Pointless Prize 2024 – #Flag

[bigredboiler]

March 15 update – IMPORTANT UPDATE — TIEBREAKER — NEW RULE for March 16-17 ONLY

For one day (rider’s choice) – either Sat or Sun, March 16-17, you can get as many flags as you see on your ride.

Details:

• You can only do this one day (your choice; either Sat or Sun).
• You only need to post one flag to forum.  Tell me how many flags you are claiming though.
• I will check your Strava to verify.
• I will add all valid flags to your total in the Google tracker spreadsheet.
• Same rules as always…needs to be a “real” flag
  • Basically at least 3’x5′ rectangle…can be other shaped sometimes
  • Generally on a pole (my discretion  for other mounts)
  • The goal is making sure it’s a “real” flag (not a banner, tiny yard sign, etc.)

Hit me up with any questions.  I’ll try to keep monitoring the forum…..Kris

March 14 update — check the Forum Friday late afternoon/evening for tiebreaker details.  I’ll post here and in-line as a new post.  Everyone has done such an impressive job riding & finding flags each day.

Jan 23 update — I’ll keep up the “tracker” tab of the Google Sheet (every day or two typically), but I can’t keep up with the “detail” sheet given all the participation (thank you all….happy to see the interest!).

The detail sheet was my way to make sure a person only posted a certain flag once, but it’s too time consuming to maintain daily.

Jan 9 update — Sorry formatting is poor now.  New forum doesn’t allow me to edit and preserve prior formatting or use color 🙁  I didn’t even make a material update.  Just reminder to include date & flag name in the post.

A New Pointless Prize – Go find some flags!

In a nutshell:

• Take a photo of a flag on your ride (only 1/day will count)
• Post the photo to this thread in the forum (identify the date + flag (especially if the flag is not obvious)
• Hashtag your Strava ride #Flag

Rule update Jan 3: Flag must be on a flag pole (vertical pole or angled mounted to a building)….already posted “other” flags count…but let’s make this more “traditional” flag size/style going forward (e.g. no more little yard banners, etc.)
Rule update Jan 4: My discretion to count any flag not on a traditional pole (rule update above).  Generally, I’ll count “real” flags (think full size, representing a generally known entity/cause)

If / When forum is down –> Just post to forum (with date of ride/photo) when it’s back up. I’ll update everything after that (…and keep adding photo & #flag to your Strava as normal)

More Details:

• A particular flag type will only count once per person (e.g. only one USA flag, one MD State flag, etc.)
• You can only count up to 3 flags from a specific place during the competition (e.g. max 3 flags from the US Capitol, or a specific Embassy, or Gov’t building, etc.)
• You need to be able to identify the flag to me (if it’s not obvious)….again, so we know it’s not a duplicate
• Any flag is fine (must be in flag” form…e,g. not a bumper sticker, sign, etc. ….but a physical flag). I’ll be the sole decider of what counts or not if something is questionable.  ***Note rule updates from Jan 3-4…more details on “real” flags
• Here is a Google Sheet I’ll use to keep track and all to see/follow along
• You must post the flag the day of the competition (e.g. no sandbagging a week, a month, etc. and posting all at once).

Winner: The one with the most #Flag rides

• Prize is likely a bike related gift card (unless I think of something better)
• Jan 3 update: Looks like I might need to come up with a tiebreaker 🙂 ….I’ll brainstorm something…thanks to all for the ideas/suggestions

Let me know questions and I’ll edit this post to clarify details as needed.

Kris

Topic

[DCAKen]

2/22/24 Seattle Seahawks

[AlanA]

2/22 – POW/MIA (not the usual black one that I normally see).  Same place as the Seabees.

[CCRider50]

2/24 Choice of two 

[Kbikeva]

2/22/24

I have no idea what this flag is, but it is unlike any others that I have submitted!

[CBGanimal]

2/22/24 Flag – North Carolina College Flag

[Nadine]

2/22/24 flag

Leprechaun flag –  on a purple house! In Arlington! Was it purple a few years ago when I was sure there weren’t any purple houses near me?  I don’t MEAN to still be looking for items from Drevil’s first photo scavenger hunt 😁🤷🏻

[cvcalhoun]

2/22/24 People’s Republic of China

[bikingjenn]

2/22/24 Best description I could find was an a

nti-surrender flag…white flag with three black stars at the Navy Yard.Lousy photo (in branches top center of photo taken thru bars of high fence)

[CaseyKane50]

2/22/2024 Flag. Was not able to identify this flag Thanks to Rumpuscat – Galactic Empire (Star Wars)

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[Indiana]

2/22 Honduras grande y mas grande

 

[Boomer Cycles]

2/22 – Naval flag “I” as in “India” as well as “steering to port”

This is the last of my naval flag submissions from the US Navy Memorial as I’ve hit the limit of 3 and need to find a new site.

[consularrider]

#flag – 2/23/2024 – St Louis Cardinals baseball in Fairlington.  I grew up a Cardinals fan in Central Missouri, then we moved to the Chicago suburbs and from then on it was GO CUBS!

[rumpuscat]

2/23/24 Lots of flags but I’m submitting the rightmost one which is for the Seattle Kraken 

[rumpuscat]

@CaseyKane50 That’s the flag of the Galactic Empire from Star Wars 🙂

[karenbikes2@gmail.com]

2/23/2024 Liverpool Football Club

The first flag I found and photographed today was one I really, really didn’t want to use. I was debating, as I rode, whether to just skip #flag today if I didn’t find another flag. Luckily I found this one.

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