We’re up to 200 registrations!

[akbald01]

Done! Looking forward to my second BAFS!

[Stevenroy]

Looking forward to inspiration and perspiration from the 2018 Freezing Saddles competition!

[Rcbartlebaugh]

Very excited to be a part of this year’s freezing saddles!

[neal]

@Rcbartlebaugh 169428 wrote:

Very excited to be a part of this year’s freezing saddles!

Noob!
…me too.

[Jessica Hirschhorn]

@cvcalhoun 169402 wrote:

Given that the limit is going to be 250, any of you who have been procrastinating should register now.

Hello, I am a first timer Freezing Saddles. I ride a out 100 miles a week during the winter, and am the owner of every warm cycling accouterment ever made.

However, I realized that between 1 January and April I will be out of the country for 3weeks total, unable to cycle.

I certainly want to support my team.

Do you suggest I withdraw my registration?

Thanks,

Jessica Hirschhorn
Hirhoward@yahoo.com

[creadinger]

@Jessica Hirschhorn 169472 wrote:

However, I realized that between 1 January and April I will be out of the country for 3weeks total, unable to cycle.
I certainly want to support my team.
Do you suggest I withdraw my registration?

Hi Jessica,

I’m not sure what the organizers will suggest, BUT, if you keep up your 100 miles/week while you’re here, you’ll put up plenty of points. 2 years ago I was away for all of January and half of February so I decided not to join FS. I put in a lot of miles when I got back and I ended up near the 40th percentile for points, despite missing half the competition. Sure, it would be really tough to break the top 100 riders, but don’t under-estimate the number of slackers as well.

[Edelweiss]

@Jessica Hirschhorn 169472 wrote:

Hello, I am a first timer Freezing Saddles. I ride a out 100 miles a week during the winter, and am the owner of every warm cycling accouterment ever made.

However, I realized that between 1 January and April I will be out of the country for 3weeks total, unable to cycle.

I certainly want to support my team.

Do you suggest I withdraw my registration?

Thanks,

Jessica Hirschhorn
Hirhoward@yahoo.com

Hi,
I would be happy to have a player like you on the team I’ll be on. There are a fair few participants who have travel obligations and other distractions that reduce their FS mileage and daily riding aims. If you are likely to put in high mileage when you are in town, then I think most of the captains would welcome you.
I will suggest, depending on where you are going, that you can beg, borrow, or rent a bike and get some sleeze rides in. Many FS participants have used BikeShares, friend’s bikes, or done “Test Rides” at destination bike shops to get their mile(s) in. I have done all of the above, and managed to be a daily rider despite traveling every year.
Good Luck! e

[barcra]

Very excited to participate.

[vsky]

Looking forward to it!

[Kodjo]

I don’t do Fitbit or anything like that. Does that mean. I won’t be able to record the miles I ride?

[jrenaut]

@Kodjo 169673 wrote:

I don’t do Fitbit or anything like that. Does that mean. I won’t be able to record the miles I ride?

Tracking your rides with Strava is a requirement for the competition. If you are unable or unwilling to do that, you are more than welcome to come ride with us at events and whatnot but will not be able to take part in the official competition.

[cvcalhoun]

@Kodjo 169673 wrote:

I don’t do Fitbit or anything like that. Does that mean. I won’t be able to record the miles I ride?

You don’t need a Fitbit. There is a Strava app that you can use on any smartphone. But you will need a way of recording your miles–either a special purpose device like a Garmin, or a smartphone with Strava installed.

[peterw_diy]

@cvcalhoun 169677 wrote:

You don’t need a Fitbit. There is a Strava app that you can use on any smartphone. But you will need a way of recording your miles–either a special purpose device like a Garmin, or a smartphone with Strava installed.

Will players not be allowed to manually enter rides through the Strava website this year? (I know this has been a point of contention in the past.)

[cvcalhoun]

@peterw_diy 169684 wrote:

Will players not be allowed to manually enter rides through the Strava website this year? (I know this has been a point of contention in the past.)

No, they will not. Allowing them to do so was making hozn’s job tougher. The start and end times of manually entered rides is often the same, so he had to compensate in things like average speeds, coldest ride, etc. It finally got banned last year.

[hozn]

Yeah, it just isn’t worth the hassle. The majority of the scoring (alternate leaderboards) are based on metrics that would be missing from manual-entry rides.

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