kccommuter

The National Bike Challenge is a free and fun event that begins May 1. In addition to prizes and awards, the data from the Challenge will provide state and national bike advocacy groups with critical support they need to increase funding for bicycle infrastructure improvements in the US.

The pre-season is underway. Join today at www.nationalbikechallenge.org

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AdamDZ

To do what? Read N+1 post about The National Bike Challenge?

tonyjaja

+1

kccommuter

Hi Adam,

Hope you can join us - it should be fun.

Rob

JPinWI

KC-

Don't encourage em...you'll decrease our odds of winning one of the fabulous prizes. https://www.endomondo.com/campaign/national/prizelist

BRONZE LEVEL PRIZES – 50 Points
80 Trek Water Bottles/20 Trek Hats
80 Specialized Water bottles/20 Specialized Hats
20 Resource Revival Bottle Openers

SILVER LEVEL PRIZES – 150 Points
20 Trek T-Shirts
20 Specialized T-Shirts
5 Specialized Helmets
20 Easton Bell Helmets – Muni or Sweeps

GOLD LEVEL PRIZES – 500 Points
20 Mt. Borah Official Challenge Jerseys
3 Trek Bicycles:
4 Bicycles from Specialized:
4 One Year’s Supply of Kimberly-Clark Cottonelle Bath Tissue and Moist Wipes

PLATINUM LEVEL PRIZES – 1500 Points
1 Trek California Wine Country Trail Trip
1 Western Spirit White Rim Trail Trip

My personal favorite is the 1yr supply of Bath Tissue...ya just can't have too much of that.

Enjoy!

Artkansas 

Hmm. That site seems to be missing a few documents, like the FAQs and the rules.

This project seems to be very discriminitory against those of us who are unemployed. The 5 feet between my bicycle and my desk just isn't going to be prize-winning.

JPinWI

I'm not sure why the FAQ and RULES links are unavailable to you... Those are links to .pdf documents that could take awhile to come up...I have dial-up at home and it takes several (nearly 10) minutes for those to load.

The challenge is very discriminatory to people who drive cars when they should be biking though. It's not just for riding to work...I believe recreational and non work related riding earn points too. I gotta double check that though and with dial up that could take awhile.

dynodonn 

This is one reason why I won't join our local cycling association, it seems that somewhere further down the road, they will want to find more uses for my spare time/money than I'd care to give.

amdoo

Seems a lot like the Cliff Bar 2 Mile Challenge.

fietsbob

I just ride my bike, out here , all year , in any weather .

AdamDZ

Thanks But I really dislike anything that requires me to track any numbers. And I have this dislike of anything that is a competition even if it's lighthearted and meant for fun. My brain is wired weird (or weird wired, hmm). So I decided to pass this when I learned about this the first time. But have fun!

ItsJustMe

I like commuting even more than that - I like it enough to do it without being offered a prize.

My way I don't have to keep track of anything and I don't have any rules.

I once challenged myself (with a little help from a post here) and went two solid years riding to work every day, despite thunderstorms, deep snow, -25*F temperatures.

If they were really serious they'd start the challenge in October.

kccommuter

Hey ItsJustMe - FYI, we are working on plans for 2013 and one consideration is a year round challenge just as you suggested. Although its just the preseason, MI is in 34th place with 21 riders so far. I like your 2 year challenge - although I am a year round commuter here in Wisconsin, I have not achieved that distinction yet. Good luck to you!

tiedomi511

I just joined the challenge today! Rode a quick 6 mile ride to go get my glasses that I left at my fiance's house haha. My new bike (Liberty Gravity 3) comes in the mail on Thursday so I'm pumped to finally have a road bike and not have to ride a MB wherever I go.

kccommuter

Hey Mark, great to have you on board, hope you enjoy it. Michigan is +3 riders since last night. Good luck with the new road bike.

tiedomi511

Thanks kccomuter! It's great to be here! I'm looking forward to writing a review after a few rides

CommuteCommando

Because I didn't see that post . Sure. Why not.

ThermionicScott 

Cool, I'll do it. Might as well put my miles to another good use.

P.S. I wish there was a better way to search the site -- it looks like duplicate teams have formed because the existing one wasn't found. ("University of Iowa" vs "The University of Iowa"...)

P.P.S. Artkansas, what browser are you using? I'm using IE7 (at work), and some of the formatting and links are messed up. Might be worth trying a different browser.

Seattle Forrest

Before I learned about the "Advocacy and Safety" forum here, I'd be all over this. But, having read some of A&S, I'm not sure I can support "bike advocacy" anymore. Definitely, I don't want to support people who lobby against bike infrastructure, like MUPs, bike lanes, and things of that nature. Also, I won't support advocating to have cyclists ticketed or arrested. The site you linked to doesn't say anything about what advocacy groups this supports, and without knowing the specifics, I'll pass.

This redirects to some other web site.

Booger1

I wouldn't join any group that would have me........

bbunk

I joined up. I was thinking of tracking my miles anyway just for the fun of it. Now I have a chance to win a years worth of TP to boot.

DX-MAN

This. Don't have time to track that stuff, PLUS live my life.

kjmillig

It's certainly drumming up business for Endomondo.

kccommuter

Hi Seattle Forrest - the National Bike Challenge is sponsored by Kimberly-Clark and is a partnership with the League of American Bicyclists, Bikes Belong and Endomondo. Here is a short YouTube video if you want to learn more about the Challenge https://youtu.be/Ogup1v9cnzs. There are now over 2000 riders and all 50 states are represented. See where your state ranks at www.nationalbikechallenge.org I live in Wisconsin and we are currently on top, but I think that could change over the next few weeks as more riders around the country register.