Pointless Prize: Tandem

[NoVaNoobGA]

Shira and I are co-sponsoring a tandem pointless prize. Tag your tandem rides with #tandem and we’ll award a prize to whoever has done the most tandem rides. Photos of tandems on Strava or on this thread are great but aren’t required.

We’ll award bonus points if you ride a tandem with a blind or visually impaired stoker (tag #tandemVI), or a partner age 15 or under (#tandemchild). We’ll post information about rides that the Metro Washington Association of Blind Athletes (MWABA), the Tuesday Night Tandems, or Fairfax Squirrel Dodgers are organizing on this thread. If you let us know, we can potentially connect you with someone who wants to ride. This is also a way to ride a tandem if you don’t own one! Let us know if you have any questions.

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[shirag]

MWABA (the Metro Washington Association of Blind Athletes) is organizing a tandem ride at Eastern Market on February 11th, probably around 10. The ride is open to all Freezing Saddles participants. If you’re interested in riding a tandem bike, we can probably pair you with a tandem and blind/visually impaired stoker. Or you can ride a single bike or your own tandem. We’ll probably ride 10-20 miles on the Anacostia Trail, with a possible food stop in Hyattsville or in Eastern Market after the ride. Message me or Greta Ann (NoVaNoobGA) if you have any questions. Email mwaba dot inc at gmail dot com if you want to ride one of our tandems!

Shira

[shirag]

Thanks for participating in the Tandem pointless prize! Elizabeth I like Wheels did the most tandem rides and miles (46 rides, 520 miles). Phill Melton did 42 rides and 166.9 miles and Caroline Rohm did 38 rides and 155.2 miles. Jo and Ricky get extra credit for riding their tandem to the closing happy hour! If anyone wants to ride tandems with the Metro Washington Association of Blind Athletes, you can sign up and see the schedule at: gomwaba.org, or email mwaba dot inc at gmail.com. If you want to learn more about tandem biking with MWABA, check out our guest appearance on the All Bodies on Bikes podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/washington-dc-live-with-shira-gordon-and-tom-foley-s1e13/id1666353231?i=1000608592170

Shira

[Steve O]

@shirag 225742 wrote:

Jo and Ricky get extra credit for riding their tandem to the closing happy hour!

So did Steve O and Loose Bones. [POUT]We wuh-ant extra credit tuh-oo.[/POUT]

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