2013 National Bike Challenge

With my last ride, I crested 750 points, optimizing my chances at a years supply of toilet paper. I don’t think I’m hitting the 5k point level.

At Rod’s urging I just signed up for the National Bike Challenge and the Bike Arlington All Stars. Used the https://tapiriik.com/ to link my Strava account and Endomondo. Hopefully it works!

Wow, we gained 4000 points today! A big chunk of that from kayakcyndi who really required very little urging to join. Some other new members were wheedled a bit more. Thanks all for joining. I think some of the rest of the big points today are from people updating their accounts. So we have a little breathing room but I’m still worried about Colorado Springs who were closing the gap. They have 94 members currently signed up. We have 54 members. We ride twice as much as them though and if they add many more riders, they’ll be in a different category. So we may still be a good bet to win “medium sized team”.

I would like more to join our team. Please join. It’s fun and easy! Invite your friends!

@Tim Kelley 53259 wrote:

Yes, I’m signed up. Currently in the top 10 on the team. Miles this year will be lower than normal since I’ll be doing more mountain biking this year.

Don’t think your membership has gone unnoticed or unappreciated! If we win a plaque, I hope it will hang it in your office. I was talking about the Tim that Ron Alford is always drafting behind, a sort of human windscreen that Ron used to good advantage on the climb up Sugarloaf Mountain yesterday.
http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?4659-Post-your-ride-pics&p=53234#post53234

A to Z. Welcome newest team members Adam Bibler and Zanna Warzella! Currently first and last alphabetically, and I think everyone who works for Bike Arlington has joined their org’s namesake team.

@dbb 53349 wrote:

If there is a statistic that excites you, please let me know.

so you can provide professional help?

Here is a roll up from a few minutes ago. To keep it straight, the teams are alphabetical. For some of the elements, the top three are highlighted. Note that the strength in the Bike Arlington All Stars is that the team is quite consistent. We are kicking butt in the points per member. As the summer winds on, that consistency will be critical.

Team Total Points
AEP 39215
BA All Stars 42838
Bike Commuter Cabal 25009
canmd 23498
Colorado Springs Cycling Club 39120
Fish on Bikes 35600
Gainesville Cycling Club 91248
San Diego Cyclists 32446
Santa Monica Bike Center 35731
Team 3M 26255
The Coasters 26673

Team Number of Team Members
AEP 145
BA All Stars 55
Bike Commuter Cabal 54
canmd 46
Colorado Springs Cycling Club 95
Fish on Bikes 155
Gainesville Cycling Club 172
San Diego Cyclists 49
Santa Monica Bike Center 117
Team 3M 88
The Coasters 62

Team Points per Team Member
AEP 270
BA All Stars 779
Bike Commuter Cabal 463
canmd 511
Colorado Springs Cycling Club 412
Fish on Bikes 230
Gainesville Cycling Club 531
San Diego Cyclists 662
Santa Monica Bike Center 305
Team 3M 298
The Coasters 430

Team Increase over Previous Week
AEP 33%
BA All Stars 40%
Bike Commuter Cabal 34%
canmd 40%
Colorado Springs Cycling Club 65%
Fish on Bikes 36%
Gainesville Cycling Club 45%
San Diego Cyclists 39%
Santa Monica Bike Center 62%
Team 3M
The Coasters 32%

For the new riders on the team. You should be able to go back to 1 May and log your miles and rides. You should be able to do this until the end of the month.

It would be a shame to miss those rides and miles.

Well, technically the DC area-teams are actually winning if we add in the elevation variance. (Well maybe the SF or Colorado folks get an edge too).

@dasgeh 53393 wrote:

Can we do a challenge where all distance over a 3% grade counts double, everything over 5% triple, etc.?

Sounds like a challenge for the fall. “Bike Arlington’s Fall from Grace Autumnal Challenge – October 1st through November 30th.”