#kidical pointless prize
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Looking at the leaderboard, it just dawned on me that maybe not everyone reads pages and pages of discussion threads on the internet, particularly regarding silly games that don’t involve coffee, beer, or whatever the heck Calvinball/Nivlacball is becoming. So, though it’s on the list, folks may not know about the #kidical pointless prize and how it works. Or maybe there really are only 3 of is in this year’s Freezing Saddles that have taken kids on our bikes so far.
In any event, as mentioned here, for the purposes of this competition, #kidical rides are those where one or more children are somehow attached to your bike and being carried with you. Seats on cargo bikes, trailercycles, front or rear seats, duct-taped to handlebars where legal – all count the same. Kids riding alongside of you? Awesome…but not part of this. Kidjoring? Maybe illegal, maybe awesome – but definitely not part of this.
To get credit, just use the hashtag #kidical as part of your ride title (saving separate rides for any trips where you have the kid(s) only part of the way). As others can attest to, you can combine #kidical rides with other things, like #beerneuring_responsibly, so multitask away! The traditional leaderboard (straight mileage – no “days” or anything else factored in) can be found at https://freezingsaddles.com/pointless/kidmiles. I’ve a few other ideas for possible prizes that are a bit more random/shorter duration to broaden the winner pool if/when it looks like there’s a chance that could mean something, so log your (eligible) miles! All prizes will be small and of nominal value but hopefully at least a little awesome-ish for either you and/or the kid(s).
(As the pointless prize sponsor, while I’m claiming eligibility to compete for whatever bragging rights there are, I will not give myself any actual prize. Probably.)
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@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.
@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.
@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 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
@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…
@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.
@LhasaCM 173086 wrote:
No concerns about shaming, but we’re not equipped to do that.
Would Metro help?
@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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