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Received a shout of “Blinding” this morning, but I wasn’t willing to cover my bar mounted light while the yeller pointed his helmet mounted light in my face.

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this morning’s view.

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@mstone 68137 wrote:

It would also help the conversation if you’d stop belittling people who don’t just nod and agree with you. Unless you actually believe that there is pixie dust involved.

Pot, meet kettle.

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@jabberwocky 68130 wrote:

I don’t find blinkies very useful for road crossings on trails. A bright, solid headlight is what you want there (since cars are almost always looking at the front of your bike).

Pot, meet kettle.

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I would volunteer for the morning, but it would need to be early, say 6-7. Out of curiosity, how is there more riding in the afternoon? Don’t people usually go both directions?

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@Tim Kelley 67940 wrote:

We’ve found these things work best when it’s dark out.

That occurs in the morning also.

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I’ll likely be there from 7 to 7:30.

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@ShawnoftheDread 67826 wrote:

I think 10 points per day worked out great, and made for a nice balance between encouraging daily riding by everyone and still rewarding those with longer commutes. I don’t think anyone was able to abuse sleaze rides or a short daily commute to out-score their miles. Of the top 10 riders last year, all were ranked the same by both points and miles, and the same mostly holds true for the next 10 riders as well.

Thanks for the analysis, it lessens my concern.

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@ronwalf 67824 wrote:

The National Bike Challenge actually went the other way (20 pt rides)! The free ten points encouraged me to get out on the bike even when it was bitter cold. We could incentivize the same behavior via some other mechanism (i.e., weight miles inversely proportional to the temperature), but that’s more complicated to set up/program.

How about more points per more miles? 1-5 miles is 10 points for riding plus 1 point per miles, 6-10 gets 2 points per mile, 11-15 gets 3 points per mile, etc? I’m not suggesting these are the right numbers, just a concept.

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@GregBain 67820 wrote:

Recommendation for this year – As a daily commuter with a 10 mile commute I thought that 10 pts just for riding on a day was too high relative to the 1 pt per mile. I suggest bringing it down to 1-5 pts just for turning on your Strava app.

As someone who may have abused this last year, I completely agree that the points for ride verse miles needs to be better aligned.

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From yesterday morning. [ATTACH=CONFIG]3906[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]3907[/ATTACH]

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Why is it that 75% of the people who say “thanks” when I cover my bike’s headlight, don’t bother to cover their own? I guess I should be thankful they at least say thanks. I’m getting really used to closing one eye to keep a little night vision going.

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Got an early meeting today, so I had to skip it. Hopefully I’ll be in next week.

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@GregBain 66556 wrote:

Dickie – I thought we were going at your pace because I’m pretty sure I picked up some Strava trophies of my own; either way it was a nice ride.

I love how that works!

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Very pleased with my Nightrider Lumina 650. I use the medium of three intensities with great illumination. It also has a strobe mode for brighter weather. Comes with helmet and handlebar mounts. I’ve used both and prefer the latter.

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