Fort Wayne bike commuter challenge

It was a nice turnout at the dash in on Saturday to celebrate the awesome work that all of the bike commuters did over the month of May.
Congrats to the Summit City Bike team for winning in the miles category and therefore the coveted trophy.  Kudos to the Fort Wayne Bike Commuters team for taking the most trips.  Our trophy is on the right.

Latest results from the Commuter Challenge. Great Job Everyone!

2012 FORT WAYNE BIKE COMMUTER CHALLENGE
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.					GET READY FOR YOUR FIRST CHALLENGE!
.					Commute on the next rainy day after May 9 and we'll add 10 miles to your daily total! Not sure about riding your bike in the rain? Get inspired:
.					Tips for Biking in the Rain
.					TEAM RANKINGS
.		Bike Month is May 1-31, 2012
.					TEAM	MILES			TEAM	TRIPS
.		NATIONAL BIKE MONTH			Fort Wayne Bike Commuters	835			Fort Wayne Bike Commuters	266
.		ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE			Summit City Bikes	643			One Lucky Guitar, Inc.	168
.					One Lucky Guitar, Inc.	573			Cirrus ABS	119
.		Tuesday, May 1, 5:30PM			Fort Wayne Cycling Club	354			Summit City Bikes	74
.		Inaugural Trek the Trails Celebration			Team Trouten	205			Team Trouten	65
.		Salomon Farm Park, 817 W. Dupont Rd.			Cirrus ABS	199			Fort Wayne Cycling Club	44
.		Trek the Trails Rides			Lutheran Hospital	67			Lutheran Hospital	16
.					AtoS	60			AtoS	10
.		May 14-17, 7AM-9AM			Grand Total	2,935			Grand Total	762
.		Free Coffee for Cyclists
.		Show your helmet to a barista			INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS
.		for FREE COFFEE from 7AM-9AM			(rankings of individuals not riding with teams)
.		for cyclists at these downtown cafes:
.		Pembroke Bakery			RIDER	MILES			RIDER	TRIPS
.		The Dash In			BikeMom	530			BikeMom	112
.		Downtown Grind			jdreilly	418			jdreilly	69
.					Angel Campos	286			KB	49
.		Wednesday, May 16th, 7pm			slowroadie	265			DangerousElf	46
.		Ride of Silence			sam c	250			slowroadie	41
.		Friemann Square			ljnftw	247			ljnftw	39
.		Ride to honor cyclists killed or injured			lthompsonfw	228			Angel Campos	29
.		by motor vehicles			jimbo	178			lthompsonfw	26
.					DangerousElf	175			jimbo	26
.		Friday, May 18th, 6:30 to 8AM			KB	123			sam c	25
.		Bike to Work Day @ Headwaters Park			Jared Haagen	104			Physteach	22
.		Free coffee, bagels and other goodies			dpaxson	70			Jared Haagen	18
.					garf16	68			papasquat83	16
.					napark	58			dpaxson	13
.		Friday, May 18th, 4PM-8PM			papasquat83	45			Damian	11
.		Bike to Work Day After Party			Physteach	43			garf16	10
.		Fort Wayne Outfitters			Erin	39			napark	8
.		Celebrate your accomplishments with a			Damian	31			Erin	6
.		party on the river! Music, food and			ahimsa48	26			patrick	5
.		Bent Rim Black Lager!			juliharte	12			Mike Roeger	2
.					patrick	8			juliharte	2
.		Sunday, May 20, 3:05PM			Mike Roeger	4			ahimsa48	2
.		Bike to the Ballpark			Grand Total	3,207			Grand Total	577
.		Free bike parking at the Tin Caps game!
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.		Tuesday, May 22nd, 6:30PM
.		Main Library Theater
.		"Breaking Away"
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.					Ride to work	580	2,883
.					Ride to ride	36	366
.					Errands	244	743
.					Combo	430	1,946
.					Grand Total	1,290	5,937
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Fort Wayne Bike Commuter Challenge Results thus far

