vvill’s N + 1 Pointless Prize

[vvill]

For this Pointless Prize, you log as many ride days on different bikes as you can, with a minimum of 2.0 miles in one day on a bike to count a bike, with the following rules:

• You may only add to your n count by one bike per day.
• You must submit [at least] one photo per bike that shows the bike (rider does not have to be included), and a brief description of the bike and your ride on the bike. Post submissions in this thread and feel free to edit existing posts to update your count. You can link to your Strava activity and add the photo(s) there, or just post text and an image/link to an image if you don’t want to use Strava – or you can use some combination thereof. (The mileage requirement is based on the honor system.)
• Bikeshare systems count as one bike (each system can count separately). Exceptions may be made for say, the Cherry Blossom pink CaBi (bikeinbloom). Tandems, recumbents, unicycles, trikes and ElliptiGOs are allowed. Scooters, skateboards, roller blades, etc. are not. Trainer rides and stationary bikes do not count. Underground rides count as long as you have an accurate odometer AND include a photo showing the mileage on said odometer. Anyone submitting ELF rides will be summarily disqualified (just kidding… or not?).

This pointless prize/sidebet starts 1/27 – pre-dated rides during BAFS2016 do not count, sorry! You may (and are implicitly encouraged to) borrow team mates’ or fellow riders’ bikes.

Value of prize to be awarded will be a function of the number of participants, and the winning value of n. Prize will be split in the event of a tie, although bonus points may be arbitrarily awarded for unusual rides/bikes.

Final totals

Top 10
kayakcyndi = 17
Raymo853 = 11
vvill = 10
QuikAF77 = 9
trailrunner = 8
ShawnoftheDread = 8
dcv = 7
Boomer2U = 6
americancyclo = 4 with +1 bonus point
Subby = 5

11-18
sethpo = 3.98 (0.01 deducted twice for incomplete submissions that could be easily completed)
Steve O = 3.666 (Devil’s number, and partial credit for griping about previously ridden bikes on travel).
Amalitza = 3
TwoWheelsDC = 2.5 (one incomplete submission – no photo)
Judd = 2
lbds137 = 2
DCAKen = 1
Rod Smith = 1

Topic

[dcv]

n=1
19Feb16
FCCII @ the Java Shack
1988 Fuji Tiara frame in cherry web, 1×10 commuter

[vvill]

Nice photo! (Also… yessssssssss, you’re playing! Someone else on Crank Bros cleats… hehe.)

n=8
2/18/16
I’m showing my hand too early I guess, I’m gonna be out of bikes soon… my steel (725) fixed gear (Wabi Special) that I’ve kept away from the salt/muck. Really missed it though. Same place, but taken on my lunch ride yesterday.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]11005[/ATTACH]

[trailrunner]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]11008[/ATTACH]

19 February
Lemond Zurich, steel frame
When I bought this bike in 2000, it was blue and yellow, but I repainted it in basic but economical black about 2006 or 2007. Now I mostly use this bike as a commuter when I don’t need to carry much stuff, and it sure felt good to ride this bike today after riding my slow, heavy, studded-tire commuter for the past month.

n=3 for trailrunner

[sethpo]

N+3 Viaje snow machine

[ATTACH=CONFIG]11013[/ATTACH]

N+4 Trek speed machine

[ATTACH=CONFIG]11014[/ATTACH]

That’s it. I’m all out of N’s.

[trailrunner]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]11015[/ATTACH]

20 February at Lake Accotink
I bought this Stumpjumper in late 1995. It was one of the last steel-frame Stumpjumpers, and came with a Mag 21 fork, which provided about one inch of travel — big stuff back then. I raced on this bike in the mid-90s. Shortly after I bought this bike, V-brakes came out, so I took the bike to Papillon Cycles and they welded (or brazed?) the cable stops I needed for V-brakes. In the process of doing that, they burned off the paint, but I didn’t like how it looked anyway. Over the years, I got the frame powder-coated, replaced the Mag 21 with a rigid fork, and removed the bar ends and put on a riser bar.
n=4 for trailrunner

[dcv]

n=2
20Feb16
Tapering for MonsterCross
Cinelli Mash, hipster commuter

[ShawnoftheDread]

N=1. Raleigh Olympian, fixed gear. Put on a new chain last night and took a spin through the neighborhood this afternoon.

[KayakCyndi]

N=9 Shawndread’s cannondale cross bike.
2/21/2016

Traded bikes with Shawn on the way back from our muddy canal ride. Rode this from the top of 41st street to Kindred. I’m amazed at how easily so many of us fit onto each other’s bikes. The cannondale has a slightly longer top tube and stem but otherwise felt good. First aluminum bike I have ridden in awhile. It was pretty comfy and those fenders. We should have traded on the muddy canal!

[ShawnoftheDread]

N=2, kayakcyndi’s Volagi Viaje, with super fat tires and the smoothest bottom bracket I’ve ever turned.

Pic utilizes the super-pro ziplock bag filter.

[trailrunner]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]11022[/ATTACH]

21 February
Redline Conquest Pro
n=5 for trailrunner

[dcv]

n=3
21Feb16
Monster Cross
Felt Breed SSCX

[vvill]

@sethpo 135277 wrote:

N+3 Viaje snow machine

[ATTACH=CONFIG]11013[/ATTACH]

N+4 Trek speed machine

[ATTACH=CONFIG]11014[/ATTACH]

That’s it. I’m all out of N’s.

@trailrunner 135306 wrote:

[ATTACH=CONFIG]11022[/ATTACH]

21 February
Redline Conquest Pro
n=5 for trailrunner

Not to be too rule-y but surely you folks have more to say about a bike than just that? Doesn’t have to be a paragraph but it’s skirting the guidelines a bit.

[trailrunner]

@vvill 135312 wrote:

Not to be too rule-y but surely you folks have more to say about a bike than just that? Doesn’t have to be a paragraph but it’s skirting the guidelines a bit.

I figured people were getting bored hearing about my bikes, and since I’m halfway through my quiver, I thought I’d keep it short.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]11023[/ATTACH]

But since you asked – I bought this bike in November 2005. I raced it for a couple of years and had a blast. Now I ride it on not-too-technical trails and on some paths. Over the years, I replaced the original fork with a carbon fork, took it down to one chainring since I never did use the large ring very much, upgraded the brakes, and made a few other improvements. For a couple of years I also used it as a commuter.

[vvill]

@trailrunner 135313 wrote:

I figured people were getting bored hearing about my bikes, and since I’m halfway through my quiver, I thought I’d keep it short.

But since you asked – I bought this bike in November 2005. I raced it for a couple of years and had a blast. Now I ride it on not-too-technical trails and on some paths. Over the years, I replaced the original fork with a carbon fork, took it down to one chainring since I never did use the large ring very much, upgraded the brakes, and made a few other improvements. For a couple of years I also used it as a commuter.

Not getting bored! It’s cool to hear what people think of their rides, how long they’ve had their bikes, what upgrades/changes they’ve made, etc.

[dcv]

n=4
22Feb16
Hair of the dog ride after monster cross, easy spinning with gears
Bianchi Infinito, light – stiff with a lot of gears. My go-to for climbing mountains, fast group rides or recovery rides.

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