[AlanA]

@SarahBee 157876 wrote:

Regrets, I will be in Russia. I’ll do some vodka shots in honor of our illustrious organizers and prize givers!

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Boooo!!! I can only assume that you will be doing covert operations for our glorious leader!!

lol, and I’ll do some vodka shots to show support to our awesome team!! If you get any awards, I’ll make sure I scarf them up on your behalf. :rolleyes:

[AlanA]

@jwetzel 157763 wrote:

I’d like to propose a team name change to “One Team To Anchor Them All.”

Yuk, Yuk. Now see. That’s one of the fun things about this forum/contest. I’d have to say that was a rather clever wise ass comment.

[AlanA]

@Steve O 157774 wrote:

(psst! it’s a game … the prizes are pointless)

I know that!! But it seems as other folks were ranting a bit, so I felt I’d join in.

Personally I don’t really care what anyone else does. I’m going to continue what I do on a regular basis whether there is a “challenge” or not. I just like to be outside enjoying the weather and riding my bike. If I can play along in a game while doing it, that’s also fine.

And it’s also fun to goof around with fellow participants. That’s probably one of my favorite parts of this. The day wouldn’t be complete without reading some of the fun ride titles or making some wise ass comment about something.

[AlanA]

@Steve O 157749 wrote:

And here’s how the top 20 would have fared under the Badass system. Green means that player would have ranked higher; red means lower.
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A little change in the top 10, but a bunch of players would have dropped out of the top 20 altogether. I think this shows that one type of rider can rack up miles, but a different type of rider racks up “badass” miles.

I know I did not fully participate in the “badass riding in snow and blizzard conditions” (because I’m not frikken nuts!!), but you go to HI and do a HC climb 3 times (while improving your pace each time) along with many other Cat climbs, and also deal with the brutal winds. It’s just a different version of “badass”. And yes, I do realize that this is a “freezing saddles” competition, but I don’t think you’d have enough members to join if all of the participants only rode when the weather was shitty!!

I’m also just a regular old road bicyclist. I’m not set up to ride mega-miles in the dark or to ride in the snow, nor do I intend to do so. Does that make me less worthy?

Someone who choses to do a normal commute of ?? miles per day no matter what the weather has made more of a life decision than to be a badass on the bike. Either that or they lost their license due to those numerous DUI’s.

lol, and I am not replying to this as I noticed that I fell from #3 to #4. It’s more of a general statement. I certainly hope no one takes offense to this. I’m pretty much just rambling. But it feels good.

Oh, and PS. What’s with the bonus for HP laps? You’re just going around and around for no real purpose on flat roads. How is that “badass”??

[AlanA]

@Judd 157529 wrote:

The results of the Guess Your Final Score are in. Congratulations to Bobco who guessed his final score EXACTLY! It appears that his complicated math formula in this thread was a winner, in addition to going out for a 12 mile ride yesterday after having ridden 84 miles for the VASA ride.

Lots of people came very close to guessing their final score. And lots of people blew their guess out of the water. The final tally is below. Holler at me if I missed your guess on the thread and I’ll update it.

Name – Guess – Actual – Difference
Alan A. – 3,456 – 4,205 – 749
Amalitza – 1,985 – 1,707 – 278
Bob C. – 35 – Gone from the leaderboard
Brett L. – 2,170 – 2,108 – 62
Carol C. – 2,100 – 2,230 – 130
Casey B. – 2,280 – 2,980 – 700
Chris M. – 1,000 – 1,601 – 601
Erin M. – 1,100 – 1,200 – 100
Grace C. – 1,337 – 1,651 – 314
Jeanne S. – 513 – 1,081 – 513
Judd L. – 3,120 – 3,796 – 676
Komorebi L. – 2,616 – 2,767 – 151
Matt H. – 3,275 – 3,860 – 585
Nick W – 2,528 – 3,254 – 726
Nimish – 2,100 – 1,157 – 943
ricky – 666 – 2,550 – 1,884
Robert S. – 2,250 – 2,250 – 0
Rod S. – 4,187 – 4,345 – 158
Samuel F. – 1,890 – 2,553 – 663
Sara L. – 1,345 – 1,246 – 99
Steve O – 1,000,000 – 2,243 – 997,757

Considering that I had no idea what I was doing and this was totally uncharted territory for me, I was glad that I totally blew it (and I just took a wild guess at 3456). If this would have been years past, my total would have been about 1,000. I wasn’t expecting such a dry winter.

Nice job to the people who came so close (and actually got it exact)!

[AlanA]

Count me in!!

