Team Bike Challenges and Successes

2007-07-09T08:31:00.000-07:00

We at Traffic Solutions are now wrapping up our third annual Team Bike Challenge. Did you know that the San Fransisco Bay Area took a hint from Santa Barbara County and started their own Team Bike Challenge two years ago? I checked out their site, and they have thousands of teams registered throughout several counties. We are now part of something much bigger than Santa Barbara County!

Part of the challenge for participants this year was dealing with some problems on the website. This is not the kind of challenge we wanted to throw at you, and thanks to everyone for bearing with us! We at Traffic Solutions want to let you know that we are doing everything we can to improve our system, and we're already working on a stellar redesign for 2008. The new system will be integrated with the brand new Traffic Solutions Online, which will be your one-stop shop for all of our programs (check it out!). The site will be on a much bigger server hosted off-site, and we anticipate smooth sailing from here on out.

In other news, we'll be sending out a survey soon to get your feedback, but do you have any stories that you'd like to share with everyone? I remember my first Team Bike Challenge experience....it inspired me to get a new bike and to start riding for transportation a lot more than I had before. Are you having a similar experience? Are you still riding now that the challenge is over? We're curious-- please share your stories here!

And thanks to all participants, especially Don Lubach, our most excellent guest blogger.

Lisa Murawski
2007 Traffic Solutions Team Bike Challenge Coordinator

Guest Blog: The Ten Commandments

2007-06-29T17:10:00.000-07:00

Dear Fellow Challenge Riders,

Anyone see this in the paper?

One of the largest of the world’s religions has handed down some rules of the road. Even though I consider myself a committed humanist, I’m listening to the Pope on this issue. And I hope, very much, that people from all religions read these commandments.

As a cyclist, I appreciate numbers 2, 5, 9, and 10. I especially like number 2. I sure wish that all of us enjoyed the roads and pathways as a venue for “communion between people.” Those who pine for wider roadways and less traffic calming see the roadway as a means of the fastest possible commute. I think the Vatican does a brilliant job reminding us that roads are a great place to greet your neighbors. And if you agree, you may also agree that it’s hard to hug or shake hands when you have an SUV wrapped around you – non-motorized communion is much better.
With gratitude to the top-down management crew in Rome, I present to you some new rules of the road:

The Vatican's 'Ten Commandments' for Driving

1. You shall not kill.
2. The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm.
3. Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events.
4. Be charitable and help your neighbor in need, especially victims of accidents.
5. Cars shall not be for you an expression of power and domination, and an occasion of sin.
6. Charitably convince the young and not so young not to drive when they are not in a fitting condition to do so.
7. Support the families of accident victims.
8. Bring guilty motorists and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo the liberating experience of forgiveness.
9. On the road, protect the more vulnerable party.
10. Feel responsible toward others.

Source: Associated Press

Don Lubach
Captain, UCSB Team Ding Bell

Guest Blog: An Uneasy Coexistence?

2007-06-19T08:26:00.000-07:00

Dear Fellow Team Riders,

I was distressed to read this letter to the Montecito paper published on June 14th. The writers express some valid concerns, I think, but also an amazing naiveté about who owns our roads. I have drafted my own letter of response and encourage others to chime in via a note to the Montecito Journal.
Attention: Letters to the Editor
tim@montecitojournal.net

Meanwhile, navigate well -- there are some confused people sharing the road with us.

