[Bob James]

@Judd 144251 wrote:

The Washington Area All-Stars now have 10 riders who have earned the diamond badge for earning 5,000 points in the National Bike Challenge. Ian Fingerman will become number 11 on his way home tonight. The All-Stars are currently number one in the nation, 133,000 points ahead of Omaha Velocity.

Way to go team.

[Bob James]

@Kitty 143281 wrote:

I still enjoy it, even if things are different this year and I don’t get on the site daily–for the first time I’m not manually uploading and the lack of the Gainesville drama. Admittedly, the technical problems with the site have cast a pall on things. I used to get really exited watching the various leader boards, but now I never know it its accurate.

That said, part of what I love about it is seeing how far I come in a “season” and comparing it to previous years. It’s been the only consistent yard stick I have to measure my growth over the four years of riding. What’s exciting about this year, is now I know some of the people I’m riding with!

The site has gotten better and it does look better than last year I think, if not always perform as well. It takes about 6-12 hours for the leader boards to reflect your profile total mileage with the latest sync.

[Bob James]

@wheels&wings 140612 wrote:

Congrats to our DC-area May winners:

Dave B of Washington, DC won 1 year’s supply of Cottonelle Product!!

and

Kate Kyle of Washington, DC won a Bontrager helmet.

woohoo!

Awesome. That was a quick drawing. Glad to see prizes going to team members.

[Bob James]

Finally figured out how to link Strava, instead of mapmyride to NBC.

[Bob James]

@Amalitza 137150 wrote:

Komorebi and I were there from team 11. Not sure how you missed getting me recorded– I was the one with the banana brownies. Nice to meet you! (and everyone else I met)

Komorebi and Amalitza, thanks for representing Team 11 last night. Sorry I could not make it.

[Bob James]

@Rod Smith 136679 wrote:

Via Bull Run Mountain, Catoctin Mountain and Sugarloaf. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/12584872

leave it to Rod to come up with a route 147 miles, to go about 35 miles as the crow flies (of course crows generally don’t have to worry about getting run over by cars).

[Bob James]

@S. Arlington Observer 136181 wrote:

A long way from 14th place. Let’s ride our hearts out comrades.

We’re in 2nd place again with 1 week to go.

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[Bob James]

@Rod Smith 136234 wrote:

Yeah, maybe not. Theres a DC Randoneurs 200K out there on the 19th that I will probably do. Riding from there to HP probably not. I was joking. Sort of.

Nokesville area will be nice ride, but not so much if heading toward DC

[Bob James]

@Rod Smith 136203 wrote:

Anyone want to convoy in from Nokesville?

Nokesville? That’s a bit out of your normal riding area. How would one safely ride from Nokesville to HP?

[Bob James]

@ShawnoftheDread 136194 wrote:

We’re doing great, but I think Robert J had to correct some miles since you took that screenshot. Must have had a strava glitch. Or he was messing with Caleb.

Yes, had a few days with double rides from Stava App and Garmin Edge uploads. I deleted the extra rides. We were legitimately in 2nd place during the week. Unfortuntetly I am sick theis weekend and could only manage a couple sleaze rides. Hopefully next week will be better.

[Bob James]

@jrenaut 135774 wrote:

What if we tried scoring it weekly? Assuming 20 teams, if your team is top this week you get 20 points, 2nd gets 19, etc. The individual leaderboard stays the same, but the team leaderboard is based on the weekly scores? If I get a chance this weekend, I’ll put up the leaderboard if we scored it this way so we can see how much difference it would make. I know last year it was proposed that we do away with the 10 point daily bonus, but that hardly would have changed the leaderboard at all, and i think the 10 point bonus is important for getting people to ride when it sucks outside.

I think the 10 point incentive is vital to encouraging players ride every day. Many of us go out and do a sleaze ride primarily for the extra 10 points and it awards consistency and participation. It would be great to have tiered extra points for the top 3 teams each week and also for the team with the rider with the most miles, most elevation and longest ride (from the Strava leaderboard stats). That would shake up which teams get extra points each week and maybe level the playing field.

[Bob James]

It’s been very competitive for Team 11. We’ve been battling between 3rd and 6th place for weeks. It’s every bit as challenging and rewarding as battling for 1st place. Go Team 11.

Competition – the act or process of trying to get or win something (such as a prize or a higher level of success)

[Bob James]

@Sunyata 135457 wrote:

At this point in the games, there are 18 people who have less than 10 ride days: 41 that have less than 20 ride days. And with the exception of one big snow storm, this has been a pretty mild winter.

Sunyata’s stat is very enlightening in my opinion. I’m definitely would not want any minimum participation based on miles, but ride days seems a more reasonable criteria (if any minimum of something is implemented). I’m just as impressed by those new to winter riding, who ride 1-5 miles in the snow/cold/rain/wind (general winter weather) than with the regular all-season mega riders riders who ride 50-200 miles.

I’m even more impressed by those who commute to work on their bikes in this weather. I can’t imagine getting all dressed up for the cold twice or more a day and be mentally and physically prepared for work. I sometimes do a 2 mile commute on a capital share bike, but I get to work sweaty (or freezing), nose running, hair messed up, clothes rumpled and maybe splattered with winter road muck.

[Bob James]

Sorry about your accident. Hoping for a speedy recovery.

[Bob James]

@jrenaut 135422 wrote:

…. (I made the top 10 individual riders’ names bigger on the leaderboard and no one noticed),…

I noticed and is one of my vain (err.. main) motivations to try and stay in the top 10 Thanks so much for yours, Hozn’s and anyone else contributing to the technical and administrative efforts of making this such a fun challenge.

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