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@jrenaut 195728 wrote:

Glad to see my team is in first. That will likely last until 3-4 hours after happy hour.

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I’ll be there! Maybe I’ll be able to get riding company there & back! Anne! Joan! Jesse! Reji & Ffxbooks! [emoji2]

Omg I’m so psyched for this! I miss all you guys! (Though somehow not enough to get outta the house before 7am… [emoji2356][emoji2368])

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@awitt 195317 wrote:

My heart was breaking so I signed up again. I’ll be on my bike as soon as I can, hopefully by mid January.

Yay! My heart was breaking at the thought of you not playing. Great Christmas present! Now get better…. [emoji3590]

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@komorebi 194943 wrote:

The zipper-pull fans narrowly edged out the ankle-band fans, so zipper pulls it is. Look for them coming to a happy hour near you in 2020.

Last Wednesday pm I was driving on I think Seminary road at 5:45 pm when a coupla bikes passed us in the bike lane and the 2nd one sported a shiny green Freezing Saddles zipper pull tag! Made my day! [emoji3590]

So clearly they are a great thing. I was blown away that my car headlights picked up that tag! It wouldn’t have picked up an ankle band because the bikes were already ahead of us. I have a FS tag on my saddlebag in that same place.

But it’s wearing out! And I don’t have one for the 2 new-to-me bikes I’ve acquired since a few years ago when you last did tags. So [emoji106] and thanks for doing it again! [emoji3]

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I think it was Seminary road I was driving on last Wednesday at 5:45 pm when a coupla bikes passed us in the bike lane and the 2nd one sported a shiny green Freezing Saddles zipper pull tag. Made my day! [emoji3590]

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@Boomer2U 195117 wrote:

I find bike chics whose nails match her frame absolutely irresistible [emoji6]

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Hmm I guess ima hafta get me a flesh colored bike to get you to have trouble resisting me. [emoji848][emoji2368]

I’ve tried nail polish, but ugh, I never can hold still for long enough for it to dry & it’s always a mess. Think about a 5 year old painting her nails…. (Except my daughter was better at it than me by the time she was 5. Because she wisely inherited from her dad instead of me in the careful department.)

I’m not good at leaving the dried painted nails alone either… [emoji2368] Maybe if I bike harder…. [emoji2957][emoji2186][emoji106]

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@ImaCynic 194963 wrote:

>>the brooms serve to “humanize the cost of blocking the bike lane.”

Seriously?

https://www.bicycling.com/news/a30107224/washington-dc-bike-lanes-june-the-broom/

I’m always on favor of abruptly that keeps the drivers respecting our space & safety. But brooms seem like an odd choice.

I don’t see the point of them – unless they can be picked up & used to sweep debris from the bike lanes. But I didn’t get that from the article

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@drevil 194951 wrote:

I guess if I only have half the wheels, I’ll only get half the points?

Sucky Snow Ride by ricky d, on Flickr

I don’t think you’ll get any points at all. I’m thinking those would be Jo’s points you filmed…. [emoji16]

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@Jessica Hirschhorn 194852 wrote:

That’s just how I roll.

No really. The first year I was so freaked out by the Forum I entered my ONE message and was done. I never looked at it again.

My second year was slightly better but I was a Team Captain (Motto: “Look at me. Look at me. I am the CAPTAIN now.”) and started to actually learn to do things like , oh, I don’t know, REMEMBER MY FORUM password from week to week.

Now is my THIRD YEAR and I have somehow become a FORUM PEST, posting a lot more. Even volunteering a pointless prize!

You can DO it Ify! Not to overshare, but I totally registered for FS202 and verified my e-mail while, ahem, powdering my nose.

Looking forward to seeing everyone out there.

As Nadine says, “The ONLY good thing about WINTER is Freezing Saddles”.

I love this, Jessica!
You are a great storyteller.
And it’s true – freezing saddles is the only thing I like about winter.

