2007
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Free $$ to ride!
Get rewarded to 'Rest Your Car' and commute alternatively
DART's Bike & Ride
Live too far away? Shorten your
commute, take a bus part way. Foul weather? take a bus ride home
on the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART)'s bus bike racks
Commuter Discounts
Check out discounts offered to commuters in honor of Bike To Work Week.
Employer participation?
How many employers are signed up? employees? different cities? Get your coworkers involved!
Participating Bike Shops
Support your Bike Shops - because they support You!- click here to find a participating shop near you!
Why I Love To Commute
Who commutes and why? share your commuting stories and read why others love to commute too!
Why Ride?
Improve your health and fitness and reduce stress too!. Plus, It's Fun!, Join Us and Ride your Bike To Work!
Become a Bike To Work Sponsor
Help make Bike To Work Day a Success! Over 1000 cyclists are expected to register this year for Bike To Work Day in Iowa alone.
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Prizes and Giveaways!
FACTS
1415 Commuters registered for Bike To Work Day 2007
Total Employers participating in Bike To Work Day - 562
Total Clubs participating in Bike To Work Day - 160
$1,000 in Bike Bucks WINNERS!!!
Bike Buck winners were randomly chosen from the Bike To Work Registrations. Please congratulate the WINNERS!!
- $500 - Dane Vorbrich
- $200 - Kate Eenhuis
- $100 - Connie Mitchell
- $100 - Tracy Ann DeWire
- $100 - LeeAnn Hofferber
If YOU are a winner, email Biker@bikeiowa.com.
Bike Bucks work just like CASH in any of the participating bike shops
This way you can pick out your own prize!
TOP 10 Participating Employers
Congratulations to the Wells Fargo! At 102 registrants, they are the highest number of registrants ever for one company!
RDG held the lead for the first month and a half with Principal on it's tail. then Wells Fargo came out of no where
and quickly made it to the top 5 and kept the momentum up to the last few hours.
1. Wells Fargo (102)
2. RDG Planning & Design (67)
3. Principal Financial Group (60)
4. State of Iowa--Capitol Complex (39)
5. Allied/Nationwide Agri Insurance (38)
6. Bike World (27)
7. Curwood (26)
8. University of Iowa (25)
9. Mercy Medical Center (18)
10. Iowa State University (17)
TOP 10 Participating Clubs
Congratulations to the Des Moines Cycle Club (DMCC)/DMOS! They had a whopping 60 registrants!
It was a close race in the early stages between DMCC, Krewebeadwhore and All9Yards, but DMCC's growth remained steady allowing them
to stay in the lead to the end!
1. Des Moines Cycle Club (DMCC)/DMOS (60)
2. Krewebeadwhore (48)
3. All9Yards Cycling Team (26)
4. Lake Country Cyclists (24)
5. TRI (Triathlon Racers of Iowa) (23)
6. Hawkeye Bicycle Association (19)
7. Bike Burlington (15)
8. Central Iowa Trail Association (15)
9. Barfly (13)
10. Bicyclists of Iowa City (13)
First Time Commuters?
Gasoline Saved
There will be a minimum of 11932
commuting miles by
bicycle during Bike To Work Week.
- How much gasoline will be saved? 663 gallons!
(used 18 mpg average)
- How much money will be saved by not using gasoline
while commuting?
$2,048.00 at $3.09 per gallon.
WHERE CAN PRIZES BE CLAIMED?
Since the Bike To Work coordinators will be commuting on Friday too, we will identify the winners
after 7:00 pm on Thursday May 17th.
- Claim your prize Friday morning at the downtown YMCA from 6:45am - 8:15am.
- Can't make it to the YMCA pick up your prize that morning? No problem, we undertand! Contact us and we'll get your prize to you!
- Email Biker@bikeiowa.com
You MUST have taken the pledge to Bike To Work in order to be eligible for the drawings.
Prizes only apply to Iowa residents.
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