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I want to thank team members that have been diligently logging their miles onto the 2MC Site for Trips for Kids.
On August 15th, I will award prizes to the top three members of Team Red.
Please continue to be honest in logging your miles and remember that miles ridden for work or training don’t count for the challenge.
Also remember that it’s trips, not miles that count towards earning points for the 2MC and that a great way to earn more points is by getting your friends involved!
Send out some emails to your friends, ride over to their house, get them to join Team Red and then challenge them on the site to replace their car trips with bike trips. You’ll both be happier, doing something great for the earth, and earning points on the site!

On August 15th, the team member with the most points will get
A team colored Rickshaw messenger bag
A pair of SockGuy team colored socks
A pair of SockGuy team colored arm warmers
A team colored bandana

the team member with the second most points will get
A team colored Rickshaw messenger bag
His or her choice of
A pair of SockGuy team colored socks
OR A pair of SockGuy team colored arm warmers
A team colored bandana

the team member with the third most points will get
His or her choice of
A pair of SockGuy team colored socks
OR A pair of SockGuy team colored arm warmers
A team colored bandana

Continue riding and logging those miles!!!

We have two winners for the 4th of July Contest.
I asked people to submit photos showing where their bicycles took them over the 4th of July holiday. We have two great winners!

Thanks to fiveforefun for your beautiful fireworks photo!

and to JackTB for sharing this photo of your teammates with us!

Please leave a comment on this post with your 2MC Red user name so I can get started on prize fulfillment, and let me know if you’d like arm warmers or socks!
Thanks for the photos!

Congratulations to Ed, the winner of the 2nd 2MC Red Photo Challenge. I asked Team Red to submit photos from their commute that captured the joy of biking, something that you could not see or experience if you were commuting by car.

Ed will receive some CLIF Bar stickers, a bandana, a pin, and his choice of SockGuy arm warmers or socks.

Ed, please leave a comment on this blog post with your 2MC user name and I’ll get started on the prize fulfillment.

Thanks for this awesome photo!

The last three digits of the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Tuesday were 362. I was watching the last exciting 8 minutes of the Uruguay v. Holland World Cup match, and when I walked out of the bar, I realized that it was 4:30 and the NYSE had been closed for thirty minutes. I had become wrapped up in messengering that day, and then when things slowed down in the afternoon, got wrapped up in the World Cup game, the first match I’d been able to watch. When I checked the clock, I couldn’t believe I had forgotten about the fundraiser. I’d been thinking about this for months! I tried to check the Squarebuilt registration emails on my phone to see who picked the winning number, but wasn’t able to search through the text of the emails. Luckily, Erik brought his computer into work that day and we went back to Everyman Espresso so I could check my email on his computer.

I started going through, one number at a time, from 362 down. I had a couple hits at 347, but that was just because it’s a common area code in New York City. Then I got another result for 345 and I was excited to see that it was Kevin Bolger!

I texted Lance to make sure, not wanting to make any announcements without being positive. It was an agonizing whole twenty minutes before Lance got back to me, confirming that yes, Kevin was the winner. I immediately called Kevin to tell him the news. He was really excited to hear that he was the winner. Kevin has done so much for the cycling community and I’m so happy that he will be getting an awesome Squarebuilt frame and fork!

We raised $1600 for KIVA and I really want to thank everyone who donated money to this great cause. The money that we raised is going to do good for a lot of people. Thanks to everyone involved!

Today is your last chance to buy a ticket for your chance to win a CUSTOM Squarebuilt frame!

$10 all goes to support KIVA.

Last 3 digits of the Dow Jones closing average TODAY chooses the winner. Go here to buy your tickets!

And remember…Price is Right rules, closest to the actual number without going over wins it…Strategy!

Did you bike anywhere for the 4th of July festivities?
I biked to Greenpoint to watch the fireworks from the Rooftop Farm. It was an amazing view!

I want to see where you biked to celebrate the 4th.
Upload a photo of somewhere you biked on the 4th of July to flickr and tag it ’2MCred4thOfJuly’ to win a pair of arm warmers or socks! If you don’t have a flickr account, you can post a comment with a link to your photo hosted somewhere else. Please include your 2MCred name!

For 10 points and a pair of SockGuy arm warmers or socks:

Give me the name of one film that played at the Bicycle Film Festival this year.

Leave your answers as a comment to this post and the first three correct responses will win!

Make sure you leave your 2MC username in your comment, and if you would like arm warmers or socks!

Keep riding and logging those miles for Trips for Kids!

Congratulations to the winner of the first challenge for the Red Team!

Bob Price, your photo from 1973 was great and shows a lot of bike love!

Thank you to everyone who submitted photos and keep an eye out for the next challenge!

Hellooooo Red Team!
First, thank you so much for joining and logging your miles in support of Trips for Kids! It is great to see so many people from across the country ditching their car keys and being a part of the Challenge!

As the Red Team leader, I will be having challenges that can win you cool gear from CLIF Bar and their sponsors.

The first challenge is upon us!

Since we are riding for Trips for Kids, I thought it would be cute to get a little nostalgic and see pictures of you all when you were kids with your bike. Biking can have such a fantastic impact on one’s life, and I want to see where all you pedaling maniacs got your start!

So dig through those archives, find a great photo, and upload it to flickr. Tag your photo with this phrase exactly so I will be able to see the submissions: 2MCRedChallenge1

The winner will get some CLIF Bars, a 2MCRed punk pin, and a choice of a pair of SockGuy Arm warmers (I know, I know, how can you think of arm warmers at a time like this? But cold weather will come again!) or pair of SockGuy socks!

Please post your photos to Flickr by Wednesday, June 9th and I will announce the winner on Friday!

I can’t wait to see your photos!

Did you know that 40% of U.S. Urban travel is 2 miles or less?

and that

90% of those trips are taken by car?!

The streets in NYC are totally crowded, but I was surprised and a little disappointed by those stats.  CLIF Bar was too.  So, to try to get people out of their cars and onto their bikes, they’ve initiated the CLIF Bar 2 Mile Challenge.  CLIF Bar will be giving away a total of $100,000 to three charities.  There are three teams, with people from all over the country being asked to join a team, trade in their car keys for a bike helmet, and log their miles on the 2MC website.  Each team is riding for a different charity, and at the end of the Challenge, the charity represented by the team with the most points will get an additional $25,000!

I am so excited to be the team leader for the Red Team, which is riding for Trips for Kids.  Trips for Kids reaches out to at-risk-youth through mountain bike rides and Earn-A-Bike programs and I am proud to be logging my miles for them!

I hope you will join me and the Red Team!!!

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