2012 FORT WAYNE BIKE COMMUTER CHALLENGE
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.					GET READY FOR YOUR FIRST CHALLENGE!
.					Commute on the next rainy day after May 9 and we'll add 10 miles to your daily total! Not sure about riding your bike in the rain? Get inspired:
.					Tips for Biking in the Rain
.					TEAM RANKINGS
.		Bike Month is May 1-31, 2012
.					TEAM	MILES			TEAM	TRIPS
.		NATIONAL BIKE MONTH			Fort Wayne Bike Commuters	364			Fort Wayne Bike Commuters	138
.		ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE			One Lucky Guitar, Inc.	264			One Lucky Guitar, Inc.	72
.					Summit City Bikes	202			Cirrus ABS	50
.		Tuesday, May 1, 5:30PM			Cirrus ABS	71			Summit City Bikes	24
.		Inaugural Trek the Trails Celebration			Lutheran Hospital	42			Lutheran Hospital	12
.		Salomon Farm Park, 817 W. Dupont Rd.			AtoS	24			AtoS	4
.		Trek the Trails Rides			Grand Total	968			Grand Total	300
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.		May 14-17, 7AM-9AM
.		Free Coffee for Cyclists			INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS
.		Show your helmet to a barista			(rankings of individuals not riding with teams)
.		for FREE COFFEE from 7AM-9AM
.		for cyclists at these downtown cafes:			RIDER	MILES			RIDER	TRIPS
.		Pembroke Bakery			jdreilly	205			Kathy Boling	51
.		The Dash In			Kathy Boling	203			jdreilly	39
.		Downtown Grind			slowroadie	146			DangerousElf	26
.					sam c	139			slowroadie	17
.		Wednesday, May 16th, 7pm			lthompsonfw	115			ljnftw	17
.		Ride of Silence			ljnftw	98			sam c	13
.		Friemann Square			jimbo	82			KB	13
.		Ride to honor cyclists killed or injured			DangerousElf	69			lthompsonfw	12
.		by motor vehicles			napark	58			jimbo	12
.					Jared Haagen	56			Damian	11
.		Friday, May 18th, 6:30 to 8AM			garf16	45			Jared Haagen	10
.		Bike to Work Day @ Headwaters Park			Damian	31			papasquat83	8
.		Free coffee, bagels and other goodies			KB	29			napark	8
.					papasquat83	24			garf16	6
.					dpaxson	12			patrick	5
.		Friday, May 18th, 4PM-8PM			ljftw	12			physteach	4
.		Bike to Work Day After Party			juliharte	12			Mike Roeger	2
.		Fort Wayne Outfitters			ljnfw	11			ljnfw	2
.		Celebrate your accomplishments with a			physteach	8			ljftw	2
.		party on the river! Music, food and			patrick	8			juliharte	2
.		Bent Rim Black Lager!			Mike Roeger	4			dpaxson	2
.					Grand Total	1,366			Grand Total	262
.		Sunday, May 20, 3:05PM
.		Bike to the Ballpark
.		Free bike parking at the Tin Caps game!
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.		Tuesday, May 22nd, 6:30PM
.		Main Library Theater
.		"Breaking Away"				SUM of Number of trips	SUM of Miles
.					Ride to work	283	1,371
.					Ride to ride	27	80
.					Errands	91	239
.					Combo	156	589
.					Grand Total	557	2,279

Right on Fort Wayne!

