[SouthernDCist]

A great time riding with Team One this morning, and a little coffeeneuring at Dos Gringos on the way home.

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[SouthernDCist]

Here’s a bump on our thread. Anyone interested in a group ride this Sat (1/28) or Sun (1/29)? Weather looks decent, though not yet Spring.

If I’m leading, I love a route on the Met Branch up to Silver Spring and back through RCP down to Foggy Bottom and Lafayette Square.
This is my route: https://www.strava.com/routes/5315265

It’s a shorter route than what’s possible, but could keep things reasonable if anybody doesn’t typically go 30-40 miles on a jaunt.

Let me know, and would be happy to add-in coffee or a brewery stop along the way.

[SouthernDCist]

Plan to attend. Just me, and thank you!

[SouthernDCist]

@scorchedearth 148691 wrote:

I will be nominating myself for the Slackers team this year as I have some goals to work towards at the end of the year and I need to remain focused on them. As such, I do not feel that I can contribute materially to a team like I have the past few years.

I’ll still come out to happy hours though!

As a “new” veteran, looking forward to besting my 8th place team spot and finally getting to some social events. From my rare visits, y’all are good people. Can’t wait to meet more of y’all. -Dave

[SouthernDCist]

@Steve O 135511 wrote:

I’m going to follow up my own question with my opinion.

I like

vvill recently suggested a “gnarly weather” metric that might more accurately capture the “spirit” of Freezing Saddles. Similarly, if we believe a significant part of the “spirit” of Freezing Saddles is beerneuring and N+1 and London Bridge and photos on Instagram & the website and ridiculous coffee challenges and happy hours and the FSLNHPP, etc., then why not include those in the rankings? Currently we give points for days and miles, so, as any dismal economist would point out, that’s what people care about. If the rankings included points for the social aspects–as many here have emphasized, an important component of the “spirit” of Freezing Saddles, then it becomes integral to the game rather than ancillary.

As someone who’s worked as a recruiting consultant for social organizations in a past life, I just wanted to say that I’ve found this thread especially enlightening and heartening. I’ve personally witnessed many of these same existential conversations amongst organizational founders at their precipice of either exponential growth toward more socially inclusive recruitment, or re-focused principles toward the ideal perspective that the founders’ intended.

I whole-heatedly appreciated getting to play this year. My team was a never ending source of Kudos and motivation for this first-timer, and I needed it. I wouldn’t have ridden nearly as often, like most of my non-BAFS riding friends (thus, I feel at least somewhat converted). I really enjoyed my lone team meetup, and hope to make it to the closing HH.

While I may have approached BAFS an initial “Type A” perspective, I now have far greater respect for what “Type B” could be, and I hope to join y’all for the ride. 😎

[SouthernDCist]

RSVP’ing to hopefully be there.

Dave

[SouthernDCist]

Santa’s Coal Delivery Team Elf begins her work anew for the 2016 season…

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