Pointless Prize: Wandrer’ About

[Dachs6]

1. Aaron bikes / Aaron Schuetz (8680335)
2. Ahano/Akiko Hamada-Ano 36388817
3. Annaheim / Anna He (85344644)
4. arlcxrider / Paul Wilson (43537271)
5. bigredboiler / Kris Stein (380419)
6. camiller / Cathy M (10678140)
7. CaseyKane50 / Casey Kane (356291)
8. cvcalhoun / Carol ✊ (3487165)
9. Dachs6 (Andy) / der_Bierpuncheur (281386)
10. drevil / ricky d (190447)
11. gspatter / Geoff Patterson (33937007)
12. Joan / Joan Britt (9133135)
13. karenbikes2 / Karen Hass (38633292)
14. LhasaCm / Chris M (12125159)
15. Ltierstein / Leslie T👚 (10356941)
16. Laurie E. / Laurie E. (9290806)
17. matteblack / Matt Williams (721498)
18. Muku.tbd / Michael Chen @tbdcycling (34577084)
19. Nigel Brockton / Nigel Brockton (216328)
20. Rod Smith / Rod Smith (1129136)
21. Serdar / Serdar Jorayev (11555517)
22. sszibler / Steve Szibler (120519)
23. SteveO / Steve Offutt (1547193)

[Serdar]

Hi. Thank you for this prize. Please, count me in. My Strava name is Serdar Jorayev.

[cvcalhoun]

@Dachs6 227040 wrote:

At some point, I’ll have to get Your Strava IDs so that I can work with Craig (the guy who runs the website) to pull your mileage.

If you have the Strava username, you can get the Strava ID by going to https://freezingsaddles.org/people/ and clicking on the username. The page that comes up will have a URL that is something like https://freezingsaddles.org/people/3487165. In that example, 3487165 is the Strava ID.

[LhasaCM]

Count me in – Chris M (12125159 because it’s out there so why make it harder for you to find?)

To confirm: is this the total number of “new to you miles” in this period, or the number of unique miles in this period even if you’ve ridden it before? For example: riding 2 miles on the MBT yesterday (that I’ve ridden a zillion times) would be “unique” if just looking at this period, but is not “new” to me so doesn’t show as “new” on Wandrer this year. Do those count?

[matteblack]

@LhasaCM 227108 wrote:

Count me in – Chris M (12125159 because it’s out there so why make it harder for you to find?)

To confirm: is this the total number of “new to you miles” in this period, or the number of unique miles in this period even if you’ve ridden it before? For example: riding 2 miles on the MBT yesterday (that I’ve ridden a zillion times) would be “unique” if just looking at this period, but is not “new” to me so doesn’t show as “new” on Wandrer this year. Do those count?

Same question…there are very few “new to me” miles in my immediate area!

[Steve O]

I’ll play. Too bad last week was 2023, because I got a bunch of new miles in Savannah, GA

Steve Offutt is my name, Wandrering is my game.

[gspatter]

Fun idea. I’d vaguely heard of Wandrer but never used it previously. Just signed up, and here’s my info:

Geoff Patterson (Strava ID 33937007)

[Dachs6]

@LhasaCM 227108 wrote:

Count me in – Chris M (12125159 because it’s out there so why make it harder for you to find?)

To confirm: is this the total number of “new to you miles” in this period, or the number of unique miles in this period even if you’ve ridden it before? For example: riding 2 miles on the MBT yesterday (that I’ve ridden a zillion times) would be “unique” if just looking at this period, but is not “new” to me so doesn’t show as “new” on Wandrer this year. Do those count?

For now, based on how the mileage accrues in Wandrer (as you’ve noted), it’s “new to you” miles from 1 Jan to 20 Mar. I’ll ask Craig if he can do unique miles for the period, as you describe. More to follow.

[Dachs6]

Not sure if you can see my map…I’m hosed in this regard unless I want to ride a train or ride for a long, long way. Ultimately the goal is to encourage people to ride more in more places. See my reply to LhasaCM, I’m going to discuss with the guy who runs the site…

[LhasaCM]

@Dachs6 227136 wrote:

For now, based on how the mileage accrues in Wandrer (as you’ve noted), it’s “new to you” miles from 1 Jan to 20 Mar. I’ll ask Craig if he can do unique miles for the period, as you describe. More to follow.

Makes total sense – and what I figured would be the case because that’s easiest (in that it already exists), but it does put those with a longer history on the site at a disadvantage. Oh well – such is life!

(Just gives me all the more reason to work on adding to my DC map – there’s still 30% that I could realistically ride on that I haven’t ridden yet!)

[Dachs6]

@LhasaCM 227138 wrote:

Makes total sense – and what I figured would be the case because that’s easiest (in that it already exists), but it does put those with a longer history on the site at a disadvantage. Oh well – such is life!

(Just gives me all the more reason to work on adding to my DC map – there’s still 30% that I could realistically ride on that I haven’t ridden yet!)

I feel your pain. Not bragging at all…look at my map. I live immediately to the east of Brussels, a few km south of the Airport (huge empty space in the map, duh). Getting new to me miles is hard for me. COVID gave me lots of free time to ride and ride and ride, and I decided to just go ride everywhere that was within a day’s ride.

[CaseyKane50]

@Steve O 227113 wrote:

I’ll play. Too bad last week was 2023, because I got a bunch of new miles in Savannah, GA

Steve Offutt is my name, Wandrering is my game.

Yet again, poor planning rears its head. If only you had been riding in Savannah this week, you would already have 57.35 new miles. The good news is you still have 199.8 new miles to capture in nearby Alexandria. See you on the road 😎

[CaseyKane50]

@Dachs6 227136 wrote:

For now, based on how the mileage accrues in Wandrer (as you’ve noted), it’s “new to you” miles from 1 Jan to 20 Mar. I’ll ask Craig if he can do unique miles for the period, as you describe. More to follow.

I too have lots of roads and trails ridden in the DMV (need less than 1/2 mile in Alexandria). I wouldn’t try to change the way Wandrer is structured in capturing new miles. Leaving it as it is, might benefit newer riders, but that just makes it challenging for riders who have ridden more and further. When I was chasing the unique miles in Alexandria, I learned to vary my route to get that new mile, turned down all the dead-ends, and went down hills that I knew I would have to climb up. In the meantime, I found new places to ride and new ways to get where I needed to go. However, you might need patient friends to tolerate your going down endless dead-ends on your ride.

[LhasaCM]

@CaseyKane50 227155 wrote:

I too have lots of roads and trails ridden in the DMV (need less than 1/2 mile in Alexandria). I wouldn’t try to change the way Wandrer is structured in capturing new miles. Leaving it as it is, might benefit newer riders, but that just makes it challenging for riders who have ridden more and further. When I was chasing the unique miles in Alexandria, I learned to vary my route to get that new mile, turned down all the dead-ends, and went down hills that I knew I would have to climb up. In the meantime, I found new places to ride and new ways to get where I needed to go. However, you might need patient friends to tolerate your going down endless dead-ends on your ride.

My only slight “concern” is that there’s the possibility that someone who is a very experienced rider and has ridden throughout the area but is new to Wandrer (or, gasp, Strava!) could benefit from the way it’s structured (since, if you don’t pay, it doesn’t pull much of your history, so most things will show as “new” in the tally). Probably a giant nothingburger, and it’s not going to change at all how I ride or approach this silly game or anything else like that. Besides, at the end of the day, whatever der_Bierpuncheur says are the rules goes!

[cvcalhoun]

I’m in. Carol ✊

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