National Bike Challenge 2015-Washington Area All-Stars

[cvcalhoun]

@Mikey 121476 wrote:

Did G’Ville give up?

If only…

[Rod Smith]

It does look like we’ve kinda burst their bubble.

I started a WAAS Facebook group, if your not in it feel free to join. I’ve been more active on that page than on this thread and I apologize for that because the BikeArlington.com community is still the heart of this team. I know some of you don’t like that I’ve recruited people from outside of this group but I really wanted to win. :p Now I feel like I cheated or something but this is a bicycling competition after all. Everyone on the team is local, as far as I can tell. I know most of them. I invited my Facebook friends and one of them invited his Facebook friends and one of them invited his Facebook friends, so now we are a big team with more riders I don’t know but I know people who know them and so do most of you. We’re still one big happy family, we just branched out a little bit. #bikedc

[dbb]

@Rod Smith 121494 wrote:

I know some of you don’t like that I’ve recruited people from outside of this group but I really wanted to win. Now I feel like I cheated or something but this is a bicycling competition after all. Everyone on the team is local, as far as I can tell.

I think that getting local riders on the team is not only reasonable, but this could be a starter drug to get more active folks on the forum. As you suggested, we are all cyclists, local and committed to improving cycling in the area. Hell, we all reached out in our recruiting and that was a good thing. Arlingtonrider and I were trying to recruit some DC Bike Police to join the team during the recent PA Ave bike lane protest.

[Mikey]

We should all make new friends now and then. Rod thanks for expanding our group!

[Rod Smith]

@dbb 121499 wrote:

I think that getting local riders on the team is not only reasonable, but this could be a starter drug to get more active folks on the forum. As you suggested, we are all cyclists, local and committed to improving cycling in the area. Hell, we all reached out in our recruiting and that was a good thing. Arlingtonrider and I were trying to recruit some DC Bike Police to join the team during the recent PA Ave bike lane protest.

Thanks! That’s what I meant to say! I didn’t mean to single out Nic and Dave because I know a lot of y’all have brought people in. The two police I saw a couple times after that and I shout at them “National Bike Challenge!” and “Washington All-Stars!” They nod and smile but I don’t think they joined. Maybe?

[sethpo]

Hey Rod. I can invite some folks from work that ride but do you have somewhere easy instructions on how they join our team? Sorry if you’ve shared that before.

[chris_s]

@sethpo 121524 wrote:

Hey Rod. I can invite some folks from work that ride but do you have somewhere easy instructions on how they join our team? Sorry if you’ve shared that before.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cBDKb-b4cu9IC_sPiVAVqa4Llf7-1WZpqF_ymCXPPSs/edit

[cvcalhoun]

@sethpo 121524 wrote:

Hey Rod. I can invite some folks from work that ride but do you have somewhere easy instructions on how they join our team? Sorry if you’ve shared that before.

Just check the first post in this thread.

[MFC]

If I join WAAS now, do my points and miles I’ve previously accumulated transfer over?

[cvcalhoun]

@MFC 121546 wrote:

If I join WAAS now, do my points and miles I’ve previously accumulated transfer over?

If you have been a member of the National Bike Challenge, but had not previously been a member of WAAS, the answer is definitely yes.

If you have not been a member of the National Bike Challenge at all, the answer is still yes, in theory. In practice, it’s a bit more complicated.

If you use Strava, all miles from the past 12 months will be picked up and counted. If you use Endomondo, only the past 16 workouts will be picked up and counted. If you use MapMyRide, only the past 7 days will be picked up and counted. If you use Moves, only the past 6 days will be picked up and counted.

The easiest way to do this is obviously to use Strava. If you use other apps, you can manually enter miles for past periods. However, this is enough of a hassle that it’s best to use Strava if you can.

If you’re using a Garmin, and not already using Strava, it’s easy to start. You can upload the miles directly to Strava. Or you can upload them to the Garmin site (go to this page and click “Import” in the upper right), and then have them synced with Strava.

If you are not using a Garmin, and have been using some program other than Strava to log your miles, let me know, and I can give you programs that can sync to Strava from various other programs.

[MFC]

@cvcalhoun 121553 wrote:

Yes, in theory. In practice, it’s a bit more complicated.

If you use Strava, all miles from the past 12 months will be picked up and counted. If you use Endomondo, only the past 16 workouts will be picked up and counted. If you use MapMyRide, only the past 7 days will be picked up and counted. If you use Moves, only the past 6 days will be picked up and counted.

The easiest way to do this is obviously to use Strava. If you use other apps, you can manually enter miles for past periods. However, this is enough of a hassle that it’s best to use Strava if you can.

If you’re using a Garmin, and not already using Strava, it’s easy to start. You can upload the miles directly to Strava. Or you can upload them to the Garmin site (go to this page and click “Import” in the upper right), and then have them synced with Strava.

If you are not using a Garmin, and have been using some program other than Strava to log your miles, let me know, and I can give you programs that can sync to Strava from various other programs.

I’ve used Strava since I signed up for NBC, and just joined the WAAS. So hopefully my points transferred over smoothly.

[vern]

But more importantly MFC, you will have the glory and prestige of being a Washington Area All-Star.

[dasgeh]

I just went over to the NBC site to check my status. I had done so early in the challenge and I was all signed up and signed up for WAAC. I was also signed up over the winter, as I was consistently towards the top of the leaderboard for women…

Anywho, when I went over today, it seemed like I was signing up for the first time, and the nbc site said I had 0 miles on 0 days… Ugh.

[kwarkentien]

Make sure you used the same login (e.g, Strava, Endomondo, Facebook). If you logged in with a different method, you can create another profile. I had that happen last year.

[dasgeh]

@kwarkentien 121571 wrote:

Make sure you used the same login (e.g, Strava, Endomondo, Facebook). If you logged in with a different method, you can create another profile. I had that happen last year.

I’m 99% certain I’ve always used strava.

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