I work in a building that employs at least 300 people during the day, and know that some of these folks do lunch rides. I am acclimating to day shift after three years on nights, and was wondering if any of you are part of or have started a commuting club at work? The goal is to find people who may want to expand their riding from a lunch ride (lots of bikes on the roofs of cars) to a commute. Winter may not be the best time to do this, but even one person would make the commute a little more interesting.

Sure, it should be as simple as sending out a mass e-mail, but would like some opinions on how to make it sound more appealing.

We started one earlier this year. It has been very beneficial to our corporate cycling commuters. As a group we were able to lobby for better cycling infrastructure set up, security measures, etc. In fact our company is into this Green initiative so having an active cycling group was a boon to the image of the company no doubt.
We even have monthly meets to exchange ideas and stuff. So if you can start it, go for it!

Interesting idea... hmm...

That's a GREAT idea. I think I'll start one.

DRAT! I am the only employee, so I guess I am the club!

here's the one I set up for the MIT Sloan School of Management: https://sloanriders.blogspot.com/

it's been fun, though with the cold it is hard to get people out. we'll try again in the spring

Very nice! The Garmin Connect is a nice touch. Cold weather commuting is good as long as there's no snow or ice (for me) - there's a sense of achievement in a sub-freezing commute.

That's a great idea, to tap the Green factor: Going Green is a side-effect of my commuting. Since my youngest got her license, I let her have the car and only use it on weekends. Commuting is a fitness activity for which happens to be a never-ending source of fun. Sounds like it wouldn't hurt to package it as a Green initiative and submit to the big boss man.

We have 8 bike commuters out of 85 employees and I set up a group on world commute .com. Only 4 have joined my group but I thought it would be a great way to track our commuting....didn't set it up till September this year so I hoping next year we can get more to join in.


https://worldcommute.com/

I think it is important to have periodic get-togethers in the cycling group. Otherwise folks will get back into the "shadows". Strength in numbers. That's where you gain a strong unified voice to lobby improve facilities. We have monthly meets and it is interesting to see the different side of each cyclo-commuters amongst the colleagues. It range from the lycra-kitted out guy, to helmetless wearing SS gal, to gadget cyclist to folks who ride their 30yr old rust bucket. It's a nice diversity. I'm a tinkerer myself.