So grateful for all the volunteers who jump through the complicated hoops all the time so we can have something to make winter fun! [emoji3590][emoji2186][emoji106][emoji2187][emoji3587][emoji2186][emoji3587][emoji2187][emoji944][emoji2186][emoji12][emoji2187][emoji1][emoji323][emoji2186][emoji322][emoji2187][emoji482][emoji2186][emoji1635][emoji2187]

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@elizsnyder 194840 wrote:

;)I had to dislike the post. Sorry Ify. Jumping through hoops makes it feel even better when you get in. After f-ing up my first year attempt and not getting on a team…believe it or not made it sweeter each follow on year that I was able to navigate the registration. It’s FREAKING AWESOME! It is EXACTLY like how it feels when you go out to climb on the bike, it’s raining, forgot the rain jacket, tire is flat, wait, do I have a nice dress jacket for work in my pannier? I have a presentation at work at 10am!!, oh crap, imma gonna be late, but I am not giving up…I will RIDE TO WORK! I refer you to rule #5 and rule # 43 https://www.velominati.com THANK YOU CVCALHOUN AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS who make this stuff happen!!

Ah hahaha this comment is the BOMB! I’d never made that connection before, but you’re absolutely right – registration is a pain but worth it in the same way as a hard obstacle filled ride…. And completely woo-hoo when you’ve made it up the hill! etc…
I mean through the process….[emoji16]

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@cvcalhoun 194837 wrote:

I absolutely agree that it’s incredibly complicated–and I wrote it. The problem is, it’s the only way we can get all the information we need to make this work. There are really five components:

1. You have to be a forum member and to have made at least one post, because the game was developed by forum members in part to foster camaraderie among forum members. What’s a “forum member” is obviously open to interpretation, but requiring registration plus one post is a pretty low-level requirement. Also, because all information is posted on the forum, we want to make sure that contestants are at least familiar enough with the forum mechanics to know how to post questions, etc.
2. To get the back end to be able to count miles, we have to have Strava to collect the miles, Strava clubs to show who is in which team, and authorization to allow Freezing Saddles to read Strava information.
3. To be able to notify people of team assignments, events, etc., we have to be able to e-mail them. (Not everyone reads the forum daily.) And to get our e-mails to get through spam filters, we have to have the double opt-in process (clicking on that second e-mail) that drives everyone nuts.
4. We need information to make team assignments. In part, this is to balance out those who ride a lot with those who don’t on each team. Hence the questions about last year’s mileage and what you normally ride. In part, it’s to allow people who want to be on local teams to do so.
5. The contest is run by volunteers, so we need a volunteer sign-up.

Obviously, if you just want to ride your bike and not compete, you don’t have to do any of this. But if you want to compete, the questions are far from random. The only one not specifically related to the game is the one about coffee clubs. It is not mandatory (your form will go through without it), but is intended to let people know the coffee clubs exist, as another way of fostering camaraderie.

Thanks for everything you do for us! Yeah registration is kind of a pain but omg it must be so much more of a pain for you!

I hope you’re feeling the love & support here…. [emoji3590]

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@awitt 194908 wrote:

Well I didn’t even make it to the start this year. Fell last night on the way home from my first day on the job at Spokes Vienna. Left wrist broken, cast for 6 weeks, then PT. I have a bike I can ride even with a cast but I won’t get in a lot of miles and it won’t be every day. If FS fills up and there is a waitlist, please drop me so someone else can play.

Nooooo! Ugh that sucks. I’m so sorry. And I missed riding with you last week when it wouldabin my last chance for awhile. [emoji2356]

Pls lmk if I can help with anything. Ugh. I’m picturing you falling to the right and breaking your fall with your hand….. I’m so sorry Anne. [emoji15][emoji20]

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Yeah this is awesome. I love that this is happening.

But…. wouldn’t you say it’s for the recently released from prison rather than the recently incarcerated?

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@bentbike33 194860 wrote:

Or maybe he needs to sue for copyright infringement.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-07/banana-hanging-on-a-wall-is-all-the-rage-at-miami-basel-art-fair?srnd=premium

Ah hahaha that was my first thought too! They totally stole the idea from Judd!

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@epilsk 194712 wrote:

Are rides tallied based on DC time, as in years past, or based on local time where the riding happens? Is it possible, and not unduly burdensome, to tally rides using local time? The DC time rule brought me to grief last year when I started a ride in Denver just after 10 PM following a long day of travel only to find that the ride did not count for that day because it happened after midnight DC time. Only day I “officially” missed (although I still claim maximum smugness points). Either way, it may be helpful to clarify the rule in the Sticky.

[emoji38] Maximum smugness points!
You should make that a side bet!

Not to make light of your upsetness about Denver. I would be upset too.

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