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

[Greenbelt]

TEAM 9
Steve O
jopamora
Justin Antos (Strava 1473093)
http://app.strava.com/athletes/488016 (captain) = Jeff from Greenbelt

[Megabeth]

I submitted my form. I hope the All Powerful Oz will let me in. I’ve been (sorta) good this year.

(My strava doesn’t have my commuter and short haul rides in it…I’ll load them all up in 2013. I promise!)

[Rod Smith]

@Certifried 38928 wrote:

OK, this is going to be fun. All I need to do is get a bunch of Edible Arrangements (or, alternately, Wonder Bread) sent to my apartment in Bethesda, and request that it be couriered by Rod. I won’t even need to ride at all!

Ouch, I’m on the short board but “if you’ve got the money, honey, I’ve got the time…” (Lefty Frizzell)

[ShawnoftheDread]

@Rod Smith 38935 wrote:

Ouch, I’m on the short board but “if you’ve got the money, honey, I’ve got the time…” (Lefty Frizzell)

Lefty’s awesome.

[Subby]

Oh wait – this wasn’t a joke?

Oh fine.

(I’m Chris Shue on Strava)

[Bilsko]

Here’s to hoping that the teams stay fixed – because I already created a Strava Club for my team: http://app.strava.com/clubs/freezing-saddles-team-v

[TwoWheelsDC]

I apologize to my team in advance…as I transition to my rotation downtown sometime in the next couple weeks, I’ll probably be off the bike for several days while I figure out the particulars of bike commuting to the new office. Of course, given that neither my new office or my current office seems to know how to make my rotation happen, the contest could be over by the time I move.

[rcannon100]

Okay, teams are set. Its in your hands now.

[crysb]

@rcannon100 38921 wrote:

TEAM 4
EKR
Kel Moore
Chris Shue
Crystal Bae
Elizabeth MacGregor (captain)

Go team cuatro!

[Megabeth]

@rcannon100 38945 wrote:

We started talking about Freezing Saddles a month ago, and registration started on Dec. 4.

Ha! Ironically, the Hains Point 100 was “born” the evening of December 3rd so I lost all touch with reality since then…

Rather than cause any statistical upheaval, I can withdraw and just cheer from the sidelines. (Any team that would like me to kick Mark in the knees so it reduces his mileage, I do take bribes…)

[Certifried]

@Megabeth 38947 wrote:

Ha! Ironically, the Hains Point 100 was “born” the evening of December 3rd so I lost all touch with reality since then…

Rather than cause any statistical upheaval, I can withdraw and just cheer from the sidelines. (Any team that would like me to kick Mark in the knees so it reduces his mileage, I do take bribes…)

PM sent

[ronwalf]

Team captains,
Please logon to Strava, create a new club, post a link to that club here, and encourage your other members to join.

Here’s mine:
Team 7: Rock Ridge Riders
Anyone want to make a logo?

[ShawnoftheDread]

Here’s Team 1 (name ideas welcomed):
http://app.strava.com/clubs/19265/manage

[ShawnoftheDread]

@TwoWheelsDC 38944 wrote:

I apologize to my team in advance…as I transition to my rotation downtown sometime in the next couple weeks, I’ll probably be off the bike for several days while I figure out the particulars of bike commuting to the new office. Of course, given that neither my new office or my current office seems to know how to make my rotation happen, the contest could be over by the time I move.

There’s no clock limit, so feel free to make up any missed rides after dinner.

[Greenbelt]

Team 9 club link: http://app.strava.com/clubs/19267

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