The National Bike Challenge is a great tool to demonstrate the benefits of biking and encourage decision makers at the local, state and national levels. http://wisconsinbikefed.org/2014/12/22/bike-challenge-award-presented-to-dot-sec-gottlieb/
Fun story about fellow NBC rider from Colorado http://www.reporterherald.com/lifestyles/recreation/ci_26824677/loveland-man-meets-success-national-bike-challenge
The National Bike Challenge website will continue to collect miles and perform as it did throughout the five months of the event. You can still plug into your national and local community of cyclists and track your miles on the site. We're out of prizes but the personal motivation continues!
We did it! Together we pedaled over 23 million miles and involved 47,000 people on bikes! Congratulations to all of you for a spectacular 2014 National Bike Challenge. Click here to read the wrap-up and see the award winners: http://bikeleague.org/content/challenge-470000-riders-23m-miles
Get your miles logged to be eligible for September prizes. Your last chance is tomorrow at Midnight Central Time.
How many miles will you be logging?
Sorry that some of you continue to have problems syncing with Endomondo. Please join the conversation in GetSatisfaction if you would like more information. We are working to resolve the issue and I encourage you to log miles manually until it is resolved. https://getsatisfaction.com/nationalbikechallenge
We did it! We've hit 20 million miles! How long till we hit 30?!
We're ending the Challenge with a bang. This month we'll be selecting one Platinum/Diamond rider to win a 4 Day North American Ride Camp Trip from Trek Travel. Don't be left out of the drawing! Ride and Log!
Check to see if you are one of the 163 randomly selected August Prize winners here: https://nationalbikechallenge.org/prizes We'll be contacting you this week if you are!
It is the first of September and we have already ridden more miles in the first four months of the 2014 Challenge than we did during the entire 2013 Challenge. Get out and enjoy the weather in your area and take time to make the most of the 30 days of September. Challenge yourself to finish strong!
"To make a long story short, they found 80% to 90% blockage in two main arteries in my heart (one of which is called the “widow maker”) and I ended up getting 5 stents implanted in those arteries to open them up. Now I am completely healed and can ride and race as hard as I want to, and loving every minute of it. I recently completed a 20k time trial in the fastest time I have ever achieved. Since the symptoms I was having only occurred when I was riding my bike at something more than a casual pace, I believe if I had not been riding my bike and training for races, my symptoms would have gone undetected and the condition would have worsened to the point that I would have had a heart attack. So I credit my riding and training for possibly saving my life." Amazing story from Gregg: http://bit.ly/VTqtRC
From Bob in Minnesota: "Since September 2013 I have: Lost 30 pounds and 4" off of my waist. Reduced the amount of blood pressure medicine I take by 50%. Ridden 3,300+ miles on trails, roads, and trainer. Completed RAGBRAI XLII." http://bit.ly/VLmsym How's the Challenge impacting your health?
We're down to 233 hardy riders in Wisconsin this December from 5,514 riders during the official Challenge period. The weather in the Badger state in December so far has been mild and dry and conducive to cycling. I've even had my road bike out on weekends. I usually have it attached to a trainer on the lower level by now.
BTW, there was a girl on the trial yesterday, maybe 7 years old, riding a kid's bike with her dad jogging along beside her on the trail.
HI all, an unexpected opportunity presented itself yesterday in the middle of all the holiday confusion. The weather was wonderfully warm, temps in the 50s. The skies were overcast so it was difficult to decide what to wear. I opted for s shirt under my jersey and wind resistant tights. Turned out I could have used some long sleeves since the wind was a bit chilly, particularly on the downhills. But my friend and I met down at the school, twisted and turned down the road, through neighborhoods, across the bridge and on to the trail. Half dozen or so others out taking advantage of the relatively good weather. Made us want to ride again today, but alas, while we have a break from work its rainyyyyy. GRRR. CONTINUED HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE. Santa didn't put the commuter bike down the chimney, but it will be waiting at a bike store near me for pick up in January. WOO HOO!! >>>>>@Mark, glad you are enjoying those rides with your son. Nature, outside, who knew? It could even replace tv and video games as a pass-time. Way to ROLL!!
I am grateful for the two bike rides I had today. My morning commute was wonderful and felt much more like an early spring morning than a late December one with temperatures near 40 degrees and partly sunny skies. I rode a longer 15.3-mile route that included a ride through the scenic Arboretum and along the Wingra Creek Parkway. My evening commute was magical. I really enjoyed riding along the bay while a crescent moon hovered above and cast wonderful light orange beams into the sky. I also enjoyed the lights of the downtown skyline, including the white lights of the capital that reflected into the water. I hope everyone had a very merry Christmas.
@AALA-what does that mean? She said, nobody's gonna break a my stride, nobody's gonna hold me down....wahoo! roll on! sounds like everyone had a merry, happy holiday!
82+ miles in two days. Nothing out of the ordinary about that... accept that it's December. Merry Merry Christmas! Hurry Spring!!! Mary
Oh forgot to comment on the weather this morning...30 degrees with 19 degree wind chill. Yes Winter has finally found the mountain. Brrr.
OK a day late but hope all had a Merry Christmas! Enjoyed a 12 mile round trip ride with my son yesterday on his new GT Aggressor 3.0 down to the oil field and back up the mountain on the Ojai Trail. Saw lots of riders going both ways. My son kept saying, "Dad I really like my bike" and "Wow look at the mountains, trees, nature etc" Got home and he had a flat. Thanks to sale at the LBS he had extra tubes in his stocking. Changed tubes at the grandparents(yes had to take the bikes there) and found the seam had the hole so will try to get the same LBS to honor a new tube on a one day old bike. Went to load them up to take them home and the Trek had a flat. Didn't investigate that have a tube just in case. Ride safe all and hope all had a great whatever you celebrate.
We exchange one box on Christmas Eve, leave the rest for tomorrow. Mamma got daddy a new set of Ortlieb Back Roller Classics! Boo-yah! Merry ChristmaHannaKwanzakah to all, and to all, a Good Night!
Thanks to Santa's elves at the post office, my replacement idler wheels for my Rocket showed up early this morning. Put them on and went out for a long test ride. Rode around in a red jacket and my Santa hat waving and smiling like a fool at everyone I saw to spread some Christmas cheer. Lots of people honking at me - there were even a few I wasn't in the way of. Only 54 degrees here in Southtown, so I'm guessing the Miser brothers won't be working out a deal for us to get sneaux yet again this year. Merry Christmas y'all.
Strange, woke up this morning craving a vegemite sandwich....Ditto what Mr. Cleland said about you all up north. Including you Noel. Noel.
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