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

[Rod Smith]

When the cat’s away, the mice will play.

[ejwillis62]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]2272[/ATTACH] my new fenders. Ready for the wet now.

[vtben]

@ejwillis62 40438 wrote:

[ATTACH=CONFIG]2272[/ATTACH] my new fenders. Ready for the wet now.

Nice. Same ones I have, though it looks like you did a much neater job installing them than I did! My front mud guard is a bit messed up from getting stuck under the wheel a few times, but that was due to user error I think.

[ejwillis62]

Had them put on at spokes etc. I wouldn’t try it myself. Almost bought purple streamers for the handle bars but I held back. Even clipped in for
A little while today still scares me but I am learning.

[Arlingtonrider]

I scored my first QOM today, thanks to Freezing Saddles introducing me to Strava. Watch out, Mr. Kelley, I’m coming after you . . .!

[DismalScientist]

@Arlingtonrider 40444 wrote:

I scored my first QOM today, thanks to Freezing Saddles introducing me to Strava. Watch out, Mr. Kelley, I’m coming after you . . .!

I’ll have to change my gender with Strata to take it from you.:rolleyes:

[Certifried]

• 840 rides
• 10831 miles

wow, just … WOW

[bikenurse]

@Arlingtonrider 40444 wrote:

I scored my first QOM today, thanks to Freezing Saddles introducing me to Strava. Watch out, Mr. Kelley, I’m coming after you . . .!

Way to go teammate! And I have to put in some more miles to get the top female spot back (though being tied with you is pretty cool)…. loving this motivation! And the warm weather doesn’t hurt either:)

[consularrider]

I’m glad to see some of my team mates on the Rock Ridge Riders have gotten their rides logged! Moved us up in the standings!

I didn’t get the ride I wanted today because of all the fog and mist. Things were just too wet and visibility too poor to really ride agressively on the Arlington hills, so I settled for a little bit of hills added to an Arlington Loop and a trip around Hains Point.

What was it with almost no one with their lights on, cars and bikes?

[ejwillis62]

We never did have any sunshine what a bummer. I just ride to my local cvs and got the paper. What a bummer.

[Tim Kelley]

@Arlingtonrider 40444 wrote:

I scored my first QOM today, thanks to Freezing Saddles introducing me to Strava. Watch out, Mr. Kelley, I’m coming after you . . .!

You really buried Chris Randall on that segment too!

[consularrider]

@Tim Kelley 40472 wrote:

You really buried Chris Randall on that segment too!

Hmmmm, when did I ride that segment? Maybe with the Arlington over 50s crowd for a sunset/full moon ride last fall? It would have been interesting to climb to the “top” of Long Bridge Park yesterday in the middle of the fog/mist and see (or not see) what was around. Certainly couldn’t see much from the middle of the 14th Street Bridge bike/pedestrian path.

[TwoWheelsDC]

I hate wind. That is all.

[rcannon100]

@TwoWheelsDC 40489 wrote:

I hate wind. That is all.

Dont know what you are talking about. I had one of my best commutes this morn. It was like I was flying south down the MVT. Boy… I must be getting stronger…. better legs… this is so easy… what a great morning.

[Turns East on 14th St Bridge – gets hit with cross wind that had been pushing me down the MVT]

Oh. Merde. Ride home is gonna be fun.

[consularrider]

@TwoWheelsDC 40489 wrote:

I hate wind. That is all.

Guess you should have left a little earlier, winds were calm from 7 to 8 am. :p

However, I did feel a drop in temperature along the Potomac after crossing under Memorial Bridge heading towards Roosevelt Island. The NWS reports the temperature has started dropping since it peaked at 61° this morning and I expect I will be underdressed when it is time to ride home.

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