2014 NBC - who's in?
04-16-14, 06:21 PM
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2014 NBC - who's in?
This is my 3rd year in the National Bike Challenge. The warm-up has begun and the fun officially starts May 1. Who's in for this free 5 month challenge?
04-17-14, 02:07 PM
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This will be my third year.
04-17-14, 02:41 PM
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I'm doing it for the second year. I'm hoping I encourage others I work with to start riding.
04-17-14, 03:35 PM
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I'm in for a third year as well. I like trying to climb the local leader board.
04-17-14, 08:44 PM
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Last year I was 11th in Nevada. Hoping for a top 10 finish this year.
04-17-14, 09:41 PM
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I've been riding everyday since January 1st and already log my mileage, so hey why not?
04-18-14, 12:44 AM
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I'm in. Unfortunately with travel and some other commitments I will not get many days to ride in May. Will have to do extra rides the rest of the time to make up for it.
I wonder if I could get work to organize a team. Since we have a number of bike commuters it could be a fun idea.
I wonder if I could get work to organize a team. Since we have a number of bike commuters it could be a fun idea.
04-18-14, 07:44 AM
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I'm going to ... tried to sign up last week but was having trouble, but will try again now. 
04-18-14, 08:59 AM
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I'm in! Several coworkers too...3rd year for most of us...I won a bike for most commuting miles in my local challenge last year so I need to defend my title! ;-)
04-20-14, 08:40 AM
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6000+ riders so far - my goal is to help my town Appleton, WI take 1st in our size. Good luck to everyone!
05-01-14, 05:16 AM
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I'm in. But it feels like I am the only one. It seems like there is less interest this year. My local page shows zero teams and zero workplaces. I remember several dozen last year.
Anyway, I headed out for work this morning before remembering that I did not check with my MIL/babysitter to see if it was ok to be late this afternoon, so I turned home. 1.1 awesome miles! It's enough to put me in the local lead...
Anyway, I headed out for work this morning before remembering that I did not check with my MIL/babysitter to see if it was ok to be late this afternoon, so I turned home. 1.1 awesome miles! It's enough to put me in the local lead...
05-01-14, 06:54 AM
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I'm in. But it feels like I am the only one. It seems like there is less interest this year. My local page shows zero teams and zero workplaces. I remember several dozen last year.
Anyway, I headed out for work this morning before remembering that I did not check with my MIL/babysitter to see if it was ok to be late this afternoon, so I turned home. 1.1 awesome miles! It's enough to put me in the local lead...
Anyway, I headed out for work this morning before remembering that I did not check with my MIL/babysitter to see if it was ok to be late this afternoon, so I turned home. 1.1 awesome miles! It's enough to put me in the local lead...
05-01-14, 06:59 AM
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I'm in ... but starting with a whimper ... cold and wet here again today. 
05-01-14, 07:11 AM
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I did this last year using the Endomondo App for tracking. It was a bit of a pain remembering to start that for every ride and make sure my phone battery was charged enough for the tracking.
This year - since I started my longer commute in mid February - I've been wearing my Garmin 405 Forerunner. It looks like I can use Endomondo to automatically pull in my rides from Garmin and use that for the challenge. As long as that works I'm in.
But like others noted, I don't see any sort of local leaderboards. I'm the only one at my workplace who rides, so no team here. I guess I'll just have to see how I do on the national level.
Mostly I just hope to win a year's supply of toilet paper. That seemed to be the best award last year.
This year - since I started my longer commute in mid February - I've been wearing my Garmin 405 Forerunner. It looks like I can use Endomondo to automatically pull in my rides from Garmin and use that for the challenge. As long as that works I'm in.
But like others noted, I don't see any sort of local leaderboards. I'm the only one at my workplace who rides, so no team here. I guess I'll just have to see how I do on the national level.
Mostly I just hope to win a year's supply of toilet paper. That seemed to be the best award last year.
05-01-14, 08:33 AM
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It's because everything restarted today since it's the 1st "official" day, you should see more locals later on today.
I'm in. But it feels like I am the only one. It seems like there is less interest this year. My local page shows zero teams and zero workplaces. I remember several dozen last year.
Anyway, I headed out for work this morning before remembering that I did not check with my MIL/babysitter to see if it was ok to be late this afternoon, so I turned home. 1.1 awesome miles! It's enough to put me in the local lead...
Anyway, I headed out for work this morning before remembering that I did not check with my MIL/babysitter to see if it was ok to be late this afternoon, so I turned home. 1.1 awesome miles! It's enough to put me in the local lead...
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