Team 2- We’re not last!

[trumpfhj]

Team 2- Welcome to the team! A team worthy of a name and a motto- if we could only come up with one. I’m soliciting ideas, if you have any.

Here’s our team Strava link: https://www.strava.com/clubs/BAFS2020Team2-NotLast. it’s currently private, but I’ll open it up for you all to join on Tuesday then close it down, once we get everyone added.

Unfortunately, I will not be able to make the Happy Hour on Tuesday- so to all of you on Team 2, please self organize and say hi to each other. I’ll send out a ride opportunity for us to meet each other and log some BAFS points in the near future.

Look forward to meeting and riding with you all,

Mike
Team 2 Captain

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[AlanA]

Since you will not be there on Tuesday, I will steal all your teammates and tell them to join the Terrible Twos!!
After all, two 2’s are better than 1.

[trumpfhj]

Nice try @AlanA…Look forward to seeing you at all the other FS events!

[cmj7gh]

Hi All – sorry I didn’t make it to the happy hour tonight. I’m looking forward to meeting you all soon!

[PaulRG]

I’m in and I like the name! I wasn’t able to get there tonight but I’m looking forward to more riding this winter, whether commuting or other rides or HHs. Paul

[smb9600]

Hi All!

Samantha here! I *was* able to make it so the HH last night [emoji12][emoji38]. I’m in Arlington – live & work, so I try to find ways to extend my commute. I ride road & gravel mostly. Focusing on the beer & tacos competitions this BAFS. So let’s ride some bikes, get some drinks, & eat some tacos! (& maybe some chocolate too???)

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[elizsnyder]

I made it (Elizabeth I Like Wheels) to HH w/Russ and I am looking forward to increased mileage as the recent knee surgery (microfracture surgery) continues it’s “2 steps forward 1 step back” healing process. I have ridden every single day starting Jan 1…very low mileage and gradually increasing. Participating in Freezing Saddles this year has been my tunnel vision focus reward as I work through physical therapy. Hurrah for FS! I am sponsoring the #FS2020Adulting Pointless Prize so get out there and runs those errands! I am a big coffee fan, participate in a teetotal lifestyle, and definitely have a chocolate and ice cream issue. Hope to organize at least one ride once stronger! At the pace I currently ride, I fear my teammates may fall asleep behind bars.

[trumpfhj]

Hello Team 2, I wanted to introduce myself and encourage others who haven’t done so, to do the same. My name is Mike, I live in Arlington and this is year 4 for me doing Freezing Saddles. I used to commute to work everyday (now I work from home part time and build/sell bikes) so it was always a great way to get me motivated to commute on those cold, dark mornings. I’m pretty flexible when it comes to riding (High School aged kids) and hope to win the BAFS $1 Million prize money this year, or at least visit a few coffee shops and HHs with my teammates and other BAFS riders.

A few things:
1. Make sure you Strava mileage is being tracked by BAFS or you don’t exist. If you’re not on by Sunday, they will replace you with someone from the wait list. See the email that BAFS sent out on Wednesday for details. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, DM me
2. Follow your fellow teammates on Strava- its a great way to keep cup with the fun rides and encourage others
3. Organize a ride, if interested, as simple as a coffee meet up with a short route. Someone will always come out to join you…
4. Check out the leaderboard https://freezingsaddles.org and make sure you’re showing up (if not, you don’t exist)

I’d like to get together on Monday for a team ride, it looks like perfect freezing saddles weather! We can do just the team or link up with another FS ride.

Go ride your bike!

[trumpfhj]

For those interested, Bikenetic is doing a coffee ride on Sunday at 8:30 from the shop. Here’s the info:

https://facebook.com/events/s/bikenetic-sunday-coffee-ride-t/992476401117237/?ti=icl

Let me know if anyone’s interested in joining up with them

[Russ]

Hi team! On my way to Green Lizard! I hope to find the Calvin all.

[smb9600]

Hi All – There’s a group heading to Lazy Mikes in Falls Church Monday morning for pancakes (& other breakfast stuff!). I’ll be there around 9:30am – anyone want to join?

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[Russ]

I will be there as well. I am gonna knock out the Arlington loop and then head over.

[smb9600]

@trumpfhj 196961 wrote:

For those interested, Bikenetic is doing a coffee ride on Sunday at 8:30 from the shop. Here’s the info:

https://facebook.com/events/s/bikenetic-sunday-coffee-ride-t/992476401117237/?ti=icl

Let me know if anyone’s interested in joining up with them

I totally forgot about this & saw a few of these guys as I was heading out to Reston to hit a few breweries today – did anyone join them???

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[smb9600]

Hey All!

Phoenix Bikes is holding a fundraiser at Cyclebar Saturday. While you can’t earn FS points while pedaling nowhere- if anyone it interested in attending the fundraiser, I’d be happy to arrange a group ride there! I’ll also be riding a very short bit after down the road to Acme pie for post-workout refreshments!

Reserve your seat here: https://members.cyclebar.com/buy/cyclebar-columbia-pike?schedule_entry_id=piq_1719937

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[cmj7gh]

Thanks for sharing! I’m not able to join this weekend, but I’d be interested in joining something like this in the future!

[elizsnyder]

Hi All! Komorebi is hosting a ride to The Block tomorrow, I posted it in our strava group for team 2 and you can find it in the Group Rides area: http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?15766-Group-rides!&p=197517&posted=1#post197517

Russ and I will start at Fletchers Boat House and spin slowly up from there due to my knee rehab needs…I’ll just throw this out there to be inclusive…you are welcome to join us…you would just need to be prepared for serious slow spinning …and I am talking SLOW…give me a text shout out if you wanna spin crazy slow (guaranteed sweating) and we hope to see you at The Block either way! 7037981051

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