27049
riders
1893
teams
2,132,884
miles
51,337,708
kcal
859,127
pounds
272,772
Comments
  • E M Matteson
    6 hours ago

    @ Gregg, I once came around a parked car only to find a girl on a bicycle heading straight towards me. Fortunately we did not collide. Sometimes these incidents can be a teachable moment: ride with the traffic & walk against it. Just goes to show we still have a long ways to go with public education about bicycling.
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    RE: LIGHTNING: The BSA field guide says to move to shore if you are on the water or descend to a lower elevation if you are up high and move away from the direction of the approaching storm. A dense forest in a depression offers the greatest protection. Stay away from shallow caves & overhanging cliffs. Avoid bodies of water & metal fences & anything that might conduct electricity [(like your bike I assume)]. If you are out in the open spread out so you are at least 30 feet from each other. Futher minimize risk by crouching low on with only the soles of your shoes touching the ground. HOPE THIS HELPS, STAY SAFE EVERYONE!

  • Gregg Warning
    Yesterday at 21:17

    Met a woman and a little boy riding on the wrong side of the road on Haylett St. . This creates a very dangerous situation and its parents like this that are teaching their kids bad habits, which this kid will be doing when he gets older.

  • Gregg Warning
    Yesterday at 21:14

    Not a good idea to be riding a bike during lightening storm. Lightening is attracted to bikes.

  • Gregg Warning
    Yesterday at 21:13

    Good deal on this electric bike: http://www.randombikes.com/product/11schwinn-tailwind-pedal-assist-electric-bike-654.htm

    I would think this is cheating, though, if you ride this for the bike challenge.

  • Rob Adams
    Yesterday at 20:04

    I ride all weather but the 1 time I rode in a lightning storm was the last. Creeped me out.

  • Allen Kibler
    Yesterday at 19:09

    Thanxs for the response, my problem is now that my range has drastically increased I'm getting farther and farther in the sticks on one of the local bike trails so cover isn't too plentiful. And all this has me wondering what some of the other riders on here do , in that case . Rains not an issue , even snow isn't that bad, but some of our storms do get kinda nasty and show up out of nowhere

NEWS FROM National Bike Challenge 2013
  • RIDERS UNITE TO BIKE 2 MILLION MILES!
    Yesterday at 10:49

    It took riders in the National Bike Challenge 12 days to achieve the 1st million miles. The momentum picked up and you achieved the 2nd million miles in 8 days. Keep up the good work and ride safe!

  • New Daily Mileage Record!
    May 17 at 15:30

    In the past 24 hours, a record 145,052 miles were pedaled by National Bike Challenge participants. Congratulations to all of you and keep up the good work! For those of you who were wondering, we need to average 131,580 miles per day to achieve 20 million miles by the end of the Challenge on September 30. So keep your pedals turning and enjoy the ride!

  • YOUR LOCAL CHALLENGE
    May 16 at 17:32

    We've had a number of local challenges start between May 1 and today. If you are not a member of a local challenge, see if you can join one! Click your profile picture followed by "Edit Settings," re-type in your zip code and save. Now, if there's a local challenge in your area, you will see under the word "National" in the header.

  • WORKPLACE LOGOS
    May 07 at 15:24

    There's some buzz that folks are having a hard time uploading their workplace logo. If you are the administer of your workplace (if you set it up at www.endomondo.com/register), go to www.endomondo.com/customize. From here, you can upload a logo. Make sure it's a .jpg, and sometimes it takes some time for it to then appear in the LeaderBoard.

  • DID YOU KNOW?
    May 06 at 12:03

    If you join the Challenge any time in May, you can backlog any miles you've ridden over the entire month!

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