Pointless Prize Topic 2026

[Serdar]

Welcome to the Pointless Prize Topic 2026!

First things first. What is a Pointless Prize? Pointless Prizes (AKA Reindeer Games) are entertaining activities the Freezing Saddlers enjoy in and out of a saddle. Below are the answers to some questions you might have.

 

Question
Who can participate in Pointless Prizes?
Answer
Any participant of Freezing Saddles, including Friends of Freezing Saddles, is eligible to participate in Pointless Prizes unless otherwise specified by the sponsor of the specific prize.

 

Question
Who can sponsor a Pointless Prize?
Answer
Anyone can sponsor a prize. In addition, participants and non-participants of the Freezing Saddles 2025 can sponsor a prize.

 

Question
What are Pointless Prizes about?
Answer
Pointless Prizes can be about anything! They can range from serious topics like Public Art Finder to fun ones like Beerneuring. What unites all topics is that Freezing Saddlers and Friends of Freezing Saddlers learn, share their knowledge, and have fun by playing along.

 

Check out Pointless Prizes 2025 to see examples.

 

On this thread, I will keep a list of the Pointless Prizes 2026. If you have an idea for a game and need some help posting it, please feel free to direct message me on Strava or Discord by looking me up by my name. I will be happy to help you post a new thread.

 

Prize Name (Sponsor) – Description #Hashtag

 

1. Bicycle Bingo 2026 (cvcalhoun) – ride your bike and play Bingo, #Bingo
2. Singlespeed (jlamb) – ride single speed, #singlespeed
3. The Under Construction Prize (lordofthemark) – take a picture of new transportation infrastructure under construction
4. Beerneuring (jrenaut) – ride your bike to a brewery and taste a beer or any other drink brewed on that site
5. Hains Point Salmon Award (MJTheis) – complete the most counter-flow laps
6. Public Art Finder (karenbikes2@gmail.com) – ride your bike to find public art, #publicartfinder
7. Tandem (shirag) – ride tandem, #tandem
8. LOLfunny26 (bikingjenn) – Ride 1+ miles and post a photo of something you find that is laugh-out-loud funny to YOU, #LOLfunny26
9. Extra Mile Pointless Prize (epilsk) – share compelling stories of how you overcome challenges to get your daily mile(s) recorded, or to fail gloriously while trying to do so.
10. NatureDose (jlamb) – time spent outdoors
11. Sharing Is Caring (Thomas Esch) – Use a bikeshare bike and log the ride with #bikeshare on Strava
12. Pointless Kids prizes (chill-dad) – ride with your kid(s), #withkid<secret name>

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[cvcalhoun]

Um, did you miss your own competition?   😆

[rcannon100]

In the fog of Dol Guldur came the necromancer, disturbing the great Wizard Tim the Enchanter. Whispered in his ear “Raise Calvinball from the Ash. Raise up and hide the Calvinball and an army of lost souls will search for it.”

For the mighty Tim to raise up the Calvinball, aye there but two things must transpire. First, there must be a great disturbance, as if millions of voices cry out in terror and call for the rebirth of the Calvinball. Second, guessing a Lord of the Freezing Saddles Slack must conjure a Calvinball Reinder Game channel thread thing.

Do the lost souls of Freezing Saddles desire that Calvinball be raised from the ash? (like or comment or whatnot the post on discord).

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