2012 Fort Wayne Bike Commuter Challenge : Results page

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.		Bike Month is May 1-31, 2012
.					TEAM	MILES			TEAM	TRIPS
.		NATIONAL BIKE MONTH			Fort Wayne Bike Commuters	201			Fort Wayne Bike Commuters	50
.		ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE			One Lucky Guitar, Inc.	155			One Lucky Guitar, Inc.	41
.					Summit City Bikes	118			Cirrus ABS	33
.		Tuesday, May 1, 5:30PM			Cirrus ABS	43			Summit City Bikes	13
.		Inaugural Trek the Trails Celebration			AtoS	24			AtoS	4
.		Salomon Farm Park, 817 W. Dupont Rd.			Lutheran Hospital	10			Lutheran Hospital	3
.		Trek the Trails Rides			Grand Total	551			Grand Total	144
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.		May 14-17, 7AM-9AM
.		Free Coffee for Cyclists			INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS
.		Show your helmet to a barista			(rankings of individuals not riding with teams)
.		for FREE COFFEE from 7AM-9AM
.		for cyclists at these downtown cafes:			RIDER	MILES			RIDER	TRIPS
.		Pembroke Bakery			Kathy Boling	118			Kathy Boling	27
.		The Dash In			jdreilly	118			jdreilly	19
.		Downtown Grind			sam c	74			DangerousElf	12
.					DangerousElf	47			Damian	11
.		Wednesday, May 16th, 7pm			garf16	45			sam c	7
.		Ride of Silence			Damian	31			garf16	6
.		Friemann Square			Jared Haagen	20			patrick	5
.		Ride to honor cyclists killed or injured			juliharte	12			Jared Haagen	4
.		by motor vehicles			patrick	8			papasquat83	2
.					papasquat83	5			Mike Roeger	2
.		Friday, May 18th, 6:30 to 8AM			Mike Roeger	4			juliharte	2
.		Bike to Work Day, Headwaters Park			Grand Total	482			Grand Total	97
.		Free coffee, bagels and other goodies
.		Friday, May 18th, 5-8pm				SUM of Number of trips	SUM of Miles
.		Bike to Work Day After Party			Ride to work	137	638
.		Fort Wayne Outfitters			Ride to ride	2	6
.		Celebrate your accomplishments with			Errands	37	118
.		a party on the river!			Combo	61	258
.		Music, food and Bent Rim Black Lager!			Grand Total	237	1,020
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.		Main Library Theater
.		"Breaking Away"
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Commuter Challenge Fort Wayne Style!

Hey Y'all!
Many of you were involved with the Indiana Bicycle Commuter Challenge that Bicycle Indiana Sponsored Last year.  We logged a crap load of miles and trips and the Fort Wayne Bike Commuters beat every team in the state!
It doesn't really matter that we won, the best part was getting a bunch of out there thinking about commuting by bike to work, the store, everywhere.
I just signed up HERE.
Kept the original team name, Fort Wayne Bike Commuters if you wanna join a team.
So get out there and log some miles/trips!  Starts May 1!
Need more info?  Check the Bike Fort Wayne Facebook page.
Best,
FWBC

Fort Wayne Bike Commuters and pounds of CO2 kept out of the atmosphere

From fueleconomy.gov

It seems impossible that a gallon of gasoline, which weighs about 6.3 pounds, could produce 20 pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2) when burned. However, most of the weight of the CO2 doesn't come from the gasoline itself, but the oxygen in the air.

When gasoline burns, the carbon and hydrogen separate. The hydrogen combines with oxygen to form water (H2O), and carbon combines with oxygen to form carbon dioxide (CO2).

A carbon atom has a weight of 12, and each oxygen atom has a weight of 16, giving each single molecule of CO2 an atomic weight of 44 (12 from carbon and 32 from oxygen).

Therefore, to calculate the amount of CO2 produced from a gallon of gasoline, the weight of the carbon in the gasoline is multiplied by 44/12 or 3.7.

Since gasoline is about 87% carbon and 13% hydrogen by weight, the carbon in a gallon of gasoline weighs 5.5 pounds (6.3 lbs. x .87).

We can then multiply the weight of the carbon (5.5 pounds) by 3.7, which equals 20 pounds of CO2!


