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“Be the Good” yard art and belated posting 1/19/25 yard art on Russell Road in Alexandria VA

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“It’s a Wonderful Life” yard at on Holiday Card Lane in Del Ray, Alexandria VA

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Great idea, and I just extended this invite to my team’s #6 Strava Club so hopefully it’ll will bring more Freezing Saddles together. Thanks for organizing.

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Extremities are the most vulnerable parts of the body when exercising in extreme cold: head (especially ears and nose), fingers and toes.

Head: cover everything with a Buff, Ski goggles and a cycling cap. Leave no skin exposed.

Feet: wool socks and neoprene shoe covers ensure that my toes never get frozen even in the wet

Hands: Bar Mitts work wonders against wind chill even with lite weight gloves on

Polar Vortex game changer: heated shoe soles and glove liners (w/ integrated rechargeable batteries)

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Today I found a limited edition Lilly Pulitzer Jeep Wrangler featuring a colorful Lilly design along the 2600 block of S. Adam’s Street, Arlington VA.

This collaboration between Jeep and the fashion icon Lilly Pulitzer was announced in 2008, to create these limited-edition Wranglers featuring a colorful Lilly design in pink, green, and yellow hibiscus flowers.

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Belated 1/17/25 posting as I passed out last night while setting up my BAFS2025 Team Strava Club and herding cats to join it…

Santa’s Elf (backed up by Rudolph) with the list of who’s been naughty or nice #yardart on Russell Road, Alexandria VA

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BAFS Scoring Cheat Sheet
Miles = Points
1 = 20
2 = 29
3 = 37
4 = 44
5 = 50
6 = 55
7 = 59
8 = 62
9 = 64
10 = 65
… and so on, with each mile beyond 10 earning an additional BAFS point.

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Hello winter cyclists! I have the honor of being your team captain, mentor, cheerleader, cajoler etc for this year’s freezing saddles season. Shout out to @jrenaut who will join me as co-admin for our Strava Club (and likely this thread, too;-)

Here’s what you need to do for us to become a real BAFS team.

1. Ride your bike. Every. Dang. Day. At least a mile, please! Consistency, even if only an original sleaze ride (1 mile), not mega miles, defines BAFS success.

2. Confirm receipt of this message either here or via email so that we know that you (i) are a real person, committed to the silliness of BAFS2025, (ii) understand what to do next, and (iii) introduce yourself to the team.

3. Follow me Boomer Cycles on Strava so that jrenaut or I can invite you to join our Strava Club BAFS 2025 Team 6. Our club is by invitation only and will be sent via Strava once we follow each other on Strava … or alternatively you can seek out our club on Strava Clubs and one of us will accept your request to join. By invitation only will keep the Bike Forum and Strava groupies from crashing our party, skewing our Team’s scoring, and having to evict them later (and why the link is not posted here). Joining our Team 6 Strava Club is CRITICAL for your hard earned miles to be credited to our BAFS2025 team 6! Otherwise, your efforts will wither in the ether.

4. Follow everyone else on our team (on Strava) so that we can encourage each other, have fun and maybe even do a group ride together.

5. Suggest a name for our Team: maybe like the Pedalwans (for you Star Warriors out there … thanks to @SJMinArlington for fact checking my reference;-)???

6. Did I say ride your bike? Every. Dang. Day. At least a mile? Pretty Please!

Feel free to post any questions here that you have as there are seasoned BAFS veterans on this team that can likely answer you quickly, especially if I’m out riding my bike in a blizzard and offline.

About me: I’ve been doing this crazy challenge since 2015, am usually at least an everyday #decasleaze + rider, participate in and/or sponsored pointless prizes (#publicartfinder) for motivation and average around 1700 +/- miles during past BAFS seasons …. barring any unexpected business travel (low risk since I am now semi-retired) or injuries (moderate risk as I am now mildly arthritic, along with the rest of the kids my age). I have flirted with past hyper-mile individual leaderboard competitions and once finished in the Top Ten. Last year I dropped out near the end due to an injury. I’ve been on BAFS teams that won it all (2017) and came in almost dead last (2024). The difference was the number of team members who rode consistently, irrespective of the mileage. It’s effectively impossible for a team to make up points for those who don’t ride, even if the team has a few big riders. I live near the Potomac Yards Metro Station in Alexandria, 2 blocks away from the 4 Mile Run Trail (4MRT) that easily connects me to either the Mount Vernon Trail (south of DCA) or the W&OD trailhead in Shirlington (Arlington) VA. I’m always open to mentor newbies or just ride along with you for as long/far as you are confident, especially if that will get you out on your bike!:-)

What about you?

Ride & Seek,

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My bike leaning against an inflated Reindeer w/ an ugly Xmas sweater, found just off of Cameron Ave, Old Town Alexandria VA

 

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More seasonal pop up yard art, while it lasts and the snowmen melt, until the next snow storm: 255 Lynhaven Dr, Alexandria VA

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Snowman #5 w/ an impressive top hat @ 1506 Russell Road, Alexandria VA

my bike’s saddles is the fuzzy foreground at the bottom of this photo, FYI

 

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Porch Santa 🎅 on the 100 block of Lynhaven Drive, Lynhaven hood of Alexandria VA

I guess that the persistent polar vortex means that we’re having an extended Christmas #popupart season this year…

 

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1/12/25. – Snowman #4 #popup #yardart

1516 Commonwealth Ave Apt complex, Alexandria VA

The pedal of my bike is the blurry foreground at the bottom of this photo’s frame, FYI

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1/11/25 The Grinch who stole somebody’s Christmas Onsie

N Payne St corner w/ Cameron St, Old Town Alexandria VA

#new2me #yardart

 

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1/10/25 – Snowman #3

Found along Four Mile Run Trail (4MRT) behind the baseball field nearest to the water, end of Commonwealth Ave, Alexandria VA

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