[Rec_bike] The informal Fall Bike Commute Challenge Results

[Mathew Wright]

Arne/Chris,
I believe we are trying to promote two completely separate things here.  
(1) Encourage people to ride to work.  (2) To encourage people to ride 
their bikes.
I like the idea of having three separate challenges.  I think that most 
miles ridden should be open to anyone riding a bike.  Therefore anyone 
riding during lunch or on the weekend will get credit.  Most days is an 
exciting challenge for people who bought homes close to lab to reduce 
their overall emissions and they (me) should not be penalized for living 
close to work.  Fraction of days is an interesting challenge where I 
believe should encompass every trip to the lab that includes getting 
called in as well as working on the weekend or just stopping by the lab 
for a couple of minutes.  I think that people should also count any time 
they are in a car to and from the Lab, making people count going to 
lunch with someone who does the driving.  I believe that the highest 
fraction challenge is to see how dedicated people are in reducing their 
total emissions.  i think that I am not as dedicate as I do not take any 
extra time to bike in when called in for operations and I like getting 
people to drive me to lunch when they may have optioned out to go to the 
cafeteria.
Also, I would be more than glad to help set up the web page.  Maybe we 
can use a goggle spreadsheet.

Mat



On 12/19/2012 10:22 AM, Arne Freyberger wrote:
> Chris,
>      You hit the bell with your questions/comments.  I was going to 
> put together a website over break and into January for Jlab bike 
> commute effort.   I was thinking of having different aspects for the 
> spring challenges, as you suggest:
>
>  1. Most miles ridden
>  2. Most days (this was the basis for the recent fall challenge).
>  3. Highest fraction of days?
>
> Not so sure of the fitness challenge, since the goal is to  replace a 
> car with a bike.   The lunch time rides aren't replacing a car?  For 
> the fitness challenge I suggest resurrecting the "Summer Points 
> Series", ask Matt about it.
>
> For the website:
>
>  1. Maps of known commute routes
>  2. page to enter daily commute data
>  3. videos of known routes (if I ever find my handlebar-cam)
>  4. Pictures of bicycles for commuting
>  5. maps/list to the Jlab shower locations
>
> Maybe, we just need a WIKI entrance point....
>
> Arne
>
>
> On 12/19/2012 10:09 AM, Christopher Soova wrote:
>> The "Commute Challenge" should take into consideration your commute distance, which could lead to an additional challenge "Cycling Fitness Challenge" to see who can log the most miles for the year or the season.  This would allow all JLab Bike Club members to participate, due to those who live beyond a reasonable commute distance.
>>
>> Questions for all:
>>   .How would we go about recording all the mileage data?
>>   .Is anyone capable and willing to setup a website to log the data?
>>   .Should we setup common cycling routes with known distances and maps to choose from?  This would be a good thing for safety reasons also.  Your co-workers would know where   you went if you did not return, due to a possible accident or worst a fatal one.
>>
>> Arne, I think it's great that you and your co-workers are able to commute to work; someday I hope to do the same when I make the move closer to work.  I am curious though, what is the commute distance that Matt, Darrell, and you travel?
>>
>> Chris Soova
>> Designer
>> Physics Hall A
>> ext. 7153
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Will Oren"<oren at jlab.org>
>> To: "Arne Freyberger"<freyberg at jlab.org>, "Bike guys"<rec_bike at jlab.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 12:04:27 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Rec_bike] The informal Fall Bike Commute Challenge Results
>>
>>
>> good idea but let's make it in the summer though so long distance commuters like me have some daylight for dodging cars on the highway.
>>
>> Will
>>
>>
>> On 12/18/2012 7:43 AM, Arne Freyberger wrote:
>>
>>
>> Over on the accelerator side of the fence, three of us (Mat Wright, Darrell Spraggins, and myself) had a contest to see who could commute to work the most from the end of August up to the Winter Break. While we are not quite at the Winter Break, the final results have been tallied. Darrell and Mat tied with 78 commuting days out of 82 total days. One of the more interesting fact is that on only one occasion did one of us drive a car to work. The bulk of the missed days were Vacation, Travel or Sick.
>>
>> Anyway, I thought I'd share this with the bike email list. Perhaps we should hold a Spring Commute Challenge and open it up to the whole lab? Get JAG to throw in some nice prizes? How about May bike to work month?
>>
>> Arne
>>
>
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