo even if it doesn’t last I love seeing it.

[bikenurse]

@ejwillis62 40400 wrote:

Team six first place woo hooo even if it doesn’t last I love seeing it.

Back to 3rd place but we’re not far behind!! And we have the top 2 women. Way to go Banditos!

[ejwillis62]

We just need some long weekend rides but not from me.my legs are feeling the effects of all these miles. I better have lost at least 5 lbs this week
when I go to weigh in tomorrow morning.

[Arlingtonrider]

Laurie,

You and eminva are the top 2 women right now – well earned and deserved, both of you!

[Author]

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