[Arlingtonrider]

Thanks for asking about this. I don’t think any of the Shirlington underpass lights have been on for at least a few months. I hope they are still working on getting that fixed.

[Arlingtonrider]

I’ll definitely see you all at HDCC, and then maybe again on Saturday in Vienna or Herndon, depending on other plans and weather.

I hope everyone can get out and enjoy the nice weather tomorrow!

[Arlingtonrider]

I just slow down a little there (and do the hood or hat thing). Not a big deal.

[Arlingtonrider]

Thanks for the great suggestons and info! I just called Buffalo Wild Wings in Crystal City and it sounds like they can accommodate us well. I agree that this would be a better location (just off the MVT at 2540 Crystal Drive) for the Freezing Saddles kick off, and might be worth considering for the final event too. Would that work well for you all for the kick off? If so, we just need a date.

[Arlingtonrider]

@Dickie 100385 wrote:

To the asshat heading South between 395 and Graverly Point last night around 6:30 who nearly collided with me because it was so important to pass a slower rider in the dark in my lane as I rapidly approached. You’re lucky I was paying attention and that your light was brighter than your brain. #dimwit[/QUOTE ]
On a happier note, I’m pretty sure I saw you (from my car) shortly before that as you were getting ready to cross Walter Reed Drive heading east. It was pretty dark though and I didn’t want to startle you with a quick honk.

[Arlingtonrider]

It was nice to spot Dismal in the wild this morning after I left Coffee Club. I was in the Pennsylvania Ave cycle track and he, of course, was vehicular on the same.

[Arlingtonrider]

How is the car and bike parking at those places? We used Baileys once but I read that it had closed and that the new owners had eliminated the separate room. Does anyone know?

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@Mikey 100358 wrote:

I understand CAP City has their big happy hour on Thursdays. Could we do it Friday Jan 2, (closer to the start) if we did it somewhere else? I’d be fine at either, just putting it out there.

I haven’t spoken to the Cap City folks yet, so I can ask for any day that people would like. We just wouldn’t have the great deals on beer and appetizers. So please chime in on preferred dates. If Cap City doesn’t work out, we can try Crystal City, but the last time I checked there, it was very expensive to get a separate room.

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@elwbikes 100294 wrote:

I volunteer!!! This is what I get paid to do, so I volunteer.

Fantastic! Thank you so much!! That will be awesome! It’s the main happy hour at the end of the competition that I was most concerned about getting a larger venue for. Would also love to have enough space to accommodate the kiddos a little better at that event if we can manage it. Thanks so much, Emma!

I was thinking of asking about Thursday, Jan 8 or Thursday, Jan 15 at Cap City for the kickoff meet and greet happy hour, if we can get the room. People could meet some of their teammates and other competitors, and the Golden Nugget for most miles ridden on Jan 1 would also be awarded.

Would Jan. 8 or 15 work for most of you? Any preference? A weeknight would allow you to swing by on your way home, and they have all the usual happy hour specials. We’d probably start around 5 pm, but any announcements and the award would be later. (Teams may or may not be announced earlier. Mr. Cannon handles that.)

[Arlingtonrider]

The venue I hope to be able to get for the 2 main happy hours is the separate room at Capitol City Brewing Co, which I think holds about 75 people total (any kids included). If BAFS happy hours get too big and we would still like to have a room to ourselves, someone else (not me) is going to have to find venue(s) for us. Just saying.

Last year I think we had about 100 BASF participants, and about about 68 people (including some spouses and kids) came to the final happy hour. The first happy hour was much smaller. Both, on keeping with our Thursday tradition (special discounts) were on Thursday nights.

If it turns out that Cap City can’t accommodate us this year, (for their reasons or ours), we will need a volunteer to lead a venue search.

[Arlingtonrider]

I also volunteer to provide the award for most Hains Point laps.

[Arlingtonrider]

December ride averages can’t be determined in time to get the teams together, but October or November might work. Not advocating one way or another on the handicap issue, but just wanted to point out that technical problem with using December. @Greenbelt 100016 wrote:

My two cents is that the team size of 5-10 is good, allows team-level social events and rides pretty well. Smaller teams have more volatile results, which keeps it interesting to follow the leaderboard.

Maybe ask people to give their December ride averages as a handicap, rather than (mis) estimating?

Since winning didn’t matter though, maybe that would be overkill.

I enjoy stuff like this, helps get through the winter, which is not my favorite season…

[Arlingtonrider]

I would vote for keeping FS the same as last year to the greatest extent manageable and making teams of 10 or maybe 12 depending on how many people sign up. I don’t especially like dividing it geographically since we all are within riding distance of each other. (Update: I can see benefits both ways – I don’t feel strongly about this.) No late sign ups. Also, I think its awesome when teams get together as a group and also invite any other FS member who wants to join them for a particular event or ride. This was the spirit of the competition the last couple of years.

[Arlingtonrider]

I’ll provide the award for most miles ridden on Jan 1, 2015.

[Arlingtonrider]

Dasgeh, I think we’re getting into the weeds way too early on the kidical happy hour issue, but if you’d like to help if needed later to find a large enough venue to accommodate that, that would be great. It might not be an issue, depending on the number of people who plan to come.

Also, we don’t even know yet if there will be a Freezing Saddles 2015.

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