[AlanA]

@musclys 173194 wrote:

Alan, I have a few questions:

1. Are you still offering a Pointless Prize to the BAFSer with the biggest circle?
2. What are the rules? Obviously “biggest circle”/fastest average, but are there are conditions, such as minimum miles logged (e.g., 1,000km)?
3. Can the winner opt to not have you stare into their eyes at the closing happy hour?

Please see the original post. I ended up changing my challenge (based upon Bentbike33’s comment). I never realized that the circle was just average speed. I always thought it was some formula based upon speed/distance/elevation. Obviously, if I just wanted to make it on avg. speed, I wouldn’t have wasted the effort to make things more difficult.

Just go out a ride a route that looks sort of like a circle. The longest ride will win. If you want to do it really fast, and have the highest avg., go for it, but it won’t mean anything.

lol, and who knows about #3. Maybe as I walk around the room during that final happy hour, someone’s eyes will just say “give me a prize”. You just never know.

[AlanA]

@vvill 173152 wrote:

My apologies, it was a tongue-in-cheek comment.

The circles are just based on average speed. Total distance over total elapsed/riding time. You can see the actual data from the “Pointless” individual data. (I do think it’s a bit a silly prize because the competition is about going out and riding safely [mostly] through any weather, and typically the tougher the weather the lower the [safe] average speed.)

Apologies accepted. And it’s always hard to tell on forums what people actually mean. Humor is so much harder when typed out to people that really don’t know you.

lol, and speaking of weird humor. How about that London Bridge prize that awards people for crashing on the ice (or in any other conditions). Riding safely?? I guess my biggest problem is that I am NOT a daily commuter (so I don’t quite get the concept) and would never even think of riding a bike in situations that increase my chance of crashing (or even worse). I figure the odds are stacked against me as it is. No need to increase it.

Maybe I’ll just look into peoples eyes at the end of year happy hour, and the largest, most circular eye will win the prize.

[AlanA]

@bentbike33 173111 wrote:

Size of the circle is related to average speed to express the 3rd dimension (distance, climbing, average speed) on the 2-dimensional page.

I thought this would be a prize for the longest, most circular ride (i.e., the largest circle on the map).

Hmm, since I’m new at this prize giving thing, and since the size of the circle isn’t based upon some complicated factor of the three measurements, maybe I should change it to the most circular ride. But then, I’d probably run into issues of how circular it really was.

Geeze, I never knew that trying to give away something could be so hard!!

[AlanA]

@vvill 173075 wrote:

So it’s a circle jerk prize?

Once in a while I may make a post that makes me appear as a pompous ass (and this was one of them), but I certainly don’t appreciate the jerk reference.

I had just assumed the larger circles on this page were up at the top (which is why I made the reference to myself and Bob). But after a closer look, I could see some that looked much larger than others bunched in with the others.

And assuming I can get someone in charge of the data to tell me how the exact formula works, I plan on giving someone something.

Now, I’ll just go out and ride my bike and be quiet for a while.

[AlanA]

@Rod Smith 173073 wrote:

You are currently third in average speed

I do realize that I am not the fastest person, and will never be. And after making this post, I realized that there may be people whose “circle” is larger that is bunched in the middle of all the other riders. I’m also not sure what formula they use to generate the circles, so I guess I’d have to find out from the person who generates this stat.

[AlanA]

Apologies if I may have come across as a pompous ass in some of last nights posts.

Football + a few too many drinks = dumb posts.

I think I’ll just stick to riding my bike in the future.

[AlanA]

@Subby 172966 wrote:

put your rulers away boys, I think we have a wiener.

But wait!! I drive a mild-mannered car (very rarely). I do not have a big wiener like some of those macho guys have!!

[AlanA]

@Judd 172963 wrote:

I’m still selling Alan’s elevation. Only 5 bucks. Package deal with email address for $7.50.

Hey, wait!! You’re selling that, too!!! No fair!!!!

You DC people will do anything for extra cash!

[AlanA]

I’ve already decided that I’m pretty much toast for this competition. But I will certainly keep on plugging away with my shitty Garmin that records about 90% of my actual elevation!!

Maybe I’ll find the winner and have them give me a beer after I introduce myself.. That would make me very happy!!

However, I WILL be the biggest circle on the distance/elevation/speed page on these nonsensical pages you (we) have come up with. I’ve also conceded the mileage king, because I can’t log in that many miles while doing all these “fun” hills.
If anyone has a bigger circle, I will by them a six-pack of their favorite beer.

lol, and I guess I need to add this to one of the prizes.

[AlanA]

Just a reminder team, that based upon what I read from the small print of joining the competition, the winning team gets a special bonus of one million!!! Although that may be in Rupee’s!

Just think of how many awesome bikes (or Big Gulps) we could buy with that!!

[AlanA]

@musclys 172919 wrote:

I didn’t see an exclusion on ebikes, and I don’t think there is any more tech doping than a bike with a motor.

This is the terrible thing about organized activities in the DC area. No one can ever just chill.

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I’m not actually being serious. I’m just trying to make things entertaining around here.

And if you’ve ever been to a concert around here, everyone is pretty much chill. However, driving around here is another story!

Oh, and ps as an edit: I’m certainly not aware of anyone riding ebikes in BAFS. Maybe you know more than I do.

[AlanA]

@Birru 172916 wrote:

These are uncertain times, AlanA. Now factor in the government shutdown, and things are gonna get Lord of the Flies.

lol, even more of an eeeeewwwwwww!!! I’m going to stay away from DC!!!

[AlanA]

Ok. Since this in an internationally sanctioned bicycling event, I think that we need to have a “sampling” after the competition to prevent “doping”.

The top three finishers will need to provide the prize awarder with their Garmin’s (or whatever it is they use). The awarder will than go on a randomly chosen 40 mile ride with each of the units attached to his bike to determine the “doping” effect. The results will then be adjusted accordingly well in time before the year end happy hour. I will even be happy to help with this, and help defray the costs of beer needed to present at the final happy hour.

[AlanA]

@Kitty 172912 wrote:

On today, International Penguin Awareness Day, I need to make you aware of the fact that penguins are warm and waterproof in frigid Antarctic waters thanks to a thick layer of blubber and well oiled feathers. So they’d probably taste like a frozen turkey wrapped several layers of insulated Goretek, dunked in salty, gamey, motor oil.

Not worth either the flavor, or being uniformly branded a monster by most civilized peoples (leopard seal fans notwithstanding).

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Ewwwww…..How could you even think of eating a penguin!!

[AlanA]

@irishnomadic 172814 wrote:

I need help. Addicted.

This has been fun these past days, but how many times can you check the leaderboard without it getting undignified.

And does anyone realize how easy it is to get the word ‘penguins’ into just about any conversation, and then start to explain to the unwitting victim what a primal penguin is.

E.g. today…

Someone said “well that’s a feather in her cap” she will want.

Me: Yes, especially if its a primal penguin feather.

Victim: What?

Me: Oh let me explain. You see there’s this thing called freezing saddles.

Victim: I have to go to lunch.

lol, at least your victim has some common sense!!

And yes, it can be addictive. That’s why I do my best to not post my ride until the evening, and that way I only have a limited number of hours to waste on going to all these dumb BAFS related websites.

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