Handy Links You might need:

LOG YOUR COMMUTE AND WORKSITE TOTALS TODAY BY 10:30 AM (FOR SCHOOLS) AND NOON (FOR WORKSITES)!
Places to LOG YOUR DATA: Your Daily Commute; or The WS Coordinator’s Daily Totals; or New Worksite Registrations
To VIEW REPORTS: For Daily Commutes; The WS Coordinator’s Daily Totals; New Worksite Registrations

Turnout for Bike to Work Week has been FANTASTIC so far. Most people have had no problem logging in their miles. We have heard from a few who forgot to enter past day’s commutes, and it with regret that FBO cannot enter those commutes after the fact. But remember! When more of us bike commute… we are ALL winners. Even if we don’t win a great Breezer bike (this year).

Today’s Commuter of the Day: Kathy Flaccus of Sinagua High School

More highlights from the week so far:

Monday: Logins= 650, Total Participants= 650, Total Miles= 5,280, Average commute= 8.1 miles
Tuesday Logins= 283, New Participants= 77, Total Miles= 1,730 , Average commute= 6.1 miles
Wednesday Logins= 616, New Participants= 169, Total Miles= 5,120 , Average commute= 8.3 miles
Totals so Far: Logins= 1,563, Total Participants= 896, Total Miles= 12,230, Average commute= 7.8 miles

Longest commutes: Monday’s 50.4 miles, Mars Brimhall; Tuesday’s-23 miles, Alan Kaufmann; Wednesday’s 43 miles, Jeff Dillon

Prizes for Wednesday will be posted soon.

Upcoming Events:

Today is BIKE TO SCHOOL DAY!! Make sure your school mates LOG THEIR COMMUTE before 10:30 am! The winning participation rates at the High School and Middle School levels will take the coveted “Golden Sprocket” award.

We had a CYCLE TRAIN at Thomas Elementary School to encourage kids to ride to school.

AND TONIGHT… The long awaited state premier of “Seasons”, a mountain biking movie by The Collective. It could be a packed house at the Orpheum tonight… the doors open at 6pm. Get there. Also showing: the Kids Safety Video contest films and winners, and announcements of the winners of the Worksite Challenge.

Are you planning on coming to Friday’s Cyclobration Bike to Potluck? Coconino County has generously volunteered to provide meat and veggie burgers to grill… please drop us an RSVP so we can get an idea of numbers.

Happy Cycling!

Handy Links You might need:

Places to LOG YOUR DATA: Your Daily Commute;  or   The WS Coordinator’s Daily Totals;   or   New Worksite Registrations
To VIEW REPORTS: For Daily Commutes;     The WS Coordinator’s Daily Totals;       New Worksite Registrations

Some highlights from the week so far:

Monday: Logins= 650, Total Participants= 650, Total Miles= 5,280, Average commute= 8.1 miles
Tuesday Logins= 283, New Participants= 77, Total Miles= 1,731 , Average commute= 6.1 miles
Totals so Far: Logins= 941, Total Participants= 728, Total Miles= 7,072, Average commute= 7.5 miles

Longest commutes: Monday’s 50.4 miles, Mars Brimhall; Tuesday’s-23 miles, Alan Kaufmann

Here at BTWW we are still scratching our heads trying to figure out WHY participation took a hit on Tuesday. Was it the primaries keeping folks home??? Did gas prices drop when we weren’t looking? Hmmmm.

Actually, this is impressive… even with (okay, I admit it) SUB-standard commuting weather Tuesday, we have almost topped last year’s 5 day total for numbers of participants. Now that the weather is great again… let’s crank it out!

Prizes for Tuesday are posted.

Ah Spring in Flagstaff… gotta love it. Well, yes, perhaps the snow had a little to do with it. It was an elite and hardy crew that showed up for Jack and Martin’s Excellent FUTS Adventure. We patroled about 7-9 miles of trail out to Cheshire and back. Excellent Indeed.

Competition for the Breezer Bicycles has never seemed so intense. We will have to do on-site inspections of the top 5 or 10 worksites contenders to verify the validity of team composition. BE WARNED! Signs of gerrymandering or cherry-picking could disqualify offenders. Remember: We are ALL winners when folks Bike to Work and School!

Upcoming Events:

Be sure to come to the Town Hall Meeting tonight. It’s in the lobby of the Flagstaff City Hall at 211 West Aspen Ave. Let your voice be heard and learn what’s being done to make Flagstaff a better place for bicycles.

Are you planning on coming to Friday’s Cyclobration Bike to Potluck?  Coconino County has generously volunteered to provide meat and veggie burgers to grill… please drop us an RSVP so we can get an idea of numbers.

Happy Cycling!

Monday morning’s Kick-Off Commuter Ride was a huge success with over 200 cyclists showing up to support cycling in Flagstaff. Mayor Joe Donaldson led the parade with Kevin Burke, Flagstaff City Manager, and Martin Ince, Flagstaff’s Multi-Modal Planner. After the parade Jack Welch was awarded the FBO 2008 Bicycle Advocacy Award and was also presented a bicycle as a token of his SuperHero Powers of Cycling Goodness! Way to go Jack!

Monday’s totals:

87 Worksite Coordinators reported their totals: (We have 161 worksites… are y’all getting your worksite totals reported?)

651 individuals logged in– AN EXCELLENT STARTING DAY!

Still want to sign up your worksite? It’s not too late… Go HERE.

Flagstaff’s great spring weather hasn’t detered many of you… we’ve had about 150 login’s today already… Keep it up. This picture of Tom Sabol, USGS Bldg 4, was submitted by N. Voichick. I don’t care how much snow Tom’s standing in, he looks HOT!

Be sure to join Martin and Jack’s Excellent FUTS Adventure Tuesday Night at 6 pm. Starts in front of Pay-n-Take, bring a HELMET.

Go check out Monday’s Commuter of the Day, Mark Daniels of NAU’s Ecological Restoration Institute.

Prizes for Monday are now POSTED.

“Bike to Work Week: The week the FBO Board of Directors has to drive things around in cars and can’t bike…”
–Melissa Dunstan, FBO Executive Director.

The moment so many have awaited! You can Log Your Commute NOW! CLICK HERE!

A Great time was had by all at yesterday’s Bike Bazaar and Swap, and the Human Powered Parade. We had perfect weather and a fine crowd of bike enthusiasts, bike merchants, bikes, families on bikes, and bike gear. Bikes had one wheel, 2 wheels, and up to 4 wheels.

(Below) The Parade in the home stretch: Jay Holt on his tall bike, winner of the 2008 Best Decorated Bike in the parade.  

Worksite Coordinators for Bike to Work Week can pick up their worksite challenge information packages this week at 2 convenient locations in downtown Flagstaff:

Tuesday, April 29th, 5:30-7 pm at Pay-N-Take, 12 W Aspen Ave
Thursday, May 1st, 6:30 to 7:30 pm at Flagstaff Brewing Company, 16 E Rt 66.

Worksites must be registered online prior to pickup. If worksite coordinators are unable to pick up their packages, or have a friend pick them up, they can contact us and we will deliver it (by bike of course) to them.

Worksite Coordinators can begin Registering their Worksites NOW! Go Here.