{"id":453,"date":"2012-04-09T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2012\/04\/09\/sign-up-for-the-national-bike-challenge\/"},"modified":"2012-04-09T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-09T15:00:00","slug":"sign-up-for-the-national-bike-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2012\/04\/09\/sign-up-for-the-national-bike-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Sign up for the National Bike Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><i>Thanks to intern Scott Chilberg for preparing this blog post.<\/i><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0.1pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: \"Arial\",\"sans-serif\"; font-size: small;\">Here at the Bicycle Alliance, we are enthusiastic supporters of new and exciting ways to expand bike ridership and awareness, both locally and nationally. So when the <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.endomondo.com\/campaign\/national\" target=\"_blank\">2012 Get Up &#038; Ride National BikeChallenge<\/a><\/b> was announced this year, we were happy to jump on board as the state representative.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0.1pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.bikeleague.org\/blog\/\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/NatBikeChallenge-header.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.bikeleague.org\/blog\/\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/NatBikeChallenge-header.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0.1pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0.1pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: \"Arial\",\"sans-serif\"; font-size: small;\">The National Bike Challenge \u2013 a free nationwide competition meant to encourage biking for transportation and recreation &#8211; starts May 1 and runs through August 31, 2012, and gives individuals and teams the opportunity to log their miles and compete for prizes and award plaques on the local and national levels. The Challenge has already registered riders from all 50 states and DC.\u00a0 This event is organized by the League of American Bicyclists, Bikes Belong, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, and Endomondo.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: \"Arial\",\"sans-serif\"; font-size: small;\">Participation is easy and free of charge.\u00a0 Just sign up online for the Challenge and create either a workplace team or your own team, join an existing team, or ride solo!\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a rundown on how to create an account:<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: \"Arial\",\"sans-serif\"; font-size: small;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: \"Arial\",\"sans-serif\";\">Join the Challenge at:\u00a0 <\/span><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: \"Arial\",\"sans-serif\"; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.endomondo.com\/campaign\/national\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">www.endomondo.com\/campaign\/national<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: \"Arial\",\"sans-serif\";\">Process for individuals to join the Challenge:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 76.6pt; text-indent: -0.25in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;\">\u00b7<span style=\"-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: \"Arial\",\"sans-serif\"; font-size: small;\">Step 1. Click on the link above<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 76.6pt; text-indent: -0.25in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;\">\u00b7<span style=\"-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: \"Arial\",\"sans-serif\"; font-size: small;\">Step 2. Click on the join button and register.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 76.6pt; text-indent: -0.25in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;\">\u00b7<span style=\"-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: \"Arial\",\"sans-serif\"; font-size: small;\">Step 3. Participants will have the option to continue to ride solo or join a team by: <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 112.6pt; text-indent: -0.25in;\"><span style=\"font-family: \"Courier New\"; font-size: small;\">o<span style=\"-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: \"Arial\",\"sans-serif\"; font-size: small;\">a. Creating a new Team and becoming the Captain<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 112.6pt; text-indent: -0.25in;\"><span style=\"font-family: \"Courier New\"; font-size: small;\">o<span style=\"-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: \"Arial\",\"sans-serif\"; font-size: small;\">b. Joining an existing Team<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0.1pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: \"Arial\",\"sans-serif\"; font-size: small;\">This challenge is free to join and is meant to be a fun and competitive way to increase bicycling across the U.S. \u00a0So, whether you participate on as an individual or on a team, we hope you\u2019ll join \u2013 and pass this along to your friends! <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: \"Arial\",\"sans-serif\"; font-size: small;\">Watch this how to <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.endomondo.com\/campaign\/national\/welcome\" target=\"_blank\">video<\/a><\/b>\u00a0for more information about the Challenge, and click <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.endomondo.com\/campaign\/national\/prizelist\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/b>  for a complete list of prizes.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0.1pt 0in; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;\"><span style=\"font-family: \"Arial\",\"sans-serif\"; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Thank you, and happy riding!<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to intern Scott Chilberg for preparing this blog post. 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