Amyrglover
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ParticipantHello everyone, My name is Amyr Glover, aka chefboyamyricle, aka chefboya da bikejunkie. It’s my first year doing freezing saddles. I look foward to the competition. I’ve been riding for about 2 years, prior to riding as a youth. I started riding and taking it serious when I was diagnosed with diabetes, high blood pressure, & high cholesterol. It hit me when I turned 40. I was scared, and determined to get off the insulin and various medications. This led me to cycling.
With a healthy/ balanced diet and cycling, I was easily able to get off all meds. Somewhere along the way I fell back in love with cycling. Now I commute to work (dc) to Maryland and ride almost daily. Hence the name bike junkie. I subbed out all the meds for my new medicine; which happens to be cycling and a balanced diet.
That’s me in a nutshell. Also I’m a chef, I’ve been cooking professionally for xcosr to 20 years.Amyrglover
ParticipantIt been working for me everyday…
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ParticipantIt works for me. It keeps all the wind out, no matter how fast your going.
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ParticipantI’ll be there!🚲💨
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Participant@cvcalhoun 226665 wrote:
Bigredboiler, who conducted this game last year, has passed it on to me. I’ve made a few minor changes, so be sure to check the description below.
This year’s Bingo will start on January 1, so you need to get a BINGO card before then if you want to play the first round.
Basic premise: You can claim a Bingo spot on or after the day that “thing” is called
- Daily (starting Jan 1) I will announce the proverbial “bingo number” to the forum (which will actually be an object/thing)
- If a player finds and photographs the “thing” on their ride that day (or a future day), they mark that spot on their Bingo card
- You can only claim one spot per day
- First player to find 5 things making “BINGO” wins
How to you get your BINGO card?
Option #1: Generate your own & post to this thread to share –> Click this link and then the “Generate Card” button that you will see on that page…the result will be the URL to your BINGO card.
Option #2: I will generate a card/URL for you and share to this thread & the Google Sheet for tracking the game. Just post asking me for a URL and then check the forum/Google Sheet for your URL.
You can check the Google Sheet I’ll use for tracking to confirm I have your valid URL reported for your card.Key additional info (and I’ll probably add more later to clarify based on questions I get):
- You must post the URL of your unique Bingo card to this thread (I will add everyone’s card to the Google sheet)
- You must post the photo of the object taken during your ride to this thread
- You must include the photo in your Strava ride for the day and #Bingo in your ride title
- First person to announce BINGO to this thread (and I verify their entries) wins
- If the game ends quickly, I’ll do another round (we’ll see how it goes)
Other thoughts:
- I plan to post the day’s Bingo# the prior evening
- Most objects are likely self-explanatory, and I will provide a little more detail with each day’s announcement. Also feel free to message me if you have questions.
- There are 75 objects/items in total and 25 are randomly selected for each player’s Bingo card
- Here is the link to the Google sheet I’ll use to track what’s been called, and everyone’s card
- If you win, I’ll verify you submitted valid photos on the right day when item was called
- If you want to cheat and ruin the fun for everyone, I’m sure you can.
- Prize will likely be a gift card of some kind
Have fun and let me know any questions!
It’s my first year. I read the post, still a little confused. How do I get a url, and once I get it; what do I do with it?
Amyrglover
Participant@arlcxrider 226418 wrote:
I find the most challenging part of a cold-weather ride is putting on the gear and getting started. I accept the first half-hour or so is going to suck until my “internal furnace” gets going and “pushes” the heat into the extremities.
@mstone 226422 wrote:
Trial and error. I have a whole hierarchy of layers depending on the temperature. Trust your feelings–the first time I rode in single digits with the same stuff I wore in the 30s, my hands hands started to hurt and then got numb within the first mile. I probably would have gotten frostbite by the end of my 20 mile commute if I hadn’t turned around. (I had trouble moving my fingers when I got back to the garage.) After going to a whole ‘nother level of heavy gauntlet gloves (too hot to wear them at all if the temperatures are above the low 20s) I had no issues the next time. Hands are the worst, as they’re so far from the core and so thin. If your rides span the 30 degree temperature swings we get this time of year you may need to be ready to add/remove/swap layers because that’s a really big range for one set of clothes to cover.
arlcxrider is definitely right about starting out cold–if you’re not a bit cold at first, you’ll be melting by the end. The trick that only comes from experience is predicting the difference between “cold”, “too cold”, and “melting”.
Thanks for the advice & tips. I’m getting better with the layers, but it hasn’t gotten too cold either. So well see….
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Participant@Meh 226409 wrote:
Covering your face can help. There’s a blood constriction reflex that’s very strong when cold hits your face – heart rate shoots up on low efforts, things get hard.
Thanks. If it’s under 40 or lower I wear a mask, and it definitely helps…
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