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Yesterday, 05:59 PM

cvcalhoun replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

2/24/21 - "Charles and Diana" Subanagram Word (5 letters or more) This one was easy. A block from my house, I found a car with a "Holy Child"...

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Yesterday, 03:47 AM

cvcalhoun replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Yep. I always carry tools with me. So I fixed the wire back into the anchor bolt, reconnected the brakes, and biked home (avoiding the road where I...

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02-23-2021, 11:25 PM

cvcalhoun replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

I'm fine, other than a few bruises. I did hit my head. But I figure that since I managed to make yet another vaccine appointment for someone this...

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02-23-2021, 07:06 PM

cvcalhoun replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

While heading for a church, I turned onto an unseen patch of ice on the road and the wheels of my bike slid out from under me, causing me to crash. I...

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02-23-2021, 12:41 PM

consularrider replied to a thread FS2021 #PublicArtFinder pointless prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Mother Goose in Central Park

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02-23-2021, 10:44 AM

cvcalhoun replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

No, it's a Catholic church. I noticed it in the first place because it struck me as unusual. Most stained glass windows I've seen on Catholic...

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02-23-2021, 02:40 AM

cvcalhoun replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

2/23/21 - Mosaic (likeness or word) I believe this is the first time I've actually been able to come up with an item without Googling. I had...

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02-22-2021, 09:10 PM

cvcalhoun replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

I had a similar problem. I found a house (image here) described in Bethesda magazine as having "dark purple trim." When I arrived, the red/orange...

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02-22-2021, 01:16 PM

cvcalhoun replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

2/22/21 - Purple House I had some difficulty getting a clear photo of this one in the sleet. But it is in fact purple. 2/22/21 - Purple House

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02-22-2021, 10:56 AM

consularrider replied to a thread FS2021 #LakeFinder in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

A snow/ice covered Turtle Pond in Central Park.

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02-22-2021, 10:54 AM

consularrider replied to a thread FS2021 #PublicArtFinder pointless prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

King Jagiello Monument in Central Park

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02-21-2021, 05:37 PM

cvcalhoun replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

If that isn't a sign of the times, I don't know what is!

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02-21-2021, 05:22 PM

cvcalhoun replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

2/21/21 - the round Peace symbol or the word "peace" (in any language) Being from the People's Republic of Montgomery County was a distinct...

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02-21-2021, 04:21 PM

consularrider replied to a thread Bike Infrastructure Pointless Prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

The E 90th St bike lane in Yorkville a block from Gracie Mansion. Weekends it ends up being extra double parking for the soccer parents at Asphalt...

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02-21-2021, 04:19 PM

consularrider replied to a thread FS2021 #PublicArtFinder pointless prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Somebody created a temporary snowball art installation on the trees by the 102nd St Traverse in Central Park sometime between my ride yesterday and...

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02-21-2021, 04:16 PM

consularrider replied to a thread FS2021 #PublicArtFinder pointless prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Oops

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02-21-2021, 08:05 AM

consularrider replied to a thread FS2021 #PublicArtFinder pointless prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Corner of Washington Blvd and Ohio St near Westover?

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02-20-2021, 02:49 PM

cvcalhoun replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

2/20/21 - Overhead Picture from "Such Great Heights" (+1 point for including biker) I thought this one would be easy. Obviously, easiest place to...

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02-20-2021, 02:27 PM

cvcalhoun replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Description of Danger Panda is at this link.

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02-20-2021, 01:42 PM

consularrider replied to a thread FS2021 #PublicArtFinder pointless prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Shakespeare in the Park. The Central Park road loop was nicely cleared, but very, very busy with runners and pedestrians. I only saw five or six...

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02-20-2021, 09:18 AM

cvcalhoun replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

So we dissed the god of the dead and lord of the underworld, and now we wonder why all this (gestures at the world today) is going on?

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02-19-2021, 05:00 PM

consularrider replied to a thread Bike Infrastructure Pointless Prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

The Ward's Island Bike and Pedestrian Bridge over the Harlem River. It was plowed yesterday afternoon after I rode over it. Not plowed from today's...

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02-19-2021, 04:57 PM

consularrider replied to a thread New Deal Pointless Prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

East River Drive (now the FDR)

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02-19-2021, 04:55 PM

consularrider replied to a thread FS2021 #LakeFinder in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Little Hell Gate Salt Marsh, an ox bow lake on Ward's & Randall's Island.

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02-19-2021, 04:51 PM

consularrider replied to a thread FS2021 #PublicArtFinder pointless prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

A maintenance building for the Randall's Island Park Authority with the Little Hell Gate Bridge

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02-19-2021, 04:49 PM

consularrider started a thread Watch out for snow plows on MUPs! in Crashes, Close Calls and Incidents

I almost ran into two different ones on Randall's and Ward's Island today. The first one was at a blind corner of the Hell Gate Pathway by the SDNY...

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02-19-2021, 04:23 PM

cvcalhoun replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Yep! I knew I wouldn't recognize an electric vehicle or a hybrid without a big clue, so I went to literally every charging station in Bethesda to see...

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02-19-2021, 06:49 AM

cvcalhoun replied to a thread Freezing Saddles 2021 - Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Apparently, I win the "most helpful neighbors" prize. When I posted on NextDoor, one neighbor offered her BMW i3 (albeit with no bike rack). ...

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02-19-2021, 03:33 AM

cvcalhoun replied to a thread Extra Mile Pointless Prize in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

Proving yet again that I get a bit insane on the scavenger hunt: Yesterday's was originally announced as an all-electric car (not a hybrid), with...

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