Don Lubach
Captain of UCSB’s Team Ding Bell

>==========( begin letter )==========
>
>Coexisting with Cyclists
>
>I have a question: does anyone else in Montecito have a problem with
>cyclists? My wife and I have lived here two years now and have not
>heard anyone complain. I know we live in a beautiful area and
>community, that's why we moved here, but I don't feel like jeopardizing
>my family¹s life every time I drive on East Valley, Toro Canyon,
>Sheffield and Ortega Ridge Road because a cyclist thinks he owns the road.
>
>All of these roads have very limited visibility, with no bike lanes and
>the cyclists expect you to break the law by having to cross over a
>double line, which is illegal, when you can't even see if there is
>oncoming traffic. This is an extremely dangerous situation and it
>happens everyday. I am in constant fear of being responsible for
>hitting a biker just because I want to stay safe in my lane.
>
>Since there is no shoulder, a single cyclist is bad enough, as they
>refuse to stay on the white line and ride in the middle of the lane,
>but if there are multiple cyclists they insist on riding side by side
>and taking the whole lane. You have no choice but to break the law and
>endanger your life to get around them. They have no fear of cars and if
>you honk you get a hand gesture as if you are the problem, acting as if
>it is their road and I am inconveniencing them.
>
>I had thought before I moved here that cycling required a bike lane but
>I guess that is not true. Why do we have bike lanes if they can ride on
>roads with no bike lanes and even more with no shoulders and no room
>for a cyclist? They have spent millions on bike paths lately and some
>roads in our area do have them; why can't we restrict cyclists to roads
>with bike lanes, which do exist in the area?
>
>I spoke to a Sheriff¹s Deputy and he told me that cyclists have the
>same rights as a car, which I understand, but if I was in my car doing
>5 mph in a 35 mph zone I would get a ticket for going too slow. The
>deputy also told me they have problems all the time with cyclists and
>not long ago a group of them almost attacked an officer for approaching
>a group of cyclists that were causing trouble. I thought cyclists were
>mostly good people; they obviously care about their health so why would
>they think they don't need to worry about cars? I have heard stories of
>many people in the area hurt or even killed cycling by a car.
>
>I would like to not just complain, but to do something about this. Can
>anyone tell me what we need to do to fix this problem? What can we do
>to stop this?
>
>Mark & Adriana Shuman
>Montecito
>
>==========( end letter )==========

Guest Blog: One Man’s Dream-- Class One All the Way to Gaviota

2007-06-14T14:59:00.000-07:00

Fellow Team Bicycle Riders,

The weekend is coming and it’s camping season. It’s the time of year for one of my favorite forms of recreation—the hyper-loaded bicycle tour. Santa Barbara County is not only among the best places in the world to ride to work, it is also a great location to ride to play. The modern cargo-bike and/or bicycle trailer bring us a whole world of touring possibility.

On Friday, I’ll be bicycling with friends to a local camp ground. We’ll gather round the fire, laugh, observe a grunion run, sleep under the stars, go for a morning snorkel in the kelp forest, and then ride home. One of my favorite things about this type of ride is to see just how much stuff I can carry.

I invite any of you to join me in a vision that could easily come true in less than five years:

Don’s VISION of a perfect weekend:
Get off work at 5pm. Ride home and greet the family. Ride north to Refugio or El Cap (or perhaps to a bicycle-only campground along the coast). Set up camp, cook, eat, play, read, rest, adventure about. After breakfast, break camp and ride all the way up to Gaviota on a beautiful trail just for bicycles and other non-motorized users. Stop often to enjoy the views. Camp at Gaviota. Wake up the next morning, have breakfast and pack up. Then ride all the way home to Santa Barbara on a safe, scenic, and well-designed path.

It’s not impossible you know. What Vie Obern did to create trails in the 1970s was far more difficult than this. If we could get a class-one all the way to Gaviota, tourists would come from all over the world to ride it and I, for one, would enjoy meeting them and hearing their stories as we gathered around the campfire.

If you share this vision, you’re already helping to make it happen by riding your bicycle to work during the Bicycle Challenge. The next step is to join one of the many groups working to preserve the Gaviota coast and the groups working to extend our amazing alternative transportation infrastructure.

If you belong to one of these groups, I hope you comment on my post and give us all a link so we can join.

Now…I gotta go decide if I can fit my free-diving weight belt onto my rig for tomorrow’s trip.

Guest Blog: A little rain trumps a big automobile

2007-06-12T10:48:00.000-07:00

Dear Fellow Riders,
Monday brought a lot of morning mist to our commutes. I like to boast that my daughters love nothing more than riding in all conditions and at all times...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=v_Kh9gz71bE

..the truth is, they can protest. On rainy days, they beg for us to use the car. Sometimes, we do. But if the rain lulls or it's just a bit of mist, we ride. The girls like to use an umbrella if it's misting. On Monday, they were tipping it back, drag-parachute style and I had to pull over and caution them to "stop that or we'll go home and take the car to school."
Their behavior improved and, mist-or-no-mist, we made it to school.

