Pointless Prize Thread 2023

[Serdar]

#PublicArtFinder pointless prize is now back for it’s third FS season.
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It's already on the list Thanks for sponsoring, Boomer!

[Indiana]

The Taco Ride
Leon and I are co-sponsoring The Taco Ride pointless prize. Of course you know there are lots of taco places in the DMV area. And there is no better way re-energize during a ride or end a long ride with some tacos! For this pointless prize simply ride your bike at least 5 miles round trip and snap a pic of your bike in front of the establishment, along with a pic of your meal. A BONUS POINT WILL BE GIVEN FOR A VEGAN OR VEGGIE TACO!

The Rules:
1. Daily postings are required;
2. Only one visit to a chain will be accepted; but visiting any restaurant/carryout in the DMV area is
allowed;
3. Visiting more than one taco eatery per day is allowed, as long as they are different eateries;
4. Any restaurant/carryout that sells tacos is allowed;
5. Please include two pics in your post -- bike in front of establishment and a pic of your meal;
6. Include the location of your eatery in your post so that others may find it too;
7. Entries will be judged on the most points accumulated for tacos eateries visited along with any bonus
points for vegan/veggie tacos;
8. In the event of a tie, the least amount of miles wins;
9. Repeat locations not allowed;
10. Please use hashtag #thetacoride in all your Strava ride post titles.

The Prize:
1st prize is a gift card for ????

Now go out and find some yummy tacos!!!

Where do we post the taco photos? IThanks for a delicious game! Also does rule #1 mean we need to eat tacos every day to play?

[Serdar]

Where do we post the taco photos? IThanks for a delicious game! Also does rule #1 mean we need to eat tacos every day to play?

Robbie still needs to post a new thread for her pointless prize. Until she does so, please, post your submissions in this thread.

[Serdar]

Here is Robbie Rob's thread for The Taco Ride pointless prize - http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showth...-The-Taco-Ride

[bikingjenn]

please see separate thread

[AlanA]

A is for Ambulance (as seen at the local VFD). That may be as far as I make it, but you have to start somewhere!

[DCAKen]

Pointless Prize: Vehicle ABCs
Rules:

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HAVE FUN AND BE SAFE

Don't forget to create a new thread for this so we don't fill this one up with photos!

[Serdar]

Dear Freezing Saddlers, check the first page of this thread for some fabulous pointless prizes you might be unaware of.

[Overtone]

4D Hyperloop Pointless Prize for Freezing Saddles 2023!

This one is for you route planning fanatics out there, as an alternative to Strava Art. This is a prize for the loop ride that crosses itself the most times on Strava without actually intersecting in the real world.

Rules
1. It must be a loop ride: start and end at the same place, don't reuse a street segment.
2. Places where the Strava path crosses or touches itself have to be over, under, or through the 4th dimension.
3. Different corners of the same intersection can be used in the route if the path pixels don't touch each other (in the zoomed-out Strava image showing the whole route).
4. Using the two sides of the same street segment disqualifies the route, even if the two parts of the path are visually distinct on Strava.
5. Special exception to rule 4: the two sides of the Key Bridge count as different streets.
6. Places where you can ride under or over a different segment of your route for a distance count as one crossing, not multiple (if you wobble back and forth) or infinity (if you get it precisely aligned).

Tag your Strava ride #hyperloop and post an image in the dedicated pointless prize thread along with your case for how many self-crossings it counts as. The winning route is the one with the most self-crossings. The judge's decisions on interpretation questions will be arbitrary, final, and subject to bribery.

Prize: a Klein bottle.

Happy looping!

-John

PS this is my first time sponsoring a FS PP. Any suggestions for how to improve the above rules or process will be appreciated. I will create a separate thread for this... posting here for Serdar's list.

[Steve O]

4D Hyperloop Pointless Prize for Freezing Saddles 2023!

This one is for you route planning fanatics out there, as an alternative to Strava Art. This is a prize for the loop ride that crosses itself the most times on Strava without actually intersecting in the real world.

Rules
1. It must be a loop ride: start and end at the same place, don't reuse a street segment.
2. Places where the Strava path crosses or touches itself have to be over, under, or through the 4th dimension.
3. Different corners of the same intersection can be used in the route if the path pixels don't touch each other (in the zoomed-out Strava image showing the whole route).
4. Using the two sides of the same street segment disqualifies the route, even if the two parts of the path are visually distinct on Strava.
5. Special exception to rule 4: the two sides of the Key Bridge count as different streets.
6. Places where you can ride under or over a different segment of your route for a distance count as one crossing, not multiple (if you wobble back and forth) or infinity (if you get it precisely aligned).

Tag your Strava ride #hyperloop and post an image in the dedicated pointless prize thread along with your case for how many self-crossings it counts as. The winning route is the one with the most self-crossings. The judge's decisions on interpretation questions will be arbitrary, final, and subject to bribery.

PS this is my first time sponsoring a FS PP. Any suggestions for how to improve the above rules or process will be appreciated. I will create a separate thread for this... posting here for Serdar's list.

I have been thinking about this, and I think it's a cool idea. A couple of questions/issues:
- Re: Rule 5: How about including both sides of the Memorial Bridge, too? It has separate facilities on both the upstream and downstream sides.
- I'm a bit worried about plagiarism. I could spend many hours devising a really complicated and cool loop. Then someone else could take my route and add a little, bitty extra section and steal the lead.