Pointless Prize Thread 2023

[Steve O]

Hi Serdar,
Thanks for organizing the PPs again this year.

I will again host the Meh-diocrity awards. These go to the team and individual who end up exactly in the middle of the standings. The Meh-est of them all!!

Steve O

[lordofthemark]

@Steve O 221075 wrote:

Hi Serdar,
Thanks for organizing the PPs again this year.

I will again host the Meh-diocrity awards. These go to the team and individual who end up exactly in the middle of the standings. The Meh-est of them all!!

Steve O

As Serdar wisely says, pointless prizes are EDUCATIONAL. In the interest of education, I give you this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meh#Origin

[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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photo credit Dirt Bicycle Components

[Robbie Rob]

The Taco Ride
Leon and I are co-sponsoring The Taco Ride pointless prize. Of course you know there are lots of taco places in the DMV area. And there is no better way re-energize during a ride or end a long ride with some tacos! For this pointless prize simply ride your bike at least 5 miles round trip and snap a pic of your bike in front of the establishment, along with a pic of your meal. A BONUS POINT WILL BE GIVEN FOR A VEGAN OR VEGGIE TACO!

The Rules:
1. Daily postings are required;
2. Only one visit to a chain will be accepted; but visiting any restaurant/carryout in the DMV area is
allowed;
3. Visiting more than one taco eatery per day is allowed, as long as they are different eateries;
4. Any restaurant/carryout that sells tacos is allowed;
5. Please include two pics in your post — bike in front of establishment and a pic of your meal;
6. Include the location of your eatery in your post so that others may find it too;
7. Entries will be judged on the most points accumulated for tacos eateries visited along with any bonus
points for vegan/veggie tacos;
8. In the event of a tie, the least amount of miles wins;
9. Repeat locations not allowed;
10. Please use hashtag #thetacoride in all your Strava ride post titles.

The Prize:
1st prize is a gift card for ????

Now go out and find some yummy tacos!!!

[Serdar]

Steve, thank you for sponsoring this prize. Can you please create a new thread for it?

[Serdar]

@Steve O 221075 wrote:

Hi Serdar,
Thanks for organizing the PPs again this year.

I will again host the Meh-diocrity awards. These go to the team and individual who end up exactly in the middle of the standings. The Meh-est of them all!!

Steve O

Steve, thank you for sponsoring this prize. Can you please create a new thread for it?

[Serdar]

@Robbie Rob 221115 wrote:

The Taco Ride
Leon and I are co-sponsoring The Taco Ride pointless prize. Of course you know there are lots of taco places in the DMV area. And there is no better way re-energize during a ride or end a long ride with some tacos! For this pointless prize simply ride your bike at least 5 miles round trip and snap a pic of your bike in front of the establishment, along with a pic of your meal. A BONUS POINT WILL BE GIVEN FOR A VEGAN OR VEGGIE TACO!

The Rules:
1. Daily postings are required;
2. Only one visit to a chain will be accepted; but visiting any restaurant/carryout in the DMV area is
allowed;
3. Visiting more than one taco eatery per day is allowed, as long as they are different eateries;
4. Any restaurant/carryout that sells tacos is allowed;
5. Please include two pics in your post — bike in front of establishment and a pic of your meal;
6. Include the location of your eatery in your post so that others may find it too;
7. Entries will be judged on the most points accumulated for tacos eateries visited along with any bonus
points for vegan/veggie tacos;
8. In the event of a tie, the least amount of miles wins;
9. Repeat locations not allowed;
10. Please use hashtag #thetacoride in all your Strava ride post titles.

The Prize:
1st prize is a gift card for ????

Now go out and find some yummy tacos!!!

This one is going to be a great pointless prize, Robbie. Thank you for the idea and for sponsoring it!

[elizsnyder]

alright!! We are IN for Roanoke-based FS2023 tandem rides! [ATTACH=CONFIG]29174[/ATTACH]

[elizsnyder]

Alright!! We are IN for Roanoke-based FS2023 tandem rides! [ATTACH=CONFIG]29174[/ATTACH]

[cvcalhoun]

@Serdar 221053 wrote:

Question
Who can participate in Pointless Prizes?
Answer
Any participant of the Freezing Saddles 2023 can participate in Pointless Prizes.

Just to clarify, Friends of BAFS are considered “participants” for purposes of Pointless Prizes, even though their points for the main competition are not tallied. Of course, any sponsor of a Pointless Prize can limit it to only those registered for the competition if they want to.

[AlanA]

@elizsnyder 221231 wrote:

Alright!! We are IN for Roanoke-based FS2023 tandem rides! [ATTACH=CONFIG]29174[/ATTACH]

I thought Roanoke was in VA and not IN!!

[bigredboiler]

Serdar and all,

I have a new Pointless Prize for 2023…..Bicycle Bingo.
Here is a link to the thread for more details if you want to play.

Kris

[consularrider]

@AlanA 221238 wrote:

I thought Roanoke was in VA and not IN!!

I actually drove through Roanoke, IN during 1977 when I was working in Ft Wayne and commuting to Bloomington for weekends. I think that was where my then brother-in-law was working with someone who was trying to perfect a glass infused paper bag.

[elizsnyder]

bahahaha AlanA…you had me going there for a moment. Sincerely, Stoker Extraordinaire in Roanoke (….virginia….) and we are still “IN” on the tandem pointless prize throwdown, starting with New Years Day tandem to brunch at my sister’s house IN Roanoke (…virginia….)

[randomduck]

I have a Pointless Prize for the most laps of the Ross Hill Loop in Rock Creek Park! Thread is here.

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