Newbie thread — drop by and say hi!

[rj1754]

Just a post….

[spinstah]

@megoc42 168489 wrote:

I think that means you have to sign up for the Climate Ride next year?

You don’t really want to spend three days riding next to my squeaky bike…. 😜

[bentbike33]

@DCAKen 168618 wrote:

The Strava track on that will look pretty peculiar

He could ride an exercise bike in the ship’s gym and register plenty of Strava miles so long as the ship was under way. Not really in the Freezing Saddles spirit, though.

[consularrider]

@DCAKen 168618 wrote:

The Strava track on that will look pretty peculiar

Just like a velodrome (or short Hains Point)

[srspencer]

Hi all……

[JonRobot]

@Judd 168620 wrote:

What size are you? If it’s a 58/59 frame, you can keep the new bike at my house so that your wife doesn’t find out.

sadly a 54/55.

@bentbike33 168629 wrote:

He could ride an exercise bike in the ship’s gym and register plenty of Strava miles so long as the ship was under way. Not really in the Freezing Saddles spirit, though.

wait… would it count if the stationary bike was outside and moving, even if i wasn’t the one moving it? i think this warrants at least a couple pages of debate

@consularrider 168639 wrote:

Just like a velodrome (or short Hains Point)

plus the added velocity of… however fast cruises move in addition to my meager mph. so like a weird spiral across the caribbean?

[SNoser]

No more lurking! I’m here and excited to ride all winter long!

[limeyb]

This is my mandatory registration post. But now back to lurking ……

[jrenaut]

@JonRobot 168644 wrote:

wait… would it count if the stationary bike was outside and moving, even if i wasn’t the one moving it? i think this warrants at least a couple pages of debate

We’ve had this discussion. There is nowhere you can place a stationary bike such that rides on it would count for BAFS.

[Steve O]

@jrenaut 168693 wrote:

We’ve had this discussion. There is nowhere you can place a stationary bike such that rides on it would count for BAFS.

[musclys]

Are we still dropping by and saying hi? I’m new here, joined the forum about a month ago for Freezing Saddles.

After about 15 years off a bike, I got my first road bike earlier this year to compete in triathlons and do some commuting. Oddly, it wasn’t until the summer ended and the weather began to cool that I started bike-commuting several days a week. Looking forward to seeing whether BAFS can push that to daily commuting and whether my brake cables freezeover.

[Brandon]

For us newbies, is it essential to get snow/studded tires for commuting in the winter and participating in BAFS? My commute is along the W&OD from Vienna to DC. I generally take the W&OD to 4mile run and then the MVT north by the airport but can also take the Custis trail since I’ve heard that they plow the snow from it.

[Tania]

@NovaEbike 168710 wrote:

For us newbies, is it essential to get snow/studded tires for commuting in the winter and participating in BAFS? My commute is along the W&OD from Vienna to DC. I generally take the W&OD to 4mile run and then the MVT north by the airport but can also take the Custis trail since I’ve heard that they plow the snow from it.

You might have to take some roads from Vienna to East Falls Church-ish when it snows. The Custis is almost always clear.

[huskerdont]

@NovaEbike 168710 wrote:

For us newbies, is it essential to get snow/studded tires for commuting in the winter and participating in BAFS? My commute is along the W&OD from Vienna to DC. I generally take the W&OD to 4mile run and then the MVT north by the airport but can also take the Custis trail since I’ve heard that they plow the snow from it.

I find knobby tires essential (haven’t tried studs), though some don’t. But I prefer the route of getting a bike with knobby tires rather than switching tires or wheels around. So, a mountain bike or a gravel bike (preferably both). N+1=7.

[DCAKen]

@consularrider 168639 wrote:

Just like a velodrome (or short Hains Point)

If the ship is moving, it wouldn’t be a simple loop.

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