Pointless Prize METRO PEAK PIONEER

[LeprosyStudyGroup]

@Sunyata 185348 wrote:

However, Strava WILL count the straight line as riding mileage, which is technically cheating. So, please do separate rides if you are doing bike-metro-bike.

That is incorrect.

[Sunyata]

@LeprosyStudyGroup 185354 wrote:

That is incorrect.

Interesting… It has always counted the mileage when I forgot to hit the “start” button after a long stop on a gravel ride, granted it has been a while since I have done that. Perhaps they have changed the algorithm to eliminate it.

Thanks for the info!

[obscurerichard]

@bikedavid 185328 wrote:

Just to clarify, only one of the rides to or from Metro counts right? So if you do bike-metro-bike you would only tag one of the rides?

I was assuming it was the other way – if you ride to metro and board during peak time, that counts as one ride, and if you depart metro during peak and start a ride during peak time it counts as another.

I’ve had some rides that have one component but not the other due to leaving Metro after peak. What says the prize sponsor?

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[LeprosyStudyGroup]

@obscurerichard 185601 wrote:

I was assuming it was the other way – if you ride to metro and board during peak time, that counts as one ride, and if you depart metro during peak and start a ride during peak time it counts as another.

I’ve had some rides that have one component but not the other due to leaving Metro after peak. What says the prize sponsor?

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What makes sense to me, is that you get 1 point for each time riding the train with your bike during peak hours. If you break the rides up to and from the station and try to get 2 points for the one train ride, that’s not being fair to everyone else. As long as you’re “in the system” at the right time, it’s all good.

[josh]

I gave in and took the metro today. Here’s an orange bike on the silver line:
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I have a reverse commute (from Ballston to Wiehle-Reston), and I was in the system from 8:15 until 8:50 or so. The biggest pain was taking the elevator down from the street because there were a lot of other people doing the same (without bikes). I didn’t see any other bikes. There did seem to be more people on the train than there have been when I’ve ridden at similar times in the past, and I’m wondering if that’s due to the snow. Might do this again on my evening commute, depending on how much the trail (or maybe roads) clear up.

[josh]

What’s the max number of bikes allowed on a single metro car?

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Assuming the trail conditions aren’t great tomorrow, bikedavid and I may set up a Freezing Saddles conference on the metro tomorrow.

[LhasaCM]

@josh 185916 wrote:

What’s the max number of bikes allowed on a single metro car?

Official policy is 2 per railcar (one on each end) on weekdays, and 4 per railcar (two on each end) on weekends/most holidays. That restriction directly conflicts with the “children under age 16 with a bike need to be accompanied by an adult” rule – unless the adult is bike-less.

[Judd]

@josh 185916 wrote:

What’s the max number of bikes allowed on a single metro car?

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Assuming the trail conditions aren’t great tomorrow, bikedavid and I may set up a Freezing Saddles conference on the metro tomorrow.

Is there extra points for two Freezing Saddles players riding in the same car?

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[SurlyTed1187]

@Judd 185934 wrote:

Is there extra points for two Freezing Saddles players riding in the same car?

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If the two fs members are teammates, then that would be 2 points on the same team, though there is no team classification for this prize.

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[cvcalhoun]

@lordofthemark 185254 wrote:

At elevators I yielded preference to strollers and wheelchairs.

In theory, I’m supposed to get preference on elevators due to being a senior citizen. I don’t recall anyone actually giving it to me in practice. However, I take my turn when faced with regular riders, and give preference to those who have an obvious need (strollers, wheelchairs, people with lots of luggage, and people with obvious disabilities).

[bikedavid]

I believe obscurerichard and Josh’s teammate also commute out to Reston. Potentially 4 Freezing Saddlers filling up a rail car!

[SurlyTed1187]

Finally got to put my commute on the metro this morning. I have some kinks to work out with the timing, but I’m sure I’ll have more energy today than I would if I was riding all 18 miles in.

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[SurlyTed1187]

Jumped on the metro for a few stops on my way home. No shame, I definitely made up for points lost from yesterday’s ride absence.

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[LeprosyStudyGroup]

@Judd 185934 wrote:

Is there extra points for two Freezing Saddles players riding in the same car?

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No, but it is the most adorable thing I’ve seen on Strava in a while now 😮

[ltierstein]

Must have been due to the snow. I’ve also reverse commuted in morning rush hour from Ballston out to Merrifield. There were rarely any other people on the elevator that went down from the street to the outbound platform. (I did this pre-Metro’s change in rules, with my folding bike. I got on at Ballston rather than closer in [my preferred station is Clarendon], because that direct elevator in Ballston bypasses the main turnstiles (and workers) and sometimes I could get on the train without having to fold up the bike. Glad that’s past.)

@josh 185868 wrote:

I gave in and took the metro today. Here’s an orange bike on the silver line:
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I have a reverse commute (from Ballston to Wiehle-Reston), and I was in the system from 8:15 until 8:50 or so. The biggest pain was taking the elevator down from the street because there were a lot of other people doing the same (without bikes). I didn’t see any other bikes. There did seem to be more people on the train than there have been when I’ve ridden at similar times in the past, and I’m wondering if that’s due to the snow. Might do this again on my evening commute, depending on how much the trail (or maybe roads) clear up.

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