Pointless Prize – Mailbox Collection

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I would like to sponsor a new pointless prize for 2021. #Mailbox

How to Play
If you’re riding along and you see a very unique mailbox:
1. take a photo of it (with or without your bike in the pic)
2. include it in your Strava post with the #Mailbox hashtag
3. post it to this Mailbox Collection Pointless Prize Thread in the Forum as well (this is where I’ll officially track/count entries)
4. you can also post to a Google album, “FS2021 Mailbox Collection” I created to make it easy for everyone to see all the entries at once. [Photos sort new to old]
5. include where you found the mailbox
— if your Strava settings include sharing photo location on your route map, that’s fine
— otherwise include text in your forum posting with an address or roughly where on a street
— if your photo has location tagging enabled, the location will show up in the Google photo album under photo info

For examples to get you thinking, check the Google album “FS2021 Mailbox Collection” I started.

• There are several from around the DMV (some from far away)
• All would count except the one of the plain mailbox just lying on the ground (I assume it was the victim of mailbox baseball; I found it funny at the time to be lying there all alone)
• The rainbow painted one is highly questionable, but I was feeling nice when I snapped the photo, and I’ll give it to you if you find; consider it a gift

Winners (Prize details to come…expect them to be mail and/or Easter egg related):
1. One subjective winner for most original / unique / creative (totally subjective and judged by a panel of me)
2. One for most mailboxes that qualify (Again, the jury of me makes the decision of whether mailbox meets the high hurdle of creative/unique enough to count)

Here is a link to a Google Spreadsheet I will use to keep track of submissions

Why?????

• There are some unique mailboxes out there
• It’s like an Easter Egg hunt (you never know where you’ll find one)
• I want to know where some cool mailboxes are (that I haven’t already found )

More details:

• You can include multiple mailboxes per ride
• If you find one that I’ve already shared in the Google album, I’ll count it for prize #2 (most mailboxes), but don’t hold high expectations for winning prize #1 (creative)
• Don’t think a wrap over a mailbox will count (you can try, but 99% sure I’ll toss it)…it better be one funny/interesting/crazy wrap
• My tastes tend to be biased toward intricacy and humor (but you never know what might strike my fancy and take the win)
• For the creative prize, the winner will the first person to post/share the mailbox if multiple people post it

Good luck, keep your eyes peeled, and have fun!!! -Kris

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[karenbikes2]

Mailboxes from my 3/11/21 ride:

3095 Crane Strand Dr, Winter Park, FL

3069 Bluebrook Dr, Winter Park, FL

7764 Lady Frances Way, Orlando, FL

3501 TCU Blvd, Orlando, FL

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[karenbikes2]

One more mailbox from my 3/11/21 ride:

8255 Pamlico St, Orlando, FL

And here it is lit up at night (seen on tonight’s ride – 3/14/21):

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[consularrider]

This will probably be my only submission for the Mail Box Pointless Prize. Also chainsaw art.

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3407 Sanders Lane
Catharpin , VA

[AlanA]

A really cute cow, complete with udders!
On Annandale Rd. near Emmitsburg, MD

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[Boomer Cycles]

Mailboxes of Talbot County MD

Cooperstown Rd, Tilghman Island

Tilghman Island Road

Railroad Ave, St Michaels

Seymour Ave, St Michaels

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[Boomer Cycles]

Mailboxes of Talbot County MD (St Michaels)
Seymour Ave
Riverview Terrace
Riverview Terrace

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[Boomer Cycles]

Mailboxes of Talbot County MD
Gregory Road, Easton MD
Copperville Road and Martingdale Ln, Easton MD 21601
Audubon Ln, Easton, MD 21601
Copperville Road in Easton MD must have a lot of addresses to be labeled in the 20,000ths!:-0

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[Boomer Cycles]

Mailboxes of Tilghman Island MD
Fairbanks Rd at the corner of Walnut Cove Ln

Chicken Point Road (and I kid you not!)

Chicken Point Rd

Not exactly a mailbox, but a pretty artsy fartsy Post Office on Tilghman Island Road

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[Catedrew]

Philips Road, La Plata, MD.

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[camiller]

Mailbox on Valley View Avenue in Leesburg

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[camiller]

Mailbox in Fairfax

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[Boomer Cycles]

Mailboxes of Talbot County MD (continued)

26315 Royal Oak Road, Royal Oak MD 21662

6997 Bellevue Rd, Royal Oak MD 21662 … this was the largest mailbox that I have ever seen, about the same length as my bicycle!

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[Boomer Cycles]

Lawyers Road, Vienna VA 22181

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[karenbikes2]

From my 3/12/21 ride:
3747 Capetown Dr, Orlando, FL

3622 Shell Cove Ln, Orlando, FL

3965 Lake Mira Dr, Orlando, FL

3702 Shell Cove Ln, Orlando, FL

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[karenbikes2]

Disregard – the app was giving me an error message that it couldn’t post so I kept trying again. It actually was posting so ended up with duplicates. Apologies! [emoji849]

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