Guest Blog: Friends on the Path

2007-06-12T09:03:00.000-07:00

Bike path conversations are one of my favorite forms of discourse. NEVER could you pull alongside your old friend while driving down 101, lean half-way out your window to enjoy a good chat. I’m sure it has been attempted.

Along the miles of SB County bicycle trails, the most civilized highways in America, good conversations are taking place as I tap out this note. People are waving and greeting each other the way bicycle commuters always have.

Just this morning, I was at Patterson and the Obern and heard a familiar voice. It was Santa Barbara treasurer, Geoff Green. If Green ran for most any office, he would automatically be my top choice; he has the one-two combination of great listening skills and incredible smarts. I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised to see him out for a morning loop on his hybrid-style bike. Geoff kindly slowed down to ride along with me for two or three miles and we talked about life, philanthropy, and some of our mutual friends.

I arrived at work feeling, once again, grateful that my mode of transport is high in both function and sociability.

I’m wondering if any of my fellow team-challengers have a story of their favorite bicycle path conversations.

Honored to be riding with you all,

Don Lubach
Captain of UCSB Team Ding Bell

Guest Blog: A Mighty Wind...

2007-06-06T17:26:00.000-07:00

Fellow Team Bike Challenge Riders,

On Day 6 of our tour, we have experienced something rare here in our fair city—weather! It’s windy. I was just out looking at the ocean and trying to remember my Beaufort Scale. I think we’re at force six. It’s blowing.

Bicycle commuters quickly learn that it is very easy to ride from point A to point B in this fine town. One can ride everywhere without breaking much of a sweat. There’s no need for expensive spandex outfits and titanium bicycle components. AND YET, once or twice every year, we find ourselves fighting a big wind or beneath a heavy downpour.

I can’t speak my fellow riders but I, Don Lubach, welcome a pattern-breaking turn in the elements. My life as a knowledge worker rarely has me doing anything resembling a physical challenge. I surf but I don’t extreme surf, I walk but I don’t climb the world’s peaks, I skateboard but I think of an “Olli” as Stanley’s companion.” Most of the time, I sit in my office tapping on a keyboard listening to music. So the few times I’ve ridden home in the middle of a big, Pacific storm, I’ve felt a huge thrill.

When was the last El Nino? I think it was about five years ago. The end of my work-day arrived and I looked outside my office window at sideways rain. The sky was black and even the car-drivers in my office looked pensive as they headed for the parking lot. I think every person who passed my door offered to give me a lift home. But I made the decision to ride and wasn’t going to display the brewing regret that I was starting to feel about my decision.

I loaded up my bicycle and sealed my electronics inside plastic bags. I put some plastic bags over my work shoes and fastened them around my ankles with some tape. Following some good advice from Art Ludwig (a local author and eco entrepreneur) I changed into shorts (“your legs are waterproof,” wrote the wise Mr. Ludwig). I cinched down my helmet and took off into the storm looking less-than-fetching. The ride home involved dodging tree branches, getting my ears cleaned by sideways rain, and the roar of Aleutian-born winds. My favorite thing about that ride was the hill at Goleta Beach. On a windless day, everyone glides down that hill gathering smooth, easy speed. On this El Nino evening, I had to stand up and pedal—hard—just to get down to the bottom where, as a reward I got to cross a 6” deep puddle that had whitecaps on it. Because nobody could hear me, I yelled, “Splash down!”

When I arrived at the house, I felt victorious. Even the nerdy knowledge worker needs an adventure now and again and, once safe-at home, we can also can use a hot shower and a soft, warm towel.

May today’s wind push you along to your destination.

Don Lubach
UCSB Team Ding Bell

Guest Blog: Any Fixed Gear Commuters in the Challenge?

2007-06-06T17:24:00.000-07:00

About ten years ago, I experienced my first "fix" -- I tried out a fixed gear bicycle. My buddy had a new Ibis Scorcher and we went for a ride to a coffee shop downtown. Other cyclists recognized that this was a fixed gear bike even though, to my eyes, it just looked like a nice, clean, single-speed bike. It surprised me that they not only recognized the gearing (or lack of gearing) but they also looked at the bike the way a car fanatic might look at a new Porsche or Mazarrati. "That thing is sweet!" was a common comment.