According to this data, since the Fort Wayne Bike Commuters have biked 7,522 miles as of 9/26/2011 (assuming each of us would have been driving cars that get 20 miles per gallon, this keeps the math easy)as a team we have kept 7,522 pounds of CO2 out of the atmosphere! (7,522 miles/20 miles per gallon = 376.1 gallons of gas and 1 gallon of gas = 20 pounds of CO2)

With that 7,522 miles traveled we are leading in the miles traveled category and we are also leading the trips category with 1,339 trips by bike!

See all the stats of the 2011 Bicycle Indiana Commuter Challenge HERE.

Way to go everyone! Hats off to the other Fort Wayne teams as well (Summit City Bicycles and Three Rivers Velo Sports)!!

Just a few more days, keep up the good work!

Commuter Challenge results as of 9/19/2011

Bicycle Indiana (Click to see results)

We are still #1 in trips!
We gotta keep the pedal to the floor though people! There is some guy named John Lynn who made 250 some odd trips in the last two weeks! I don't know what team he is on but its not ours.
We are still second in miles behind indycog but gaining.
Great work! 8 days to go! Would love to see us rack up 1200 trips! Go FWBCs!

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Commuter Challenge results as of 9/12/2011

http://bicycleindiana.org/images/2011%20BICC_Results_09122011.pdf

We are ruling in trips!
Runner up in miles!
Keep it up.

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Number 1 in trips and #2 in miles

You know when this thing started, I would have never thought that the Fort Wayne Bike Commuters could put in 1000 trips in 3 months. That is not going to be a problem, we might be there next week. Thanks to all of you for logging all of the trips and miles! It shows that there is a huge bicycling commuter population here in the Fort.

Congrats to the Summit City and Three Rivers Velo Sports teams as well. They didn't want to be on our team but they are a part of our City so kudos to all of the participants that they have recruited.

Between the 3 Fort Wayne teams we have logged 1,145 trips by bike for a total of 7,200 miles. Ginormous!

From Bicycle Indiana
2011 Bicycle Indiana Commute Challenge
Ride Your Drive and Win
Individual and Team Results as of September 6, 2011

Top 20 Individual Results - High Mileage
Mary Craighead 1351
James Lynn 1322
Chuck Reidy 1191
Rick Cox 1018
Nate Gernert 966
Doreen Crenshaw 964
Dan Atkinson 995
Jeffrey Kenny 951
Doug Wengerd 904
John Marshall 886
Tyler Stambaugh 881
Angel Campos 798
Aaron Hawkins 756
Don Golden 679
John Cook 581
Sam Callaway 542
cam starnes 532
Kurt Weisner 531
James Walter 530
Tom McCain 517

Team Results - High Mileage
INDYCOG Total 5662
Fort Wayne Bike Commuters Total 4860
Bike Richmond Total 2411
CIBA Total 1998
Summit City Bicycles Total 1722
Bike Michiana Total 1419
Lonely Boys Total 1026
Three Rivers Velo Sport Total 798
Bicycle Indiana Total 756
BF&S Total 662
Jeff Kolp State Farm Total 420
Dude, Where's My Car? Total 358
Madison Area Bicycling Club Total 316
Evansville Bicycle Club Total 280
Machismo Cyclismo Total 33
KCV Cycling Club Total 30

Top 30 Individual Results – Most Trips
Wendy Reed Total 196
Alexander Saldivar Total 187
tom mcCain Total 180
Mark Stosberg Total 168
Mary Craighead Total 165
Jeffrey Kenny Total 153
PJ Thuringer Total 140
Tyler Stambaugh Total 120
Doreen Crenshaw Total 117
James Lynn Total 106
Kevin Whited Total 106
Aaron Hawkins Total 102
Matt McKimmy Total 98
Elizabeth Bonney Total 95
Becky McKimmy Total 92
Amy Hartzog Total 87
Jeremy McElroy Total 87
Doug Wengerd Total 85
Angel Campos Total 83
Kyle Baker Total 83
John Dockery Total 81
Paul Taylor Total 78
Dan Atkinson Total 75
John Lynn Total 111
Brian Meeker Total 74
Matt Reed Total 67
Rick Cox Total 60
Don Golden Total 59
Kurt Whited Total 55
Mark Berry Total 55

