Poll: Way to identify FS2019 participants

[komorebi]

With wintry weather predicted for tomorrow, it seems like the right time to start thinking about Freezing Saddles 2019 and one of my favorite aspects of the reindeer games: the identifier that allows FS2019 participants to spot fellow FS lunatics.

I’d like to stick with the neon green color we’ve used for the past three years but move away from zipper pulls and instead have something like a slap band or shoe clip. That way, if there are any extras after the end of FS2019, we’ll have something useful to hand out to ninja joggers on the trails.

I’ve listed some options in the poll, but I’d also welcome other suggestions. Please vote by Friday, November 23.

The poll is open to everyone who is thinking about (1) participating in FS2019, or (2) spectating from the sidelines.

P.S. If you were a FS2017 or FS2018 participant and have lost your (highly collectible!) zipper pulls, I still have extras available for $1 each. PM me to arrange details.

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[cvcalhoun]

@Steve O 182986 wrote:

11:59:59 pm on March 19, 2019 as noted in the calendar.

You may want to contact Henry to see about adding a link to the calendar to the sticky he is developing.

[Judd]

@Steve O 182986 wrote:

11:59:59 pm on March 19, 2019 as noted in the calendar.

We all know that Freezing Saddles always ends on my birthday and that the purpose of the whole event is to have a 2.5 month celebration of my birth.

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[DCAKen]

@Judd 182990 wrote:

We all know that Freezing Saddles always ends on my birthday and that the purpose of the whole event is to have a 2.5 month celebration of my birth.

Except when it’s not. In 2020, spring starts on March 19 at 11:49 P.M. EDT

[Steve O]

@DCAKen 183008 wrote:

Except when it’s not. In 2020, spring starts on March 19 at 11:49 P.M. EDT

Yes, this has been noted before. Whether or not Freezing Saddles will survive this anomaly is an open question.
For historians, in 2016, FS was 79 days long because of the leap year; we ended on March 19, since it was still the last full day of winter.

[AlanA]

I’m not voting on the poll since I don’t like the answers. The obvious reply is “look for the crazy person riding in the snow”.

[kwarkentien]

@drevil 182823 wrote:

Lime green wigs

Yes! This! For the win!!!!

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[LeprosyStudyGroup]

@AlanA 183021 wrote:

I’m not voting on the poll since I don’t like the answers. The obvious reply is “look for the crazy person riding in the snow”.

+1 for reflective lime green merkins

[chuxtr]

@kwarkentien 183022 wrote:

Yes! This! For the win!!!!

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Where is the ELITE button when you need it???

[komorebi]

Velcro reflective bands were the clear winner in the poll, so that’s what I went with. Hopefully they’ll be here in time for the HP100.

However, because drevil’s suggestion of lime-green wigs was both funny and inspiring, I’ll offer a pointless prize for any FS2019 team that posts a photo of six or more team members wearing green wigs. Creative interpretation of “wigs” is encouraged: photoshopping, yarn bombing, buying up the remaining stock of FS zipper pulls and making a wig, raiding Katy Perry’s stash of green hairdye, etc.

[Steve O]

Ack! W&W’s condition is contagious; disregard the dislike.

[MarkSchenk]

I like slap bands, never had one with LEDs, may be good for the winter when the light is often low

[lusevier]

I’m having trouble registering for freezing saddles. Can’t find the submit button at the end of the form. Any one have suggestions? I brought out my bike gloves and bright jacket this morning on the bike to work. (: Started noticing the other cyclists and got super excited for freezing saddles!

[historygeek]

@LeprosyStudyGroup 183024 wrote:

+1 for reflective lime green merkins

Are we giving extra points for those who ride with merkins exposed when it is under 32 degrees out, or are we handing out Darwin awards to those individuals, instead?

[historygeek]

Are we giving out a prize for those wearing their reflective lime green merkins so we can all see them when it is below 32 degrees, or are we just letting natural selection weed them out from the gene pool?

[historygeek]

@LeprosyStudyGroup 183024 wrote:

+1 for reflective lime green merkins

Are we giving out a special prize for those wearing reflective lime green merkins (so that they’re visible) when it’s below 32 degrees, or are we letting natural selection sort those people out from the gene pool?

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