[Mikey]

@Steve O 130377 wrote:

I got a tie.

We’re there puppies or babies on the tie?

[Mikey]

l @cvcalhoun 129825 wrote:

For anyone keeping track at home, we have already exceeded the number of registrants from last year, even with 10 days left to register. Last year, we had 133 people on teams, plus five slackers. This year, we aren’t allowing slackers to register yet, but we already have 138 registrations. Looking forward to an even more fun competition this time!

that’s because it’s 70 degrees out.

[Mikey]

As for manual entries not working if 1.0 – A few years ago I entered 1.0 for a manual entry of a ride near my house. STRAVA converted to km then FS converted to miles for point allocation and it came in as 9.9999 miles. Hozn fixed it but if I ride a pre-measured ride around my house that is this one mile loop and I have to manual entry I put it in as 1.001 just to be sure.

[Mikey]

@dasgeh 129059 wrote:

Amazing. Because (1) diapers, (2) in the middle of the street!?!?!? and (3) I didn’t know Steve O had toddlers…

Yet when dogs pee in public we say “Good Boy”.

[Mikey]

@dkel 129033 wrote:

Apparently, you all don’t have kids, or don’t remember having kids. When you gotta go, you gotta go, especially at that age, and the alternatives are even more unpleasant.

The only difference is wet or dry pants.

[Mikey]

One way to ensure competitiveness is checked is to have larger teams. The first year we did this we had 5 on a team. A daily ride made a huge difference, and a weekend century by a teammate would cause your team to jump, even late in the season. With 10-11 players last year it takes about a month and then a few groups of teams emerged, and each team was just trying to beat the one right in front of it, and not be beat by the one behind it. If we get too large (like the NBC) one day doesn’t move the needle very much at all. It all depends on how many people we get. I will say though that at least one of the side bets will be intended to build team camaraderie, and getting people out riding together. That will occur again this year.

[Mikey]

@cvcalhoun 128821 wrote:

Some people like being on a slacker team. It enables them to keep track of their points. It enables us to have a record of their points for next year’s handicapping. It keeps the last place regular team motivated. (We can’t fall behind the Slackers!) It keeps them involved socially. Yes, the scores are meaningless. But I see several advantages and no disadvantages to having them around, so long as the “team” is limited to veterans.

Yes, this. For my wife, who lives and works out in Fairfax, the social aspect of FS is kind of moot. The tracking of miles an days is a great motivator. But again in suburban Fairfax 6 inches of snow plowed onto shoulders and sidewalks can mean weeks that the bike is not an option. Just my $0.02

[Mikey]

I have some ideas for side bets again. Although anyone is able to put them on. I can coordinate just to keep things straight.

Also I know my wife and I plan to participate, although she (as an alumna) is opting for the slacker team.

I vote against November miles as handicap since I haven’t seriously logged a ride since the end of the NBC.

[Mikey]

I have some ideas for side bets again. Although anyone is able to put them on. I can coordinate just to keep things straight.

Also I know my wife and I plan to participate, although she (as an alumna) is opting for the slacker team.

I vote against November miles as handicap since I haven’t seriously logged a ride since the end of the NBC.

[Mikey]

I look at this like I look at my kid’s indoor soccer matches. The winner is rarely the one with the most points at the end, The scoreboard operator sometimes give the points to the wrong team. If life is about the journey not the destination, then our team is about the bonds we have made by being on the team together, not how many points our team had at the end. That said I know in my heart if teams were limited to say 50 people, and we named all of our teams “WAAS” the WAAS would have taken the top 6 spots.

We will get them next year, We will acquire 2 million points, and they will respond back by uploading 2.1M points at 11:59pm. I refuse to judge our success that way. Also on a brighter note we gained a few great entries for the forum dictionary

[Mikey]

Taking their cue from Amtrak, the Polar Express offers Roll-on Roll-off service for the children in their critical “believe in Santa” years.

[Mikey]

I sincerely appologize for using the pejorative, “Flatlander”

[Mikey]

how about most pleasant, comfortable, difficult, and enhanced interrogation technique

[Mikey]

@americancyclo 122859 wrote:

Didn’t you suggest this as a FSSB in 2014?
http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?6442-FSSB-2-Birdges-of-Arlington-County

Yes we did something very similar to this as a team challenge in 2014. Although I chose the bridges selected here plus a few more along the Potomac, there was grumbling and gnashing of teeth because It didnt’ represent Maryland commuters enough.

I’m tweeking for future use.
Mike

[Mikey]

be careful out there folks, bad weather a brewin’ this evening, and social lubrication some times makes you feel invincible.

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