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  • January 21, 2016 at 5:51 pm #1045803
    Henry
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    Would that be a 0-mile sleaze ride for 10 points, simply b/c it’s outside? I’m thinking not, but I’m not the czar.

    January 21, 2016 at 5:55 pm #1045807
    cvcalhoun
    Participant

    Unfortunately, a stationary bike doesn’t count, even if its saddle is freezing.

    January 21, 2016 at 6:46 pm #1045819
    DismalScientist
    Participant

    @Henry 132850 wrote:

    Would that be a 0-mile sleaze ride for 10 points, simply b/c it’s outside? I’m thinking not, but I’m not the czar.

    Actually, it will be a 0 mile ride for zero points, which is fine with me.

    January 21, 2016 at 7:01 pm #1045821
    sethpo
    Participant

    You should relax and enjoy the time off!!

    (you’re not on my team, right?)

    January 21, 2016 at 9:45 pm #1045860
    pdubs
    Participant

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    Pack one of these. Run a mile outside while carrying it at your hip (using 2 hands) or on your shoulder (1 hand) and name your strava segment “cx practice.” Then I think you’ll be good.

    January 21, 2016 at 10:06 pm #1045868
    TwoWheelsDC
    Participant

    I dunno…if you’re willing to haul a stationary bike outside in the middle of the night in New Hampshire, I have no problem with you getting 11 points for your troubles.

    January 21, 2016 at 11:54 pm #1045873
    Vicegrip
    Participant

    @TwoWheelsDC 132919 wrote:

    I dunno…if you’re willing to haul a stationary bike outside in the middle of the night in New Hampshire, I have no problem with you getting 11 points for your troubles.

    No kidding. Take pix of the ride and the people around and you can have 11 of my points. :D

    Do it. Spirit of FS to a T and 100% not to the rules. So wrong it is right.

    January 22, 2016 at 12:19 am #1045876
    hozn
    Participant

    I say if you can ride a regular bike in the parking garage (and it counts) then riding a stationary bike in sub-freezing temps sounds like it should count. Heck, doesn’t sound much different than riding an e-bike for a sleaze ride.

    January 22, 2016 at 12:22 am #1045877
    TwoWheelsDC
    Participant

    A potential rule amendment could be: Outdoor stationary bike rides are allowed, but only count for 11 points regardless of duration. I think it would have to be totally honor system though, although that’s not really any different than manual Strava entries.

    January 22, 2016 at 1:05 am #1045880
    cvcalhoun
    Participant

    @hozn 132927 wrote:

    I say if you can ride a regular bike in the parking garage (and it counts) then riding a stationary bike in sub-freezing temps sounds like it should count. Heck, doesn’t sound much different than riding an e-bike for a sleaze ride.

    Just a reminder that the existing rules say, “Trainer rides don’t count. Mark your rides as such or include #NOBAFS in the title to exclude them. Take your bike outside and ride it some distance across the surface of the earth in order to earn points.” So we are talking about a rule change if we are to allow this.

    January 22, 2016 at 1:27 am #1045881
    dkel
    Participant

    @Vicegrip 132924 wrote:

    Take pix of the ride and the people around and you can have 11 of my points. :D

    No, you can’t! No giving away our team’s points, Vicegrip!

    January 22, 2016 at 3:34 am #1045893
    hozn
    Participant

    @cvcalhoun 132931 wrote:

    Just a reminder that the existing rules say, “Trainer rides don’t count. Mark your rides as such or include #NOBAFS in the title to exclude them. Take your bike outside and ride it some distance across the surface of the earth in order to earn points.” So we are talking about a rule change if we are to allow this.

    Yeah, I wasn’t really being serious. Sorry that wasn’t obvious in my post. There are definitely some gray areas here — e-bikes (ELF!), riding indoors (but not stationary), riding in tropical parts of world. The spirit of Freezing Saddles isn’t always aligned with the rules if the game.

    January 22, 2016 at 3:46 am #1045896
    vern
    Participant

    We should ban riding indoors for next year’s game. As Hozn says, riding indoors is against the spirit and intent of the game.

    January 22, 2016 at 3:59 am #1045897
    hozn
    Participant

    @vern 132947 wrote:

    We should ban riding indoors for next year’s game. As Hozn says, riding indoors is against the spirit and intent of the game.

    That seems reasonable. To be fair, I don’t know that this has actually been done, but I know that – for example – there were the Crystal City parking garage races end of last winter. I don’t think there is anything in the rules that would prevent that from counting.

    But then do you also ban people riding while on holiday in Australia (vvill!)?

    January 22, 2016 at 4:00 am #1045898
    cvcalhoun
    Participant

    @hozn 132944 wrote:

    Yeah, I wasn’t really being serious. Sorry that wasn’t obvious in my post. There are definitely some gray areas here — e-bikes (ELF!), riding indoors (but not stationary), riding in tropical parts of world. The spirit of Freezing Saddles isn’t always aligned with the rules if the game.

    Well, the e-bikes and ELF did get taken care of. LOL

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