Fort Wayne Bike Commuters Total 906
INDYCOG Total 792
Bike Richmond Total 753
Dude, Where's My Car? Total 291
CIBA Total 221
Summit City Bicycles Total 156
Bike Michiana Total 144
Bicycle Indiana Total 92
BF&S Total 90
Three Rivers Velo Sport Total 83
Jeff Kolp State Farm Total 38
Lonely Boys Total 31
Madison Area Bicycling Club Total 24
Evansville Bicycle Club Total 13
Machismo Cyclismo Total 4
KCV Cycling Club Total 3

We are 2 months into the Commuter Challenge and looking great!

2011 Bicycle Indiana Commuter Challenge
Ride your Drive and Win
Individual and Team results as of August 29, 2011

There are now 3 teams from Fort Wayne as Three Rivers Velo Sports has been added. We are making a great showing for the Fort. Keep up the good work everyone!

Top 20 Individual Results – High Mileage
1. Mary Craighead 1187
2. James Lynn 1132
3. Chuck Reidy 1026
4. Nate Gernert 966
5. Rick Cox 867
6. Daniel Atkinson 841
7. Doreen Crenshaw 839
8. Jefrey Kenny 802
9. Tyler Stambaugh 795
10. John Marshall 757
11. Don Golden 651
12. John Cook 573
13. Doug Wengerd 540
14. Sam Callaway 507
15. Cam Starnes 498
16. Kurt Weisner 424
17. Eric Nolan 420
18. John Taylor 406
19. Aaron Hawkins 390
20. Bob Burns 383

Team Results – High Mileage
1. Indycog 4527
2. Fort Wayne Bike Commuters 4103
3. Bike Richmond 2035
4. CIBA 1831
5. Summit City Bicycles 1356
6. Bike Michiana 1210
7. Lonely Boys 1026
8. Bicycle Indiana 666
9. BF&S 627
10. Jeff Kolp State Farm 420
11. Dude, Where’s My Car? 327
12. University Place Cycle Team 280
13. Madison Area Bicycling Club 263
14. Three Rivers Velo Sport 190
15. Machismo Cyclismo 33

Top 20 Individual Results – Most Trips
1. Alexander Saldivar 187
2. Wendy Reed 163
3. Mary Craighead 145
4. Jefrey Kenny 133
5. Mark Strosberg 130
6. PJ Thuringer 117
7. John Lynn 111
8. Doreen Crenshaw 106
9. Tom McCain 100
10. Tyler Stambaugh 100
11. Kevin Whited 91
12. James Lynn 90
13. Amy Hartzog 87
14. Jeremy McElroy 85
15. Matt McKimmy 84
16. John Dockery 81
17. Becky McKimmy 80
18. Elizabeth Bonney 74
19. Kyle Baker 73
20. Paul Taylor 68

Team Results – Most Trips
1. Fort Wayne Bike Commuters 764
2. Bike Richmond 639
3. Indycog 634
5. Dude, Where’s My Car? 258
6. CIBA 203
7. Mike Michiana 124
8. Summit City Bicycles 101
9. University Place Cycle Team 85
10. BF&S 83
11. Bicycle Indiana 74
12. Jeff Kolp State Farm 38
13. Three Rivers Velo Sport 35
14. Lonely Boys 31
15. Madison Area Bicycling Club 20
16. Machismo Cyclisimo 4

#1 in trips and #2 in miles......SWEET!!!

Another great week for Team Fort Wayne!!!

