KCCC INTRO

In honor of

Ride Your Bike To Work Week.

THE SWEETEST PLUM Cycling Team

and ERIC ROGER Web Engineering

present

bKC COMMUTER CHALLENGE 2006b

May 15-19, 2006

Register your team, or sign up as an individual at our miles diary

Ride your bike to work during the week.

Log your miles at the miles diary

The team and rider with the most miles wins!

See other posts on this blog for complete info and rules.

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and check out the list of other events during the week.

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email kccommuterchallenge@yahoo.com

Thank you,

Forester and Eric

sponsor sites

THE SWEETEST PLUM Cycling Team

www.thesweetestplum.blogspot.com

ERIC ROGERS Web Engineering

www.ericrogers.org

thanks

RULES

RULES
Basics:
Ride your bike to work and/or back. Give your miles each day to your captain or enter them yourself in the Miles Diary Page. http://kcbike.info/kcbcc/
3 Catagories! The Team, Individual and New Commuters with the most total miles wins. New Commuters will have their own competition.

What is a New Commuter:
If you've commuted to work by bike less than 10 times a year, then you are a New Commuter.

What is a Mile:
A mile is any mile commuting to or from work on your bike or by walking. If you use the bus the miles count as half (example: 10 miles on the bus will be typed into your total as 5 miles).

What Miles Count:
Miles to and from work count. Some errand miles can count. Doing laps around the city to boost your miles is super uncool. Training rides are training, not commuting (but keep training). Simply put, If you're replacing your car with a bike in your commute that counts. ie, If you go to the grociery store, or If you meet people for dinner on the way home, that's fine.
PLAY FAIR. if your team isn't performing, it's your job to motivate them, or get more people on the team. You don't have to be Captain to get co-workers and friends involved.

Who can be on my Team:
Anyone and everyone. Get your family, friends, neighbors to join. Your teammates don't have to work together. if you're in a book club... turn it into a team. I'm lookin' at you fantasy baseballers.

Team Size Limit:
Their is no limit to team size! If you have a monster giant team, why not split it in half and compete against each other. or two hardcore riders compete to see who can gather the largest team or make the most miles. get creative.

Odd work Schedules:
The web site spreadsheet will only count Monday-Friday. If you work, let's say, Tuesday- Saturday, take your miles from the Saturday before, the 13th, and put it in the Monday slot. If you work 6 days during the week, only 5 count.

Frankie says Relax:
We will be getting stats from the captains about the teams. At the end of the week we will publish all kinds of stats and facts. You may not get the most miles, but you may get most employee participation... etc. we'll find the angles, you just have fun.

#1RULE: You know when you're cheating. DON'T DO IT! "miles padders" will be mocked. And I will come up with a more humiliating term than "miles padders".

I you have any questions, or need more info email me.
kccommuterchallenge@yahoo.com

Thanks,
Forester
p.s. it's going to be simple and streamlined this year. have fun. sign up every one you know.
Eric and I are doing this at the last minute just so the event keeps going. so...sorry... we got no prizes.
You will have bragging rights and every one at work will think you are a champion. also I'll buy the winning team captain a beer.

HOW TO REGISTER

HOW TO REGISTER:

THE SWEETEST PLUM Cycling Team

and ERIC ROGERS WEB ENGINEERING

present

KC COMMUTER CHALLENGE 2006.

INTODUCTION

The 2006 Commuter Challenge will have two competitions. Individual and Team.

The winners will be the individual and the team with the most total miles. one "bus" mile counts as .5 "bike" miles. Complete rules will be on the "Rules" post.

How to Register:

All participants register at http://kcbike.info/kcbcc/

Everyone that registers will automatically compete in the INDIVIVUAL competition.

If you also wish to compete on a team...

On the registration page, after you choose a password, find your team on the team list and click on it.

If you are a New Commuter...

When registering, click the box near the bottom of the page that asks if you've biked to work less than 10 times in a year.

What to do During Ride to Work Week...

Individuals:

Each day log on to http://kcbike.info/kcbcc/ and input your days miles.

On a Team:

Do the same as an "Individual". If you are registered on a team the miles will automatically be added to your teams total. Or tell your team captain and they will input your miles for you. (mile entered by the captain on the team's profile will show up on your personal daily total)

How to be a Team Captain and Register your Team

1) Register yourself, if you haven't already done so.

2) Sign in with your email address and password

3) At the bottom of the home page, click on the link to register a team. Or go directly to http://kcbike.info/kcbcc/registerTeam.php

4) Fill in your team name and employer.

we will publish more info for captains later.

or email me now. but go get everybody at work to sign up and ride! remember all miles count. Even a one mile commute on only one day counts. Go get people on thier bike or the bus.

