November Final (and weekly reports)

Group Actions

November Final (and weekly reports)

Posted 8 months ago by Chuckles

November Final:
--------------------

1) JeffL 265.10 n.c.
2) Chuckles 227.65 n.c.
3) mikepop 209.47 n.c.
4) everichon 183.19 n.c.
5) migurski 176.16 n.c.
6) mathowie 143.35 +1
7) fijiwriter 134.79 -1
8) psulli 123.58 n.c.
9) tuwa 111.67 n.c.
10) asbestos_mcpinto 108.27 +1
11) tribaby 106.50 -1
12) hangashore 100.48 n.c.
13) readery 93.50 n.c.
14) thinman 63.80 n.c.
15) isopraxis 41.63 n.c.
16) Lucinda 37.20 n.c.
17) smartyboots 37.20 n.c.
18) box 34.98 n.c.
19) denisealexander 23.50 n.c.
20) Fillanzea 14.50 n.c.
21) mumkin 7.60 n.c.

Week 4 plus a day:
----------------------

1) JeffL 265.10 +1
2) Chuckles 226.51 -1
3) mikepop 196.94 n.c.
4) everichon 183.19 n.c.
5) migurski 176.16 +1
6) fijiwriter 134.79 +3
7) mathowie 128.50 +3
8) psulli 123.58 -3
9) tuwa 111.67 +4
10) tribaby 106.50 +2
11) asbestos_mcpinto 106.04 -3
12) hangashore 100.48 -5
13) readery 93.50 -2
14) thinman 60.70 n.c.
15) isopraxis 41.63 --
16) Lucinda 37.20 n.c.
17) smartyboots 37.20 -2
18) box 34.98 --
19) denisealexander 23.50 -2
20) Fillanzea 14.50 -2
21) mumkin 7.60 -2

Week 3:
----------

1) Chuckles 186.41 +1
2) JeffL 172.10 +1
3) mikepop 147.57 -2
4) everichon 134.89 +1
5) psulli 123.58 +1
6) migurski 120.13 +2
7) hangashore 100.48 n.c.
8) asbestos_mcpinto 98.71 -4
9) fijiwriter 92.03 +3
10) mathowie 84.95 n.c.
11) readery 74.00 +3
12) tribaby 73.80 -3
13) tuwa 50.59 -2
14) thinman 50.10 +2
15) smartyboots 37.20 -2
16) Lucinda 34.10 -1
17) denisealexander 23.50 --
18) Fillanzea 14.50 -1
19) mumkin 7.60 -1

Week 2:
----------

1) mikepop 109.98 +1
2) Chuckles 108.80 -1
3) JeffL 97.80 +3
4) asbestos_mcpinto 96.41 +1
5) everichon 96.25 +2
6) psulli 95.06 --
7) hangashore 88.30 -3
8) migurski 70.40 -5
9) tribaby 62.80 --
10) mathowie 58.55 -1
11) tuwa 50.59 --
12) fijiwriter 43.15 +21
13) smartyboots 37.20 --
14) readery 37.00 --
15) Lucinda 34.10 -7
16) thinman 25.20 --
17) Fillanzea 14.50 -6
18) mumkin 7.60 -8

Week 1:
----------

1) Chuckles 74.60 --
2) mikepop 63.81 --
3) migurski 49.53 --
4) hangashore 48.22 --
5) asbestos_mcpinto 44.80 --
6) JeffL 40.10 --
7) everichon 38.47 --
8) Lucinda 22.50 --
9) mathowie 18.40 --
10) mumkin 7.60 --
11) Fillanzea 7.50 --

Replies

Chuckles says,

Yikes, only 11 people..

fijiwriter says,

Baby, it's cold outside!

tribaby says,

Where am I? Make it a dozen.

JeffL says,

OK, I finally bought some stuff to wear so I can ride in cold weather. Could this be my month at last?

tuwa says,

I'm late again logging my hours.

Chuckles says,

And fijiwriter makes the big 21 position jump, into 12th place, even though there are only 18 participants.

everichon says,

I am starting to weigh whether or not I want to ride on icy and snowy days, with studded tires. On the one hand, it sounds fun. On the other hand, people where I live don't know how to drive in such conditions, so I would be deeply paranoid about randomly carroming cars.

I used to do it in MKE with no studs, in real snow...I dunno.

Chuckles says,

Ya.. Recreational winter riding is kind of contradictory (though it is fun to screw around in deep snow once in a while). Cycling is the only way I get anywhere though. And, downtown, it is still a superior mode of transportation, even with all the weather related complications.

psulli says,

haHa! I knew there was a reason I bought raingear!

Chuckles says,

mathowie is on the move!

And, my left knee was still hurting this afternoon.. 185lb loads only over shorter distances from now on :P (It really gives you a new perspective on inertia. )

mathowie

says,

I'm gunning for migurski!

Chuckles says,

21 riders now, not too bad for November.

As I suggested earlier, I'm thinking it would be really fun to do a weather related challenge in January, including MetaTalk announcement. Something like this:

(in metric)
score = sum over all rides {distance of ride * -(local daily high temperature)}

Claiming km's on warm days will hurt your score! :)

If anyone can think of a more interesting formula for calculating a weather weighted score, or if you just think the temperature weighting is too strong, I'd love to hammer out an improvement

And, keeping track of time that month is no problem, it will give those poor saps in the warm climates something to think about while the real work is being done :)

If there are only going to be a couple of people riding, it will be a little pointless, of course.. So, feedback please.

mikepop says,

I plan to be riding in January, so I'm in.

So you would calculate your score daily, then total up those scores at the end of the month?

everichon says,

I am very much "in".

Chuckles says,

Oh, ya.. I should have included what users should do :)

If riders put the daily high for their area as the first line of the comment on each activity, I'll script the calculating.

Like:

25F

-1C

mikepop says,

Should we put the daily high, or roughly the temperature when we took the ride? I assume everyone checks the temp close to ride time to figure out what to wear.

everichon says,

Is there a canonical source? Or can I use that AM's newspaper HI-LO?

mathowie

says,

I've never ridden in November before but god am I loving my new Gore windstopper jacket. Most of my rides have been in the 30-40F range and I'm going to try and ride all through winter this year.

everichon says,

I have some kind of Adidas gore-like jacket, and it is what makes doing cold-wet-windy riding do-able for me.

tuwa says,

I'm glad I'm not doing this as competition, else I'd be miffed I live in Florida.

Lucinda says,

I'd like to replace "Claiming km's on warm days will hurt your score!" with "claiming km's on cold days will improve your score!"

(since all my cycling is done indoors.)

fijiwriter says,

Dang! Mathowie sneaked right past me.