Pointless Prize – Bicycle Bingo

[cvcalhoun]

And we’re off!

• January 1 – Shop (ice cream).  This should be a specialty ice cream shop, not for example a supermarket or restaurant that happens to sell ice cream.
• January 2 – Fence (iron)
• January 3 – Sign (county line). In the interest of not disadvantaging the already disenfranchised, I’ll accept DC line signs as “county line” signs. However, these must be signs at the boundary, not signs directing you to the boundary.
• January 4 – Barn
• January 5 – Tree (deciduous). Probably no leaves at this time of year.
• January 6 – Crane.  As in the machinery, not the bird.
• January 7 – Shop (brewery).
• January 8 – Named pond/lake.  Let us know the name of the pond/lake you found (big enough that its name is on Google Maps).
• January 9 – Bird house.
• January 10 – Named creek/river. Let us know the name of the river/creek you found (big enough that its name is on Google Maps).
• January 11 – Synagogue. Can be a photo of either the building or the sign, but you must identify the building if there is no name shown.
• January 12 – Flowers.
• January 13 – Sculpture (non person). Any public art sculpture, except that it cannot be a sculpture of a person or include a person.
• January 14 – Post office. US Postal Service or foreign country equivalent.
• January 15 – Mosque.  Can be a photo of either the building or the sign, but you must identify the building if there is no name shown.
• January 16 – Horse. This must be an actual live horse.
• January 17 – Soccer goal.
• January 18 – Sign (park). This is a sign for a park (as in green space), not a sign related to parking.

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Yes, Bicycle Bingo is returning for 2025.  I’m announcing this one early, because it requires a sign-up before January 1 (at least to play the first round).  To sign up, please go to this link on a computer (not a phone), and click on the button to generate a bingo card, then come back here and post the URL of the card you generate in a reply to this post.  (If all you have is a phone, you can still play, but you’ll have to reply to this thread and ask me to generate a card for you.)  Once you do that, I will add your information to the spreadsheet for the contest.

Basic premise:

• Daily (starting Jan 1) I will announce the proverbial “bingo number” to the forum (which will actually be an object/thing).  The announcement will be made through an edit to this post, through a reply to this post, and via the spreadsheet I will use to keep track of the items people have found.
• If a player finds the “thing” on their ride that day or a future day, they will need to do three things:  1.  Take a photo of the item and post a reply here indicating what they’ve found, including the photo.  2.  Include the photo of the item in their Strava ride for the day and #Bingo in the Strava ride title. 3. Mark that spot on their Bingo card.  (If you forget the URL of your Bingo card, you can check this link to find it.)
• The rides for each item must be on different days. For example, suppose the object for January 1 is balloon and the object for January 2 is flag.  If you miss that balloon on January 1, you can find a balloon and post it on January 2. But if you do, your ride to find the flag must be on January 3 or later.
• You can post the day of your ride or the next day. But no sandbagging (saving up a bunch of rides and then waiting until you’ve almost achieved Bingo to post). If you do not post your item by the end of the day after you find it, it will not count and you will have to go find it again to get credit.
• First player to find 5 things making “BINGO” (i.e., five items in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row) wins.

Key additional info (and I’ll probably add more later to clarify based on questions I get):

• Although you can find the thing on the day I call it or any day after that, it won’t count if you find the thing before the day it is called.
• I will request to follow everyone who plays this game on Strava so that I can verify their entries. If you have Strava set so that you have to approve people following you, please approve me. I’m Carol ✊ on Strava.
• First person to announce BINGO to this thread (and I verify their entries) wins.
• Once someone wins, I will clear everyone’s card and start a new round.  (I anticipate we will have three rounds before the end of Freezing Saddles.)  I am able to clear your card without anyone’s involvement, so you will just find it blank when you go to use it for the second or third round.  If you want to use a different card for the second round, you will need to post here giving the URL of the new card before the first round ends.
• If we haven’t finished the third round by the end of Freezing Saddles, I will continue the game until someone wins that third round.

Other thoughts:

• I plan to post the day’s Bingo# the prior evening.  But I’m only human, and may occasionally fall asleep before doing it.
• Most objects are likely self-explanatory, and I will provide a little more detail with each day’s announcement.
• There are 75 objects/items in total and 25 are randomly selected for each player’s Bingo card.
• Here is the link to the Google sheet I use to track what’s been called, and everyone’s card.
• If you win, I’ll verify you submitted valid photos on the day when you found the item (which must be on or after the day it was called).
• If you want to cheat and ruin the fun for everyone, I’m sure you can.
• Prize will likely be a gift card of some kind.

Have fun and let me know any questions!

[LhasaCM]

Count me in again – anything to help motivate the aim for each daily ride (at least until forced back to on-premises work).  https://bingobaker.com/#674780d4a317172c

[Ashley Krupa]

Signing up – https://bingobaker.com/#6747a103949a1390

[antibozo]

https://bingobaker.com/#6747b80a926818bd

[bikesnick]

Thank you for hosting again, Carol.
https://bingobaker.com/#67485ccc1da12ebc

[karenbikes2@gmail.com]

https://bingobaker.com/#67488cd37b3fc144

Thanks for hosting this fun game again, and all you do to make BAFS happen!

[cvcalhoun]

By the way, for anyone who had difficulty accessing the spreadsheet, there was an initial glitch, but it’s fixed now.

[Indiana]

I’m in! Thanks for organizing!

https://bingobaker.com/#674a746068cfd8b8

[Robbie Rob]

I really did poorly last year, but I’m going to try it again!  Thanks for sponsoring again Carol!  https://bingobaker.com/#674cbba721932557

[cvcalhoun]

@robbie-rob, I’ve added you to the spreadsheet.  However, you are not shown as having registered for Freezing Saddles, even as a “Friend of BAFS,” yet.  You’ll need to do that before the competition in order to play.  Registration is at this link.  If you prefer to be a Friend of BAFS, there is a link from there to instructions to do that.

[Mike R]

https://bingobaker.com/#6750c489296926ef

Looking forward to playing!

 

[Kbikeva]

https://bingobaker.com/#675229d12da00a50

 

Thank you Carol, for again giving me a reason to bang my head against my handlebars. 🙂 At least it’s all in fun.

[jlamb]

https://bingobaker.com/#6752334545dfdbf5

[gmpooley]

This sounds so fun – count me in! https://bingobaker.com/#675266c593d3a7a8

[whyamiclumsy]

https://bingobaker.com/#675709a26e492963

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