FS 2026 Pointless Kids prizes
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Saddleros con Saddlitos,
I’m sponsoring the Pointless Kids prizes this year:
• Pointless Kid, for the kid (13 and under on January 1st) who rides the most miles with a Freezing Saddles rider or Friend of BAFS.
• “withkid” for the Saddlero who rides the most miles accompanying kids who are riding under their own power.
• “Kidical” for the Saddlero who carries or tows kids the farthest.
• “Kidathon” for the most impressive act of riding with kids, as determined by contributors to this thread.
Prizes:
The Pointless kids will get a helmeted Lego minifigure placed atop a gray brick for each grown up they would have beaten had they been old enough to compete. Last year’s winner bested 18 grownups.
For the grownups, I’ll provide towels inscribed with the prize they won.
Rules:
Pointless Kid: To get credit, you’ll need to pick a secret identity for your little gorm and tag your rides #withkid<secret name>.
For example, a ride like this would be tagged #withkidvisimo for the kid in foreground, since that cute monster’s secret name is “visimo”.
His siblings would get credit if I added “#withkidebop #withkidpudge #withkidsneakycat” to the ride title.
I’ll accept rides on kickbikes because this is the Freezing Saddles competiton, but not scooters for the same reason. Occasional use of a Towee or similar still counts as “withkid” since the kid still has to balance and you still have to worry about where they are.
withkid: Saddleros automatically get credit for rides they tag towards the “pointless kid” prize. You only get credit for one withkid mile per mile ridden, regardless of how many kids you’re escorting. It doesn’t seem fair since you’re the one who got them into their gear, tuned up their bikes, and ponied up for the cookies or hashbrowns for bribes. The Kidathon will try to address that concern.
If you’d rather not have your kids’ miles tracked or have to deal with titles that run to four or five lines in your Strava app, you can still compete for “withkid” by tagging your ride “#withkid”.
Kidical: This category is for Saddleros who are riding for two. Or three, or more. Unlike “withkid”, there are no secret identities here because the grown-up is doing all the work.
If you’re using a FollowMe Tandem, GatorBar, dedicated bike trailer, or seats attached to your bike, those are Kidical rides. You can also tag them for the tandem prize if they could be pedalling.
Kidathon: In past years, the Kidathon prize went to the Saddlero with the highest sum of “withkid” and “kidical” miles, as long as both were greater than zero. In practice, this meant doubling the prize for the Kidical winner, who was generally doing a preschool drop off most mornings (#kidical) and would log a couple miles on a kickbike at some point (#withkid<secret name>).
This year, I’m going to try making this prize more like the “Extra Mile” pointless prize. Please share your best stories of the joys, struggles, and bribes that come with making sure we have another generation of Saddleros!
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