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@LeprosyStudyGroup 185504 wrote:

Shot in the dark guess from me: Greenbelt and Rod, did you catch this year’s security authorization change to read private info from your Strava profile? (Click the 2nd option and resubmit to be sure) https://freezingsaddles.org/authorize
Grandfathered-in authorization from previous years won’t work anymore in the BAFS website, but probably look the same on the Strava groups.

Yes, I think that was the problem. Thanks!

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That’s the thing though. I’ve signed up for the Team 6 strava club, and Team 6 is up on the FS board. Can’t figure out why I’m not on the board… Maybe I signed up for the wrong team or something…

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@Rod Smith 185472 wrote:

I’ve been removed from the Freezing Saddles leaderboard.

Me too! PS. we should go for a snow ride this Sunday…

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@musclys 185454 wrote:

Not sure this is the answer. I noticed myself and Neal (both Team 6) on the leaderboard but when I Ctrl+F for “Team 6,” no one else showed.

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Yah. Team 6 is up with 7 people on Strava but only 6 on FS.org I feel so lost!

This Week’s Leaderboard
jeff lemieux
2/7

84.4 mi
Rank Athlete Rides
1
Brad Greenberg Brad Greenberg 87.6 mi 7 31.4 mi 15.0 mi/h 5,025 ft
2
jeff lemieux jeff lemieux 84.4 mi 8 16.6 mi 14.0 mi/h 2,114 ft
3
J.C. Wyss J.C. Wyss 56.0 mi 7 12.1 mi 16.1 mi/h 3,436 ft
4
Neal Friesen Neal Friesen 44.9 mi 6 9.7 mi 11.7 mi/h 2,014 ft
5
Ken Buja Ken Buja 35.6 mi 6 21.2 mi 11.2 mi/h 1,658 ft
6
Mia O’Connell Mia O’Connell 31.8 mi 8 11.8 mi 12.6 mi/h 1,847 ft
7
Katie O’Driscoll Katie O’Driscoll 18.1 mi 6 7.1 mi 11.0 mi/h 726 ft

[Greenbelt]

freezing saddles dot org dropped me from the leaderboard when we went to teams today. I’m on the strava club. Anybody else get dropped/troubleshoot? -Jeff Greenbelt team 6

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http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?14109-BAFS2019-team-assignments

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Laurie and I are hoping to attend.

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This year’s dirt prize could be for dirtiest commuter bike. OK, I’ll start
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@hugopatacon 183982 wrote:

What about black ice? any suggestions?:confused:

Goes back to suggestion 1 I think, just take your time and slow way down. I had to ride over quite a few icy patches this morning — all the puddles and overrun from last weekend’s rain froze over on trails and in some parking lots on my route. Any attempt to lean or steer or brake or hard pedal on wet ice is going to be futile. So don’t resist, just try to glide or soft pedal slowly very straight and level and you’d usually get through upright. Lower tire pressure helps a little. Studded tires are the only real way to get grip on ice, but if it’s that bad I turn to suggestion 5 and just ride over to the Metro or work from home, although not everyone has those options.

In sum it’s often better to glide upright and straight over a patch of ice even if you run off a trail than to go down trying to steer or brake. Except when it’s not, of course, and the alternative to staying right side up up is riding into a river or barrier or something! -Jeff

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@LeprosyStudyGroup 183740 wrote:

I would just like to request kindly that people actually stop doing snot rockets on public trails unless they make very very extensive efforts to first check that nobody else is anywhere nearby. Seems like one dickhead or another blows his nose all over me about once every other month or so. It’s not a good habit, and it shouldn’t be up to other people to make sure they are somehow not going to get a stranger’s bodily fluids blown onto their body or into the air they will be riding through in a matter of seconds.

I got rocket blasted by an osprey once along the Anacostia River trail, except it wasn’t snot.

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@JamieJoy 183707 wrote:

I can’t bring myself to do the whole snot-rocket thing and I’ve never tried it…..my luck it will end up back on me. This is my first season riding through the winter, so maybe I jumped the gun, but I bought some winter boots today. Just didn’t feel like fussing around with covers and crossing my fingers that I bought the right type to keep my feet warm enough. I also got them for $100 off at The Bike Lane (last season close out), so that helped hook me. Hope they are a good investment, and not overkill. Thanks for all of the advice so far!

Winter boots are from heaven. You won’t regret.

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@Judd 183698 wrote:

I’m offering a pointless prize for the best Danger Panda while shaving picture.

Generally takes about 10 replies before stuff gets weird. Maybe we’ve jumped the gun a little on this thread…

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@taracheston 183663 wrote:

I had a great pre-Frozen Saddles bike commute in to work this morning! This was my first “how effective is my winter gear” ride. Any suggestions of good cycling glasses/goggles that won’t fog every time I stop? I took off my glasses and discovered a new joy: frozen eyelashes.

I wear a gator or “Buff” around my neck that I pull up over my mouth and nose when riding. Of course, as soon as I slow down, glasses get fogged. I don’t have a solution, except that I’ve gotten into the routine of pushing down my gator as I roll to a stop then as soon as stopped pushing out my glasses so they’re way down on the end of my nose granny style. Then as soon as back up to speed, the gator goes back up over mouth and glasses pushed back tight. Becomes winter routine! -Jeff

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So much of running a bike shop these days is engaging with your community — it’s an industry driven by service, often for your friends and neighbors, more than chasing the latest tech. Times change. I will miss the small mom-and-pop booths with weird or interesting stuff, like those water absorbing shoe storage inserts — stuffits! Finding things like that was fun, but not worth the cost of traveling to Vegas.

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Not new bike, but combo of some new bags and some hand-me-downs. The handlebar pouch just (barely) fits my tablet, with some extra padding and waterproofing added.
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