[AlanA]

@Judd 155665 wrote:

Funoteers,

I solicited feedback in person for those remaining at the end of the BFC President’s Day Ride, but I’m interested in additional feedback to make future rides better (I’m trying to organize something at least monthly). I welcome honest and critical feedback. My own perception is that the stops and ride took much longer than I thought they would. I also didn’t plan for bathroom/snack breaks (Komorebi usually keeps me in line on this, but I didn’t let her get involved in the route planning this time) I thought we did a pretty good job of keeping a group of 30 riders together in city traffic.

What did you like best?

What did you like least or think could be improved?

Would you recommend this ride to a friend?

I enjoyed this a lot, but I had planned on the ride taking two hours. And considering that I only made it through about half of the ride in two hours, makes it really hard for some people to make plans. Two hours without a bathroom break is pushing it, but 3-4 hours is really crazy!!

Don’t forget that a few people actually do other things than ride a bike (lol, although I’m not one of them). I had just made other plans based upon the two hour ride description. And I’m also not set up to ride 24 hours a day through night and day like many of you are.

For the part I was on, you guys were extremely organized and kept everyone safe. In that regard, it was great.

I would really like to do something like this on a monthly basis. But from my perspective, I think that a 2-3 hour time limit might work a bit better for some of us. I’m not sure how many people stayed for the entire ride, so if it was all but me, then I guess this is a moot point.

[AlanA]

@Judd 155393 wrote:

Hey all you Funateers! I hope you are as amped about the ride tomorrow as I am! You are all very lucky that I was able to find two more ways to connect this ride to the great State of Illinois, adopted state of Judd Lumberjack.

I had hoped to post a ride map, but Google Maps was so infuriating that I nearly chucked my MacBook out the window.

The ride is starting in Rosslyn and ending at Jones Point in Alexandria. Sunyata has suggested that there should be a post ride after party at Bluejacket in SW DC, which is a fantastic idea. The ride is about 20 miles and the end point is adjacent to the Mt. Vernon trail. I’ll make sure that everyone gets to a place where they know how to get home.

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I had no idea that we’d be doing some bike polo. That sounds like fun.

And I will be one of those people that need some serious help getting back home. I know how to get to Arlington (since my Mom used to live there and I would visit every so often). But once I’m out of my comfort zone, I’m clueless. The only way I ever came back home was Via Chain Bridge and went up Arizona by AU and then worked my way through Rock Creek.

[AlanA]

If I’m coming up Wilson, do I have access to the Starbucks if I turn left on Oak? Or do I have to go up further and then come back down one the many stupid one way roads that you dumb Virginian’s have?!?!?

[AlanA]

@Mtansill 155240 wrote:

Dang. I misread this. I thought we were meeting in some easy-to-get-to DC Starbucks. When will the ride cross-over into DC for us Arlington-challenged riders?

Whew! I’m glad I checked on this post. I thought we were meeting somewhere in DC also. Not sure why I thought that, but I did.

That’ll require a bit of extra time in the morning, but at least I know where I’m going.

[AlanA]

I am offended at the way this post is heading. Especially with the derogatory comments aimed at idiot riders!!

If I didn’t know better, I’d say that you all lived in a country with someone like Donald Trump as President!

[AlanA]

@Bob James 154871 wrote:

Okay, so we dropped behind Team 10 this weekend by 286 points. There was little we could do to stop their onslaught with a group ride of 6-7 teamates riding 80-100 miles. I’m very pleased with Team 15’s consistent riding and we had a good ride weekend as well. So no need to be discouraged. Hopefully we can get together for a happy hour and/or ride this week (more to come on both). Way to go Team 15. Remember, if you can’t commit the time to the big ride you would want to do, still go out and do that sleaze ride you can do.

Bob! You’re slacking off!! You better start racking up some real miles soon!

lol, and there’s a good reason to be a team somewhere below the top. The stress level is much lower when you don’t expect anything.

[AlanA]

@SarahBee 154955 wrote:

Team 18’ers. I am planning on riding in the WABA strong women ride this Saturday with some extra infiltration on Team 14’s happy hour at the Caboose in Vienna afterward. Please let me know if you want to be part of the shenanigans.

Lovingly,

Sarah Bwe

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Ooh, I like strong women!! But the Vienna part scares me a bit since that’s like 50 miles from my house (I’m not Bob James!!). And I may also be doing another ride out here in the boonies of MD. I do plan on doing the President’s Day ride, though. I hope to see some of you there.

[AlanA]

Wow! That’s amazingly insane.

I’ll do my best to make it, but that State of Virginia is not very accommodating on a Friday evening.

[AlanA]

Go team go, rah, rah rah!!

(post bump)

And sorry I’m not much on the social end. I just like to ride miles from my house. But I do hope to meet some of you on the Pres. Day ride. And if you come up with something before that, please let me know.

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