The National Bike Challenge is on!

[Dirt]

@eminva 21006 wrote:

Hello —

Is anyone else having this problem? I rode 35 miles today (three different rides, the first at 8 a.m.), and when I go to my Endomondo personal page, they all show up. However, for purposes of the National Bike Challenge, the miles have not been added to my total and I accrued no points today. What is going on?

Thanks for any insight.

Liz

It took a long time for the points to show up last night…. Like 2+ hours for mine. This morning they were there and it was a great month for the Bike Arlington teams!!!

[vvill]

@Certifried 21020 wrote:

I do have an endomondo account, I just don’t use the app to log my ride (I use runkeeper). I do log my miles manually, however. I have 367 points, not a lot, but if someone is short it might help a little

It doesn’t matter how you log your miles on endomondo for the National Bike Challenge. (Unlike say, Strava, where challenges require GPS data to count towards mileage/elevation/etc.)

[Mark Blacknell]

And for all his hard work, Consularrider wins a water bottle in this month’s drawing. http://www.endomondo.com/campaign/national/winners

Truly, sir, I think a speech is in order.

[Dirt]

@Mark Blacknell 21051 wrote:

And for all his hard work, Consularrider wins a water bottle in this month’s drawing. http://www.endomondo.com/campaign/national/winners

Truly, sir, I think a speech is in order.

I really wanted to win the year’s supply of toilet paper.

[consularrider]

@Mark Blacknell 21051 wrote:

And for all his hard work, Consularrider wins a water bottle in this month’s drawing. http://www.endomondo.com/campaign/national/winners

Truly, sir, I think a speech is in order.

Hmmm…well, thank you all for the inspiration! I only get a bronze water bottle? But where is the platinum award prize, I made it with last night’s ride after the happy hour!

[GuyContinental]

Out of curiosity, is anyone else tracking climbing? I hit 18K in May (a personal high) but did only one N. Arlington tour that could classify as a “Hill Ride”

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[vvill]

@GuyContinental 21083 wrote:

Out of curiosity, is anyone else tracking climbing? I hit 18K in May (a personal high) but did only one N. Arlington tour that could classify as a “Hill Ride”

I don’t specifically track it but I looked it up. Since I’ve had my Garmin 500: 36k in March, 30k in April and 29k in May. Jan and Feb were 20k and 12k according to map elevations (instead of barometric pressure) so probably a bit inflated. There was a climbing challenge on Strava in March/April so the elevations there were probably my highest.

[Dirt]

@GuyContinental 21083 wrote:

Out of curiosity, is anyone else tracking climbing? I hit 18K in May (a personal high) but did only one N. Arlington tour that could classify as a “Hill Ride”

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I just took a quick look in Strava and noticed that I’ve got just short of 215,000 feet of climbing for the year so far.

[consularrider]

Since I am using a Garmin Edge 500 to track my rides (all of them), the elevation gain for each ride gets downloaded. For 2012 Jan was 23K, Feb 32K, March 32K, Apr 36K, and May 32K or 155k for the year.

[DCLiz]

@consularrider 21070 wrote:

Hmmm…well, thank you all for the inspiration! I only get a bronze water bottle? But where is the platinum award prize, I made it with last night’s ride after the happy hour!

I read this in the Bike Challenge comments: The platinum drawing is only held at the end of the contest. If you made Platinum or Gold in May, you will be entered into the Gold level drawing for all four months. If you don’t win in Gold, then you are entered in the Silver drawing, and if you don’t win in Silver, then you are entered in the Bronze drawing. Hence the water bottle.

I am sad that Chris Nelson won one of the bikes I want, even though I wasn’t eligible for the Gold drawing this month. I’ll be there in June, though!

[dbb]

@Dirt 21054 wrote:

I really wanted to win the year’s supply of toilet paper.

How do they “know” how much a year’s supply is?

[PotomacCyclist]

Mr. Whipple decides.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbOuv2CipFE

[rcannon100]

And Consular Rider is already over 200 pts!!!

He must need that Toilet Paper!

[Dirt]

@rcannon100 21178 wrote:

And Consular Rider is already over 200 pts!!!

He must need that Toilet Paper!

I suck. I’m only at 199.

[TwoWheelsDC]

Tour de Cure was today out on the W&OD, so I imagine we’ll be seeing a lot of mileage put on by the DC community. I ran into the ride unwittingly while doing my own century ride and there were a TON of people out there.

[Author]

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