Many years have gone by and I still don't fully understand the allure of the fixed gear bicycle. I admire the simplicity and elegance and how the rider has to work on his/her technique in the same way that cross country skiiers study and practice in order to make their way along the trail. But I admit that I don't fully appreciate the popularity of these bikes. I'm hoping that someone will post about their own experience as a fixie commuter.

My own, complicated bicycle is like a long, rambling ode while the fixed gear is a haiku.

Fixie Rider
You seem to know a secret
As you spin past

Don Lubach
UCSB Team Ding Bell

Guest Blog: The Team Bike Evangelist

2007-05-31T17:36:00.000-07:00

Dear Fellow Team Bike Challenge Riders,

I’m Don Lubach. I am a career counselor, adult education instructor, and a board member with the Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition. And for the month of June, I’ll be joining you all as a competitor in this great, decentralized group ride organized by the wonderful crew at Traffic Solutions. When someone suggested that I contribute some posts to the blog, I was very honored. Here’s my first one.

I have always had a strong negative reaction to the "true believer." I can feel the multi-level-marketing pitch coming from miles away and I run for cover; I don't like when I'm handed a clipboard in front of the market; I don't like invitations to study groups that comb over sacred texts; I screen for telemarketers. But, friends, when it comes to the bicycle commute, the Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition, and the concept of alternative transport -- I am as fired up as the most caffeinated evangelist. I can't help myself.

There is so much joy in the simple bicycle errand, I have to share it with others. The recipients of my zeal are kind to me as I run, breathlessly, through a long list of things I like about not using the car to get to work. I appreciate their understanding.

There's a negative side to evangelism. More than 10 years of bicycle commuting happiness has made me judgmental about some of our neighbors. There's a guy who, nearly every morning, cold-starts his SUV in order to carry his child two blocks to the local elementary school. He drives a bit fast and everyone on the family bicycle keeps a close eye on him--the poor misguided soul. A religious evangelist might be worried that this two-block driver could be doomed to eternal suffering in a hot and Smokey place. From our observation, he's there now.

I guess I can only forgive the lost driver and hope that, one day, he'll come to the truth.

Yours,

Don Lubach
UCSB Team Ding Bell

Free TBC Bike Reflectors

2007-05-09T14:44:00.000-07:00

Participating in this year's Team Bike Challenge?
Go to your nearest bike shop and get your FREE TBC bike reflector. Members of the Air Pollution Control District's team, "Spandex-Free Zone."
show off their FREE bike reflectors.

TBC Video2-"The Cocky Mentor"

2007-05-09T13:34:00.000-07:00

It's abundantly clear that Traffic Solutions Staff watch way too much of "The Office".

Team BIke Challenge On Youtube.com

2007-04-13T10:36:00.000-07:00

Check out the UNCUT version of Episode 1 of the 2007 Traffic Solutions Team Bike Challenge videos. Go here to see ALL Team Bike Challenge videos from the 2006. Visit the Team Bike Challenge youtube site, watch the videos, forward them to friends and embed them on your blog, website and myspace.

Want to upload your own Team Bike Challenge video to the TBC wesite? Contact Jonathan at Traffic Solutions.

Episode 1-Uncut Version: "Sarkes is STOKED about the Team Bike Challenge."

New Art, New Site

2007-03-07T16:41:00.000-08:00

Traffic Solutions is excited about the 2007 Team Bike Challenge! This year brings a lot of changes. With the brand new artwork comes a brand new website. You will find the website easier to navigate, and full of fun things like videos, photos from previous years, tons of resources and improvements Traffic Solutions has made to the TBC.

You better get ready! The 2007 Team Bike Challenge is coming in June.

Trading Prizes

2006-07-25T13:25:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to all the TBC winners and to the teams that are eligible for prizes. All prizes have been mailed or delivered. We did our best to give you your first choice of prizes, but prizes were distributed on a first registered, first served basis. So, if you have a prize that you want to trade, tell us about it here and maybe someone will be interested in swapping what they got with your prize.

How Can $100 Be Used to Increase Bike Commuting?

2006-07-06T13:04:00.000-07:00

(Photo of employees from Innovative Micro Technology--many of whom are new bike commuters because of the TBC).

