* Freezing Saddles 2014 *

[rcannon100]

@KayakCyndi 80041 wrote:

Cycling filled with over achievers (and hyper-competitive types)!

Actually, only half the teams are beating that benchmark. It has been one horrific winter.

[jrenaut]

@rcannon100 80040 wrote:

Fun fact: If your team biked its handicap, your final score would be ~13,750.

So, barring anything crazy in the next couple hours, Team Bacon is the most accurate. That means we win, right? That was the goal?

[dkel]

I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m thinking I’ll ride the short route into work tomorrow.

[consularrider]

@dkel 80080 wrote:

I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m thinking I’ll ride the short route into work tomorrow.

Well, I rode the short route this morning, but only because I forgot to set my alarm (paging Dr. Freud?), and got up an hour and fifteen minutes later than ususal.

[cvcalhoun]

Alas, there is no “short route” for either of the rides I have scheduled for today. I particularly noticed that after getting back from Hains Point around midnight, and having to get up again for an early morning breakfast ride. The only thing I get out of the contest being over is that I no longer need to upload to Strava. (I already upload to Garmin, so the only reason I started uploading to Strava was for the purpose of BAFS.)

@dkel 80080 wrote:

I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m thinking I’ll ride the short route into work tomorrow.

[rcannon100]

Winter comes to an end….

[hozn]

@cvcalhoun 80128 wrote:

The only thing I get out of the contest being over is that I no longer need to upload to Strava. (I already upload to Garmin, so the only reason I started uploading to Strava was for the purpose of BAFS.)

I am sure you are aware but tapiriik.com will sync these for you automatically (for $2/year). I like the social aspect of Strava.

[Rod Smith]

@cvcalhoun 80128 wrote:

Alas, there is no “short route” for either of the rides I have scheduled for today. I particularly noticed that after getting back from Hains Point around midnight, and having to get up again for an early morning breakfast ride. The only thing I get out of the contest being over is that I no longer need to upload to Strava. (I already upload to Garmin, so the only reason I started uploading to Strava was for the purpose of BAFS.)

I started uploading to Strava for the first Freezing Saddles. I was afraid to use Strava. I thought I’d be embarrassed to reveal how slow I ride. Strava users are fast! Most segments I’ve ridden, even without the trailer, I’m near the bottom of the leaderboard. But I get lots of kudos anyway and that’s nice. Mostly from BA folks. Thanks, y’all!

After BAFS1, I quit uploading my work days. They all look the same, it’s boring. But this year I might keep uploading all my riding so I can see my avg. miles/week, get MTS badges, etc. It’s kind of addicting. It’s motivating too. Never really helped me get to work on time, something I’d hoped for. Not yet anyway, still hoping… :p It does help me keep a positive outlook when I get deadheaded across town, something that used to make me grumble. Now I think, “Oh boy, more miles!”

[dasgeh]

@Rod Smith 80191 wrote:

I started uploading to Strava for the first Freezing Saddles. I was afraid to use Strava. I thought I’d be embarrassed to reveal how slow I ride. Strava users are fast! Most segments I’ve ridden, even without the trailer, I’m near the bottom of the leaderboard. But I get lots of kudos anyway and that’s nice. Mostly from BA folks. Thanks, y’all!

After BAFS1, I quit uploading my work days. They all look the same, it’s boring. But this year I might keep uploading all my riding so I can see my avg. miles/week, get MTS badges, etc. It’s kind of addicting. It’s motivating too. Never really helped me get to work on time, something I’d hoped for. Not yet anyway, still hoping… :p It does help me keep a positive outlook when I get deadheaded across town, something that used to make me grumble. Now I think, “Oh boy, more miles!”

But Rod, you are such an inspiration! I think it’s easy to look around at cyclists and think “if I’m not fast, I’m not a real cyclist.” But you, sir, are the real deal. And it gives me hope that you’re not super fast. So I like seeing you on Strava.

[vvill]

@Rod Smith 80191 wrote:

After BAFS1, I quit uploading my work days. They all look the same, it’s boring. But this year I might keep uploading all my riding so I can see my avg. miles/week, get MTS badges, etc. It’s kind of addicting. It’s motivating too. Never really helped me get to work on time, something I’d hoped for. Not yet anyway, still hoping… :p It does help me keep a positive outlook when I get deadheaded across town, something that used to make me grumble. Now I think, “Oh boy, more miles!”

Try veloviewer.com sometime if you like seeing your Strava data. You can do a lot with it, in terms of more advanced filters, segment analyses, you can see all your “badges” on one page – and it’s free and you keep your private data private if that’s a concern. They even host their own Strava challenges. The only thing is it doesn’t sync automatically – you have to manually trigger a data refresh.

[cvcalhoun]

Okay, by popular demand, I am continuing to upload to Strava, at least for now. (Strava name=Carol C.) If nothing else, it makes it clear that I still haven’t gotten a rest from BAFS!

[consularrider]

@dasgeh 80227 wrote:

But Rod, you are such an inspiration! I think it’s easy to look around at cyclists and think “if I’m not fast, I’m not a real cyclist.” But you, sir, are the real deal. And it gives me hope that you’re not super fast. So I like seeing you on Strava.

Rod just says he’s not real fast, but that’s only when he’s pulling his loaded trailer. Take a road ride with him sometime and you’ll see he can move with the best of them.

[dkel]

I just had a lovely ride home: chatted with a pedestrian at the Maple Ave crossing in Vienna, had a very nice conversation with a fellow cyclist at the Gallows Rd crossing, and was planning on taking the short route home…but I couldn’t help myself! I added an extra mile! When I got home, I had to stop myself from checking freezingsaddles.com to look at my points! I miss Freezing Saddles! Can we start Freezing Saddles 2015 early? Like now?

[cvcalhoun]

I have bicycled 42.7 miles since BAFS ended–after bicycling 33.9 miles between sunset and midnight on the last day of BAFS. Apparently, I don’t know when to quit! I did have to buy some potassium tablets on the way home today, though, after one morning in which the night leg cramps were so bad I took 5 minutes to subdue them enough to get out of bed.

[vvill]

I made it a point this year to not ride the day after FS ended, otherwise I would be tallying my “days ridden in a row” – which is really cool but when you actually need a rest day it’s nice to not have to think about such numbers.

@dkel 80282 wrote:

I just had a lovely ride home: chatted with a pedestrian at the Maple Ave crossing in Vienna, had a very nice conversation with a fellow cyclist at the Gallows Rd crossing, and was planning on taking the short route home…but I couldn’t help myself! I added an extra mile! When I got home, I had to stop myself from checking freezingsaddles.com to look at my points! I miss Freezing Saddles! Can we start Freezing Saddles 2015 early? Like now?

There’s always the National Bike Challenge! Similar scoring system.

@consularrider 80278 wrote:

Rod just says he’s not real fast, but that’s only when he’s pulling his loaded trailer. Take a road ride with him sometime and you’ll see he can move with the best of them.

Yep, I’ve done one of the gravel rides with him… I was pretty tired by the end. The difference was though he rode out there and back as well.

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