One of my favourite t-shirts is this red one with a pic of an ice cream atop a bike helmet, the words say "Bike there instead." Going for ice creams with my whÄnau last week I thought this was a gr... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
Came too Florida almost 3yrs ago got job very fast i lived in NJ for 57 yrs well getting place to live was a problem cost money live a hotel for 2 yrs now I have 2 jobs. Biking in the cold is ro... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
Ride in the Rain 2021 is over. I broke two spokes, one rear derailleur and the bolt that held my seat to the post shear in half on one ride. There was a lot of rain and wind to ride in and several ... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
My last ride of the COP26 challenge - Watching the waves come in & go out again at sunset. The night was enjoyably warm. The light exercise left me feeling invigorated. - Then the horror sank... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
Rode to my favorite coffee shop for some cold brew with ground cinnamon. đ
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
I have a Dalmatian, Hemi. He is a show dog but mostly he is my boy. Every day when I come home from work we go for a ride/run We love it. We are working on another challenge from the Dalmatian ... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
So as a kid I was encouraged by my cycling parents to get into cycling, racing, and the larger biking community. It ended up being a big part of my upbringing all the way through highschool. It gav... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
This year I rode in the Police unity tour in honor of fallen captain Parnell. Captain Parnell died from Covid in 2020. I rode with Chapter 9 along with hundreds of other officers. Riding into the f... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
I actually signed up reluctantly for Bike Everywhere Month in May 2021. My wife had suggested it and I was not enthused. But after a 70 mile ride in the second week from Everett through Marckworth ... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
I have always commuted short journeys but since the pandemic I have really got into longer rides I was inspired by Mark Beaumont & Emily Chappel (google it) I spent last winter getting used to ... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
It was the last four days of the Cycle September Challenge and I got a text from Meg. "I want to hit all four corners of the City in the last four days. Which corner would you rather ride, SE or SW... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
I got back home the evening of Sept. 21. It's great to be on a real bicycle again; but I'm more out of condition that I thought. I've got a ways to go before I'm really back in shape, and am back t... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
I am enjoying the IB Scavenger Hunt. Visiting so many places and discovering so many new murals.
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
Back in 2019 I was encouraged to get back on a bike for the first time in over 30 years by colleagues at Fit Rovers. Since then I have been building up my time cycling and during the pandemic lock-... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
From May 29 to August 8 I joined the Fuller Center Bike Adventure to benefit the Fuller Center for Housing. We rode our bicycles from Amelia Island, Florida to Florence, Oregon. We stopped 6 days... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
UnderArmor bought Endomondo and promptly decided in November of 2019 to retire the Endomondo app and substitute their own MapMyRide App...all well and good except that mapmyride on my Galaxy S7 Edg... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
This is my third STP ride, having ridden my 1st time in 2019 with my son Stephen, and I rode virtually last year. I live far off in Southern Ohio, and it was hard for me to find a training partner.... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
5:01 AM on Saturday, June 19, 2021 Hambleton, England A feast for all. The Main course is ready. Hors dâoeuvres out of the way and the beef suitably rested. Well, The Yorkshire Beast - an even... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
Cool. As you may be aware, UnderArmor killed Endomondo last year. That was my app of choice for recording my rides. The new app that UnderArmor is marketing is MapMyRide. I promptly switched ove... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
I completed my first ever sportive yesterday. 65 miles, with an average speed of 12.5 mph. Three years ago, I thought 10-15 miles was a good ride. My next challenge is to become as confident on a r... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
Come visit for lunch. The folks invited. So with decent weather and coincidentally #Worldbicycleday off I set. 166km round trip and a lovely lunch with the parents. I will take a rain check for a ... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
I have been training for longer distances and more elevation in preparation for bikepacking. So on Saturday, I rode from Escondido to Julian and back. I was a bit scared of the lack of shoulder i... read more
Everything is close, so it's impractical for me to drive my route during the week: dropping my son off at school, going to work and heading to the local Farmers Market. I'm really happy I made the... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
This morning I rode with my daughter to her high school and the journey seemed way shorter than the first time I biked. Then I had the rest of the journey by myself, or so I thought. I banged int... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
What better way to kick off the Aotearoa bike challenge than catching the ferry from Mapua to Rabbit Island. Lovely flat trails meant my first ride on a non-ebike for about 4 years was a breeze . G... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
I have set a challenge a month this year including Miles for Doddie in Jan to completing 1000 miles, the King Alfreds Way, and culminating in the NC500 in August. In between all that I will be doin... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
The marquee at the elementary school says it is 46 degrees - a comfortable temperature, if I were driving my car, or walking with an umbrella. I am not, however, doing either of those activities. ... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
Of course the first day of the challenge Iâd have to repair my flat. Riding along a local trail I heard the air rushing out of my rear tire after I rolled over a large stick left by a tree trimming... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
A nice ride from Delray to Boynton to partake in the festivals.