The TBC Top Mileage Winner, Jeffrey Alexander logged 1113 miles during the 2006 TBC. Wow! He logged so many miles by commuting to work in Goleta and then also taking trips from Santa Barbara to UCSB, sometimes several times a day. He also committed to taking his bike for most of the errands he needed to run in June.

Jeffrey is not interested in keeping the $100 he won for himself. Instead, he would like to work with all of you to come up with a creative way to re-use the $100 awarded to him to help more people keep riding into the summer and beyond. He's especially interested in helping people commute longer distances, for example, from Ventura to Santa Barbara or Pismo Beach to Santa Maria.

What are your ideas? How should Jeffrey spend his $100 big ones?

Enjoying the 4th of July By Bike

2006-07-03T09:42:00.000-07:00

Happy (almost) 4th of July!

Now that you are all pros at using your bikes for transportation, tell us the best ways to leave your car at home to enjoy 4th of July celebrations in your area.

Let's Party! Help us end with a bang in 2006 and 2007

2006-06-30T09:54:00.000-07:00

Many of your employers have hosted lunches and parties for TBC participants. Traffic Solutions has gotten several inquiries about hosting end-of-the-month parties for you hard working teams. Unfortunately, we don't have the resources to organize anything this year, but that shouldn't stop you from celebrating!

What are the best ways to celebrate the end of the Team Bike Challenge? We encourage you to use this post to organize informal happy hours or "get-togethers" for teams in your area.

Also, what kind of events could Traffic Solutions help organize in 2007? How could employers team up to host parties in their areas so that participants county-wide could celebrate the sweat, the tears and the glory?

How to Bike With Kids

2006-06-27T17:04:00.000-07:00

Many of you regular riders out there have families and that means that you also have experience biking with your children. Tell us how you handle biking with small children and how you bike with your kids once they are big enough to ride their own bikes. What kinds of trailers or seats do you use? Do you ride out on the streets? How did you teach your children about the rules of the road? What lessons have you learned that you can share with parents who have not yet tried riding bikes for transportation with their children?

(Photo courtesy of www.Xtracycle.com--of SB County residents, of course)

Could Traffic Solutions Host a Team Bike Challenge Year-Round?

2006-06-26T13:54:00.000-07:00

We have gotten several great suggestions about extending the Team Bike Challenge past June by allowing participants to continue to track their rides and miles after June 30th. Our Traffic Solutions team thinks this is an interesting idea, but our staff resources are limited. Comment here about ways we could design a promotion that would be self sustaining and yet interesting and motivating for current TBC participants--especially one that would help keep infrequent riders riding into the summer and beyond.
(Photo courtesy of S. McLaughlin)

Employers and the TBC

2006-06-22T11:43:00.000-07:00

Check out these members from NINE different TBC teams. Members from 2 Turntables and a Microphone, Wheezy Riders, Wheelie Good to the Earth, Road Hogs, Road Psycos, Ducer Pedaler, Blue Steel, Global Coolers and Bikers for ITC all work on Ward Drive for the following companies:

Electro-Optical Industries (EOI), Sonatech, Inc. (STI), Channel Industries, Inc. (CII), Channel Technologies, Inc. (CTI) and International Transducer Company (ITC).

Traffic Solutions is excited to see this highly involved participation by employers in this year's TBC. Companies have gotten behind their teams by sponsoring breakfasts, lunches and picnics for participants. And we know many employers are encouraging the healthy (and sometimes INTENSE) competition between teams during the month of June.

SO WE WANT TO KNOW:
What is your employer doing to support you and the TBC? Are they cheering you on and keeping you going? How so?

Logging Mega Miles and Trips for the TBC

2006-06-21T18:09:00.000-07:00

Do tell us how you riders are logging so many miles and trips!! Tell us about an average day that would allow you to log 102 trips in 21 days. That's almost 5 bike trips a day! We're also impressed with the next tier of riders who have logged more than 50 bike trips so far--and the infrequent riders are close behind you--the leader right now has logged 40 trips. Oh, and you leaders in the mileage contest? Over 500 miles!? Tell us about your commutes and your other utilitarian bike trips!

Summer Bike Adventures in Santa Barbara County

2006-06-20T14:08:00.000-07:00

Summer is here and we want you to share the best summer adventures that Santa Barbara County residents can take by leaving the car at home and heading out by bike! If you have a family, tell us about bike friendly adventures for the whole family. If you're single, recommend your favorite bike date or outing with friends.