2011 Bicycle Indiana Commute Challenge
Ride Your Drive and Win
Individual and Team Results as of August 15, 2011
Top 20 Individual Results - High Mileage
Mary Craighead 869
James Lynn 753
Chuck Reidy 736
Doreen Crenshaw 659
Nate Gernert 625
Daniel Atkinson 581
Doug Wengerd 540
John Marshall 540
Jeffrey Kenny 522
Tyler Stambaugh 504
Eric Nolan 420
Don Golden 419
John Taylor 406
Aaron Hawkins 390
John Cook 341
Sam Callaway 307
Tom McCain 297
Cam Starnes 295
John Lynn 294
Michael Packer 294

Team Results - High Mileage
INDYCOG 3429
Fort Wayne Bike Commuters 2721
Bike Richmond 1136
Summit City Bicycles 1015
CIBA 997
Lonely Boys 736
Bicycle Indiana 494
Jeff Kolp State Farm 420
BF&S 314
Bike Michiana 189
Madison Area Bicycling Club 149
Dude, Where's My Car? 140
Machismo Cyclismo 33


Top 20 Individual Results – Most Trips
Elexander Saldivar 123
Wendy Reed 114
Mary Craighead 113
John Lynn 111
Tom McCain 100
Mark Stosberg 96
Jeffrey Kenny 91
Doreen Creshaw 86
Kevin Whited 78
PJ Thuringer 71
James Lynn 64
Tyler Stambaugh 58
Amy Hartzog 56
Becky McKimmy 56
Matt McKimmy 56
Kyle Baker 55
Doug Wengerd 55
Daniel Spillman 48
Aaron Hawkins 47
Daniel Atkins 46

Team Results – Most Trips
Fort Wayne Bike Commuters 494
INDYCOG 485
Bike Richmond 439
Dude, Where's My Car? 140
CIBA 86
Summit City Bicycles 79
Bicycle Indiana 72
Bike Michiana 40
Jeff Kolp State Farm 38
BF&S 34
Lonely Boys 21
Madison Area Bicycling Club 11
Machismo Cyclismo 4

We're #2! We're #2!

Thanks to everyone for keeping up the good work!

2011 Bicycle Indiana Commute Challenge
Ride Your Drive and Win
Individual and Team Results as of August 8, 2011

Top 20 Individual Results - High Mileage
James Lynn 714
Mary Craighead 681
Nate Gernert 625
Chuck Reidy 544
Doug Wengerd 540
Doreen Crenshaw 513
Jeffrey Kenny 441
Daniel Atkinson 431
Eric Nolan 420
Aaron Hawkins 390
Tyler Stambaugh 388
Don Golden 361
John Cook 341
Joe Smoker 304
Tom McCain 297
John Lynn 294
Pete Fritz 274
John Calley 262
Michael Packer 245
Kyle Baker 224

Team Results - High Mileage
INDYCOG 2785
Fort Wayne Bike Commuters 2165
Summit City Bicycles 1015
Bike Richmond 950
CIBA 869
Jeff Kolp State Farm Total 420
Bicycle Indiana Total 366
Madison Area Bicycling Club Total 149
Bike Michiana Total 137
BF&S Total 121
Dude, Where's My Car? Total 110
Machismo Cyclismo Total 33
Serrani Vincent Total 12

Top 20 Individual Results – Most Trips
Alexanader Saldivar 117
John Lynn 111
Tom McCain 100
Wendy Reed 89
Mark Stosberg 84
Mary Craighead 82
Jeffrey Kenny 73
Doreen Crenshaw 68
Kevin Whited 60
PJ Thuringer 57
James Lynn 56
Doug Wengerd 55
Kyle Baker 50
Aaron Hawkins 47
Tyler Stambaugh 44
Matt McKimmy 43
Daniel Spillman 42
Amy Hartzog 40
Becky McKimmy 40
Eric Nolan 38

Team Results – Most Trips
INDYCOG 403
Fort Wayne Bike Commuters 379
Bike Richmond 364
Dude, Where's My Car? 115
CIBA 82
Summit City Bicycles 79
Bicycle Indiana 63
Bike Michiana 27
Madison Area Bicycling Club 11
BF&S 5 Machismo
Cyclismo 4
Serrani Vincent 3