The Challenge is simple: how much can you ride your bike this summer?

Join the Challenge--a friendly competition in which you sign up online, log your miles biked and compete/ride for prizes. Ride for a team, ride for your workplace, and ultimately for the City of Philadelphia, going head to head with other teams, workplaces, and cities across the country! The I Bike PHL Challenge is part of the National Bike Challenge*, connecting us to participants from every state in the country. Local and national leaderboards allow you to measure up against the Philadelphia region and the country at large! Participants will be entered in national and local raffle drawings for awesome prizes including new bikes! The Challenge starts May 1st and runs through August 31st.
*The National Bike Challenge is sponsored by Bikes Belong, The League of American Bicyclists, Kimberly-Clark, and Endomondo.

Challenge

I. Joining the Challenge

This link provides a brief video introduction to the National Bike Challenge: http://www.endomondo.com/campaign/national/videos

Register Your Workplace for the Challenge

The first step for workplaces joining the I Bike PHL Challenge is to register your workplace on Endomondos National Bike Challenge page. You can do this in three easy steps: 1. 2. 3. Go to: http://www.endomondo.com/registration/organizations Enter your business or organizations information If your organization provides email addresses, include that. For example @temple.edu or @wholefoodsmarket.com

For more information about Organization Participation go to: http://www.endomondo.com/campaign/national/orgguide Note: If employees register with their workplace email address, they will more easily be associated with the workplace. If someone does not have a workplace email or chooses to use their personal email, they can be associated with a workplace by entering the name of the workplace on the individual registration page.

Registering as an Individual for the Challenge

Use the steps below when instructing co-workers and friends on how to register: 1. 2. Go to: http://www.endomondo.com/campaign/national/ Click Join a. Click the box on the left if you have an Endomondo account b. 3. 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 on. 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 on. You can also download the Endomondo app for your mobile phone or device. This app will let you record your routes and automatically update your mileage to the challenge web page.

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

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NOTES:

You can only belong to one team. Your points will count toward both your workplace and your team (if you have associated your profile with them).

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 associated 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 count towards both your team and workplace. If you wish to create a workplace team, do so! If your workplace has more than 10 employees, you can start intra-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 NEXT toward the right side of the challenge web page. If you do not see this, it means you all ready belong to a team. Choose to create a team or join a team.

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Create a team this makes you the team captain a) b) Join a team a) b) 3. 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. Choose the team you want to join by clicking join. Choose a team name and upload an image, if you have one. Invite people to be on your team and write a description of the team; limit of 10 riders to a team.

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

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 information 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 May June July August Prize level Bronze Silver Gold Platinum Points to achieve level 50 150 500 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 In 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 lunch and learns on Urban Riding Basics to organizations and businesses that register for the National Bike Challenge. IMPORTANT: 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 Diana@bicyclecoalition.org 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/

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE BICYCLE COALITION The Bicycle Coalition holds volunteer night the first Wednesday of every month for people interested in ways they can make the Greater Philadelphia Region a better place to ride a bike. Stay up to date through the blog: http://blog.bicyclecoalition.org/ BECOME A MEMBER OF THE BICYCLE COALITION The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia is a non-profit organization making our region a better place to ride a bike. A membership is a tax-deductible donation which also gives you discounts to regional bike shops, invitations to exclusive events, and more. To join, visit http://www.bicyclecoalition.org/member.

III. Online Resources

The National Bike Challenge provides a comprehensive online toolkit to answer common questions and provide an in depth explanation of how the challenge works. Click on Toolkit on the top right of the home page to navigate or click on the direct links below: National Bike Challenge FAQ: http://www.endomondo.com/campaign/national/faqs Rules: http://www.endomondo.com/campaign/national/rules Awards program: http://www.endomondo.com/campaign/national/awards Prize program: http://www.endomondo.com/campaign/national/prizes Information Sheet for organizations: http://www.endomondo.com/campaign/national/orginfo Sample Employee E-mail: http://www.endomondo.com/campaign/national/email Other Resources Bike to Work Comprehensive Guide (good for beginners): http://www.biketoworkinfo.org/resources/resources_individual_riders.cfm Tips for riding to work, including apparel: http://www.activetrans.org/tricks-tips Safe Commuting Tips: http://bikesafecalifornia.org/ Employer Guide to Bicycle Commuting: http://www.baltometro.org/downloadables/bike/BikeCommuterGuide_Employers.pdf