#kidical pointless prize

[LhasaCM]

@BTC_DC 172968 wrote:

This is starting to get interesting now. More incentive to lighten trailer weight a bit and get the other kid(s) earning some #withkids points, though lose a few route options to avoid roads with less margin of error for wobbly young riders by my side. Game now becomes an optimization problem If more people were active in this category, it might make for an interesting general classification (#kidical and #withkids), versus specialist riders….

I’m thinking a combined classification would be nice to capture the fuller picture of biking with kids (so I guess that gets me up to three different kid-related prizes I’m sponsoring). The easy thing to do mathematically is to just add mileage from the two separate hashtags together, though folks would get double credit for rides that fit both prizes (which doesn’t bother me given the aforementioned optimization problem, though others may feel differently). The trouble with controlling for that double credit is it would take some effort to create such a leaderboard when I’m sure there are plenty of things that also require some effort that would have wider utility.

[LhasaCM]

@cvcalhoun 172961 wrote:

So, I get both #withkid and #kidical today? Granddaughter took her very first bike ride. However, she got tired after a few blocks, so we locked her bike up and stuffed her into my trailer (already occupied by my grandson). And then I biked another 9 miles, with 100 lbs. of kids plus trailer on the back.

I think technically speaking, you should only get “#withkid” credit for just the few blocks? (In any event – hope you had a blast )

And folks should keep in mind – Judd’s been known to audit these types of things.

[cvcalhoun]

@LhasaCM 172971 wrote:

I think technically speaking, you should only get “#withkid” credit for just the few blocks? (In any event – hope you had a blast )

And folks should keep in mind – Judd’s been known to audit these types of things.

Yeah, just having to figure out how to break the ride up, since this post didn’t happen until after the ride.

[LhasaCM]

@cvcalhoun 172972 wrote:

Yeah, just having to figure out how to break the ride up, since this post didn’t happen until after the ride.

You could always just put the tag on one of your short DoBi rides to get the right amount of credit; in the event of an audit, this post can serve as proper documentation/justification for this particular case.

[BTC_DC]

@LhasaCM 172970 wrote:

…though folks would get double credit for rides that fit both prizes (which doesn’t bother me given the aforementioned optimization problem…

…right, rotating kids between the trailer and a little bike for recovery to maximize distance, and packing them with hand warmers. But then the optimization becomes distance achieved before social services show up at your door

[LhasaCM]

@BTC_DC 172976 wrote:

…right, rotating kids between the trailer and a little bike for recovery to maximize distance, and packing them with hand warmers. But then the optimization becomes distance achieved before social services show up at your door

Depends on your locality. Living in DC, I think that number would be pretty darn high. Then again, I just have the one so I probably won’t have the rotation issue to worry about anyway…

[cvcalhoun]

@LhasaCM 172975 wrote:

You could always just put the tag on one of your short DoBi rides to get the right amount of credit; in the event of an audit, this post can serve as proper documentation/justification for this particular case.

Ride has now been split, so the short one with granddaughter on bike (but grandson still in trailer) is both #withkid and #kidical, and the longer one with both in the trailer is just #kidical.

[dasgeh]

So, it sounds like there might be demand for a Kidical Mass ride this Saturday…?

[cvcalhoun]

@dasgeh 173015 wrote:

So, it sounds like there might be demand for a Kidical Mass ride this Saturday…?

Well, I couldn’t participate. I get the grandchildren only on short-term loan.

[LhasaCM]

@dasgeh 173015 wrote:

So, it sounds like there might be demand for a Kidical Mass ride this Saturday…?

Sorry – it’ll probably be a few weeks until we’re given license to bike to Virginia again on the weekend (nothing against Virginia – it just requires more mileage than my wife would prefer). I also need to come up with another bribe idea…

[Shawnbeast]

@dasgeh 173015 wrote:

So, it sounds like there might be demand for a Kidical Mass ride this Saturday…?

Where and when on Saturday? I can’t commit yet but might be open to a ride in the morning.

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[dasgeh]

@LhasaCM 173064 wrote:

Sorry – it’ll probably be a few weeks until we’re given license to bike to Virginia again on the weekend (nothing against Virginia – it just requires more mileage than my wife would prefer). I also need to come up with another bribe idea…

We usually start somewhere with parking a do a loop (or something close to a loop). No shaming in driving to the ride.

@Shawnbeast 173065 wrote:

Where and when on Saturday? I can’t commit yet but might be open to a ride in the morning.

We’re open, so if there’s something that would work for you, we can do that. Maybe a loop ending at Westover for lunch? (I was kinda thinking a looping ending at Westover for S’mores, but that would be evening)…

[LhasaCM]

@dasgeh 173085 wrote:

We usually start somewhere with parking a do a loop (or something close to a loop). No shaming in driving to the ride.

No concerns about shaming, but we’re not equipped to do that.

[dasgeh]

@LhasaCM 173086 wrote:

No concerns about shaming, but we’re not equipped to do that.

Would Metro help?

[LhasaCM]

@dasgeh 173095 wrote:

Would Metro help?

Not really. The trailercycle doesn’t fit (unless I have my daughter pull it detached), so I’d have to bike. Which I am perfectly happy to do, but then it detracts from family time if my wife takes Metro solo. Not saying we couldn’t make it… we’re just not the ones to plan it around

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