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
My morning ride started with radar tracking, watching future storm tracking! Can I squeeze in my ride before storms move over my 20mi route. I made the decision to go and take my chances. At the ha... read more
On our way back from the Gong on Saturday morning, myself, Jim Ponton and Nigel Lamb decided that instead of riding around the Woonona Surf Club where 'NSW's angriest Magpie' lives, we would form a... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
I was riding my bike from the Food Farm on Dexter grabbing some groceries. As soon as i get back home a loose Stray Pitbull is near my porch. He charges and i take off!! Oh he was fast but Reo is f... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
Raced in the eMTB at Sea Otter Classic. It was great to be out with other riders, talking to vendors and learning. I got to meet Calvin Jones of Park Tool - he helped me fix my buddy's bike after... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
My partner does vegetable deliveries by bike trailer and last week when he was on his rounds he sent me a photo of a very old tandem bike, saying "someone threw this in a skip". It was a lovely blu... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
The weather is so nice and perfect for fish tacos by the beach
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
Our family recently had the opportunity to upgrade a bike. We replaced a Trek 830 Mountain Track (1997ish) with a new Liv Rove E+ so it was a pretty significant change. We didnât need to keep the o... read more
Do the Hunt! Itâs FUN! You get the miles in, lots of interesting places to check out, and prizes are an added bonus!đŽđŒââïž
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
Aller Ă la plage rĂ©crĂ©oparc en vĂ©lo!!! Beau dĂ©fi surtout aprĂšs une semaine de canicule. Nous avons fais 60 km aller-retour. On sâest bien prĂ©parĂ© pour faire cette route Ă vĂ©lo sans oublier les truc... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
Yesterday I rode the well known guided busway that runs between St Ives and Cambridge in Cambridgeshire. One way it is 14 miles. Because it runs along an old trainline, it's pretty flat the whole... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
The end of a big challenge. Completed the Dartmoor Classic Medio ride not far off a Silver Medal time. Only started cycling again about 4 years ago, because the work car park was shut!
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
When I formed our team, my thought wasn't to be competitive. I just wanted to participate, encourage some friends to ride, and be in the running for some of the cool prizes during the Challenge. On... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
I bought a bike for transportation only because my daughter got her driver's license & needed my car. This began my passion for biking. Now I ride on bike paths, I learned the road ways & e... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
The highlight of Shasta Bike Month for me has been riding my bike in the late evenings around our neighborhood. Sometimes I ride alone, other times my husband or girls join me. Or our fun neighbor,... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
Sally and I havenât ridden in a week so our legs were not in the best of condition. We decided on a ride to the lighthouse at Cabrillo National Monument. It was a scenic 50 mile loop from home. We ... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
For Bike Anywhere Week, one of the challenges was to ride to an iconic San Diego destination. The closest I could find to my home in Escondido was the San Diego Zoo Safari Park! Since that was ne... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
My cousin and I are Red Riders. What this means is that we are cyclist who have diabetes. My cousin had lost his eye sight because of diabetes. He and I reconnected a few years back through cycling... read more
Topic: A story from the Bike Challenge