Road Hazards for Bicyclists

2006-06-19T13:07:00.000-07:00

Help alert fellow bicyclists and staff in your local jurisdictions about hazards to bicyclists out on the road. You are the eyes and ears out there for staff and you can be of great help to them if you identify hazards and describe the location and type of hazard in productive ways. Discuss problems/hazards here and Traffic Solutions staff will help you get in touch with the appropriate staff person in your local jursidiction. The more specific you can be, the better. We also encourage you to stay positive in your comments and remember that staff sincerely want all road users to stay safe out on the road--you can help them! (photo courtesy of C. Orr)

Getting the Most Out of the Team Bike Challenge

2006-06-16T11:05:00.000-07:00

Now that we have passed the half-way point, how do plan to maximize the next 14 days for the benefit of your team and for your own personal goals that you set out before starting?

Ask the "Advice Pedaler"

2006-06-14T17:14:00.000-07:00

The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (www.sfbike.org) used to have a great column in their newsletter called "Ask the Advice Pedaler, Etiquette for the Conscientious Cyclist." Now that we have reached the half-way point of the 2006 Team Bike Challenge, what questions do you have about how to stay safe and courteous out on the road while biking? Ask your dedicated Advice Pedaler your questions of etiquette or your ponderings concerning your rights and responsibilities while on your trusty two-wheeler. Have you had a scary encounter or close call that you want to know how to avoid in the future? Ask the Advice Pedaler!

Let the trash talking begin!

2006-06-13T17:15:00.000-07:00

It's Day 13 of the 2006 Team Bike Challenge. Don't you think it's time to start some friendly (and clean) badgering of other teams in the competition? Share some stories about heated competitions at your workplace or make bold statements about how your team will crush the competition. The five teams participating from Innovative Micro Technology (IMT) have some funny bike wars to share (see photo). Post them here for us all to enjoy.

Share YOUR TBC Stories

2006-06-12T11:15:00.000-07:00

Now that the Team Bike Challenge is in full swing, we want to hear from you! We want to hear the good, the bad, and the ugly. Tell us about your experience with this heated competition and how you and your team are getting motivated to RIDE RIDE RIDE. What we are looking for here are stories about your riding experiences and team spirit. Got a digital camera with video clip capability or have a digital video camera? Think about doing a video log documenting your experiences during the Team Bike Challenge. Send us a QuickTime Movie to post on our website.

How can participating in the 2006 Team Bike Challenge help you beat high gas prices?

2006-05-05T15:47:00.000-07:00

So you just drove away from your neighborhood gas station and are wondering how you could possibly be dumping over $50 for a measly 15 gallons of gas into your fuel tank. What’s scarier is that your fuel costs only account for about 25% of your total cost to drive. Did you know that AAA estimates that for the average American, it costs about $.52 a mile to drive including maintenance, depreciation on your vehicle, fuel and insurance? Oh and by the way that figure was calculated when fuel was priced were a mere $2.41 a gallon (in Santa Barbara County we are averaging about $3.20 a gallon).

Do the math. That $4.50 video, sub sandwich or latte may be costing you another $3.00 if you drove a car 3 miles to get there. Maybe it is time to start knitting instead. Or you could participate in the Traffic Solutions Team Bike Challenge.

How will you save money by biking? Do you have tips for folks who are just starting to think about taking trips by bike instead of car?

So what is the Team Bike Challenge?

2006-04-12T12:14:00.000-07:00

The Team Bike Challenge by Traffic Solutions is a competition where teams of five compete against each other in a month long bicycle challenge. Team points are earned for every day a ROUND-TRIP is made by bike. This of course could be your commute to work, but also includes utilitarian trips such as taking the kids to the park or to soccer practice, bike trips to the gym, to the movies or to meet up with your friends for a recreation ride (if you would have normally driven your car to the starting point).

Here are some of the team pictures from last year’s Team Bike Challenge:

The 2006 Team Bike Challenge is during the month of June, and you don’t want to miss out. To find out more about the great prizes, forming a team, joining an existing team and other information about the TBC, go to www.trafficsolutions.info. And be sure to check back here as we’ll be updating you on all the latest information about the Team Bike Challenge. See you on the road!