I BIKE PHL Challenge Info Sheet

8/2/2019 I BIKE PHL Challenge Info Sheet

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Challengee Challenge is simple: how much can you ride your bike this summer? Join the Challenge--a friendly com

tition in which you sign up online, log your miles biked and compete/ride for prizes. Ride for a team, ride

ur workplace, and ultimately for the City of Philadelphia, going head to head with other teams, workplace

d cities across the country!

e I Bike PHL Challenge is part of the National Bike Challenge*, connecting us to participants from every

ate in the country. Local and national leaderboards allow you to measure up against the Philadelphia regi

d the country at large!

articipants will be entered in national and local raffle drawings for awesome prizes including new bikes!

e Challenge starts May 1st and runs through August 31st.

e National Bike Challenge is sponsored by Bikes Belong, The League of American Bicyclists, Kimberly-Clark, and Endomondo.

Joining the Challenge

his link provides a brief video introduction to the National Bike Challenge:

tp://www.endomondo.com/campaign/national/videos

egister Your Workplace for the Challenge

he first step for workplaces joining the I Bike PHL Challenge is to register your workplace on Endomondo

ational Bike Challenge page. You can do this in three easy steps:

1. Go to: http://www.endomondo.com/registration/organizations2. Enter your business or organizations information

3. If your organization provides email addresses, include that. For example @temple.edu or

@wholefoodsmarket.com

or more information about Organization Participation go to:

tp://www.endomondo.com/campaign/national/orgguide

ote: If employees register with their workplace email address, they will more easily be associated with the

orkplace. If someone does not have a workplace email or chooses to use their personal email, they can

ssociated with a workplace by entering the name of the workplace on the individual registration page.


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egistering as an Individual for the Challenge

se the steps below when instructing co-workers and

ends on how to register:

Go to: http://www.endomondo.com/campaign/national/

Click Join

a. Click the box on the left if you have an Endomondo account

b. Click the box on the right if you do not have an Endomondo account

Fill out the information page

a. Adding a workplace will attribute your miles to your workplace in addition to any team you are

This field will auto-populate. Be careful not to use leading articles like A and The. For

example, your workplace might not be listed as The University of Pennsylvania, but may

already be listed as University of Pennsylvania. Try to avoid double-listing your workplace.

b. Entering your average commute mileage will streamline the entering of commute riding later

You can also download the Endomondo app for your mobile phone or device. This app will leyou record your routes and automatically update your mileage to the challenge web page.

IMPORTANT: Check the box to receive more information from the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Phila

phia. This is how we know who has joined the Challenge at each workplace. Checking this box also

makes you eligible for our local monthly raffle prizes, and allows you to receive I Bike PHL Challeng

updates like locations of events and happy hours.

Once registered you can:

a. Continue to ride solo

b. Join a team (10 people max per team)c. Start a team by becoming a team captain

OTES:You can only belong to one team.

Your points will count toward both your workplace and your team (if you have associated your profile

th them).


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TEAMS VS. WORKPLACES

The I Bike PHL Challenge allows you to ride on a team of up to 10 riders. Teams do not have to be ass

ciated with workplaces. Your team can be friends from outside of work, family, social, professional

contacts--anyone! If you link your account to a workplace and join a team, your riding points will countowards both your team and workplace.

f you wish to create a workplace team, do so! If your workplace has more than 10 employees, you can st

ntra-workplace teams such as Education Team or Jefferson Univ Third Floor Cruisers.

To Create or Join a Team

1. Click on Create or Join a team here. This is located under WHATS NEXTtoward the right side of the challenge web page. If you do not see this, it means

you all ready belong to a team.

2. Choose to create a team or join a team.

Create a team this makes you the team captain

a) Choose a team name and upload an image, if you have one.

b) Invite people to be on your team and write a description of the team; limit of

10 riders to a team.

Join a team

a) Search for teams either by local or teams with my coworkers and type in a

key word or the name of the team if you know it.

b) Choose the team you want to join by clicking join.

3. Edit your team settings (only applicable if you are the captain)

a) Go to the home page of Endomondo. Your team association will appear

along the left side of the web page. Click on the team name.

b) From this page you can do the following along the side bar:

Share the team on social media like Facebook and Twitter.

Invite new riders to your team (limit of 10 people per team)

Edit the team name or sport category (your team should be cycling, transport or

cycling, sport)

Delete your team

New Captain assignment


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II. I Bike PHL Challenge Prizes and Rewards

Prizes

The National Bike Challenge features prize raffles at the end of each month for riders who have achieved

one of the four prize tiers. In addition, Philadelphia riders who opted in to the wish to receive more inform

tion from the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia box on the registration page will be entered into

local-specific prizes based on the same points levels. See details below.

Month Prize level Points to

achieve level

May Bronze 50

June Silver 150

July Gold 500

August Platnum 1500

For more information on how to earn points go here:http://www.endomondo.com/campaign/national/rules

IMPORTANT: In order to qualify for the local prize raffles, you must have clicked I wish

to receive more information about the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia on the

registration page.

RECOGNIZING TOP RIDERS, TEAMS, AND WORKPLACES

n addition to prizes, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia

will honor the top ranked individual, team and workplace at the

end of each month with a feature on our blog and (if desired) a

photo with our I BIKE PHL.

Note: No person, team, or workplace will be featured more than

once, even if they remain in the lead. We will feature the highest

ranked in each group that has not previously been selected.

WORKPLACE WORKSHOPS

The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia offers FREE 1-hour

unch and learns on Urban Riding Basics to organizations and

businesses that register for the National Bike Challenge.

MPORTANT: In order to qualify, employees must check the box

I wish to receive information from the Bicycle Coalition of

Greater Philadelphia. This is the only way we know how many

people from your workplace have signed up! Contact

[email protected] to schedule a class!

REST STOPS AND HAPPY HOURS

Keep an eye on our blog and on your inbox for more information

about free coffee rests stops along your commute and happy

hours to celebrate all the miles you have covered!

http://blog.bicyclecoalition.org/


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Documents

I BIKE PHL Challenge Info Sheet