For all questions write,

kccommuterchallenge@yahoo.com

have fun,

Forester

Bike to Work Week Events

WEEK EVENTS
Bike to Work Week
May 15 – 19, 2006
LIST OF EVENTS COMPILED FROM BRIDGING THE GAP WEBSITE
http://www.bridgingthegap.org/
Schedule of Events
May 13 Daybreak Bike Swap Meet – Wheel and Deal at this annual event hosted by ACME Bicycle Company
www.acmebicyclecompany.com/swapmeet.htm

8:00 AM Mayor’s Tour of Raytown – Join Mayor Sue Frank for a 16 mile SAG supported tour of Raytown and it’s parks. Registration required. www.mobikefed.org/calendar

5:00 PM Tour De Cowtown - Alley Cat Race celebrating bicycle culture with great fun and shenanigans. Details at
www.acmebicyclecompany.com/tourdecowtown.htm

May 15 6:30 PM Trek Store Ride for Ice Cream – Bring the family and enjoy this easy ride through Shawnee. Details at
http://www.localcycling.com/

May 16 TBD Ride to Overland Park City Hall – join a regular group of bike commuters for this morning ride to the office.
(Details to come)

6:15 PM Criterium Bicycle Races – Cheer on your local cyclists as they race through the 99th Street Business Park (99th/Loiret) in Lenexa, KS. Details at www.localcycling.com/raceflyers/2006trainingcrit.pdf

May 17 Advocacy Day – Supporting local and regional efforts to make streets safe for bicyclists. Details at http://www.mobikefed.org/

7:00 PM Ride of Silence – Join cyclists worldwide in a silent slow-paced ride in honor of those who have been injured or killed while cycling on public roadways. Meet at 6:30 PM at 62nd Terrace/Brookside North parking lot for a 14 mile ride. http://www.rideofsilence.org/

TBD LIVESTRONG Day – Join the Lance Armstrong Foundation in raising awareness of and bringing attention to the need for cancer research. Local details TBD. http://www.livestrong.org/

May 18 6:30 PM Ride to Dinner – Join in an after work ride to dinner, meeting in Brookside. (Details to come)

TBD Trek of KC/Localcycling.com Team Recognition Party – So you watched them race on Tuesday, now come out and raise a glass to the teams! (Details to come)

May 19 Ride to Work Day

7:00 – Breakfast on the Trolley Track Trail – Hosted by Clean
9:00 AM Commute, volunteers will be handing out food/beverages and lots of encouragement to all who ride to work! Food stations will be set-up at 75th/Wornall Park and Ride lot and near the UMKC residence halls on the trail.

Register with RideShare for Guaranteed Ride Home and Bike Buddies. Representatives will be on site with freebies!

“Your Bike is Your Ticket to Ride” FREE on KCATA and the JO. TODAY ONLY! Consider splitting your commute by biking part way, then taking the bus. Volunteers will be on site to demonstrate how to use the bus bike carriers. You’ll be surprised how easy it is!

TBD Bike-In Movie – End your week with a bike themed movie.
(Details to come.)

May 20 11:30 AM Major Taylor Foundation of Greater Kansas City – meets every Saturday in the Crossroads for a family fun ride through Kansas City. Details at http://www.localcycling.com/

All day long Ride to Do Your Errands – Get out of your car, save some gas and get some unintentional exercise while you get all your Saturday errands done.

May 21 Ride to Church/Temple – Consider riding to your place of worship today. Invite others to join you. Think of the great stories you’ll have for coffee hour!

ALL WEEK LONG Take the Challenge – The Bike Commuter Challenge! Form a team or register individually to log your miles on the bike for the week. Ride to work, to the bank, the post office, the library, to dinner with friends! You’d be amazed at how great you’ll feel! Register at http://www.kccommuterchallenge.blogspot.com/

The Kansas City Bike and Johnson County Bike Clubs both host organized fun rides every day of the week. Check out their respective sites for rides taking place throughout the region. http://www.kcbc.org/ or http://www.jcbikeclub.org/


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Hello

Hello. I'm Forester, Captain of

THE SWEETEST PLUM Cycling Team,

and welcome to the

KANSAS CITY COMMUTER CHALLENGE 2006.
May 15-19, 2006

due to I don't know why the usual organizers of the KC Commuter Challenge are unable to continue putting on the event. So instead of letting it go. TSP decided to get involved.

thanks,
Forester
kccommuterchallenge@yahoo.com