Team Bike Challenge


Team Tour De Turtle Photo: Ben Lucero

The regional winning team out of all 9 Bay Area counties was Team Tour de Turtle from Marmot Mountain in Sonoma County, earning 594 points and riding a total of 982 miles in May. Second place was a tie between Team BORAT of Santa Clara and Team Full Tilt from Marin. Third place went to OUTSPOKIN, another Marmot Mountain team from Sonoma.

In the Team Bike Challenge, groups of up to 5 cyclists competed to ride their bikes for transportation as many days as possible in the month of may. Points were given out based on the type of cyclist each team member was. Novices receive the most points (5 per trip) as the competition tried to encourage new bike commuters to ride together with more experienced cyclists for support and encouragement.

Altogether 521 Teams in this year’s competition biked a total of 275,273 Miles, offsetting 267,015 pounds of pollution from the air, burning 11,836,739 calories and saving $144,518 in gas money. All together 121 companies participated in the competition this year. The teams from Cisco Systems biked an incredible 25,635 miles! At Marmot Mountain, 30% of their employees participated in the challenge!

2009 Team Bike Challenge Winners

Overall Top Regional Winners

1st - Team Tour De Turtle: 594 pts | 982 miles

2nd (tied) - Full Tilt: 593 pts | 1689 miles

2nd (tied) - BORAT: 593 pts | 1304 miles

3rd - OUTSPOKIN: 586 pts | 1569 miles

Alameda County

1st – “CGMM” – Cisco Green Mean M…: 515 pts | 1058 miles
2nd – Flying Rubber Chickens: 504 pts | 651 miles
3rd – Adler’s Enablers: 495 pts | 1248 miles

Contra Costa County

1st – PeopleSoft Pedal Pushers: 416 pts | 802 miles
2nd – Hui Paikikala : 354 pts | 835 miles
3rd – Team Kyocera: 343 pts | 378 miles

Marin County

1st – Full Tilt: 593 pts | 1689 miles
2nd – Tamiscal Firebirds: 572 pts | 667 miles
3rd – Team XYXXX: 521 pts | 728 mile

Napa County

1st – THE GLASSY WHEELED SHARPSCO…: 467 pts | 516 miles
2nd – OXBOW Friskies: 359 pts | 976 miles
3rd – The Rough Riders: 345 pts | 1355 miles

San Francisco County

1st – David Baker + Partners Team…: 425 pts | 1178 miles
2nd – Look Ma, No Hands!: 412 pts | 343 miles
3rd – GeoEx Varsity: 380 pts | 623 miles

San Mateo County

1st – BIOTECH - Bicyclists Intent…: 414 pts | 1942 miles
2nd – Greenbox: 314 pts | 1043 miles
3rd – velociraptors: 313 pts | 510 miles

Santa Clara County

1st – BORAT: 593 pts | 1304 miles
2nd – Bone on Bone: 498 pts | 1222 miles
3rd – Vander-Bikers: 478 pts | 1244 miles

Solano County

1st – Quadsafire: 520 pts | 490 miles
2nd – Old Cranks: 399 pts | 3501 miles
3rd – Team Budweiser: 229 pts | 1127 miles

Sonoma County

1st – Team Tour De Turtle: 594 pts | 982 miles
2nd – OUTSPOKIN: 586 pts | 1569 miles
3rd – Eco Leaders: 584 pts | 663 miles

2009 Company Bike Challenge Winners

Large Companies

1st – Cisco Systems: 7180 pts | 25635 miles
2nd – Apple Inc.: 6813 pts | 26350 miles
3rd – City of Richmond: 2277 pts | 5887 miles

Medium Companies

1st – Marmot Mountain LLC: 2462 pts | 5563 miles
2nd – California State Coastal Co…: 1045 pts | 2758 miles
3rd – Sun Light and Power: 855 pts | 1739 miles

Small Companies

1st – Van Meter WIlliams Pollack,...: 1108 pts | 1506 miles
2nd – WRA: 953 pts | 1677 miles
3rd – Sonoma County Agricultural …: 717 pts | 1457 miles

Bike to Work Day Riders on Market Street in San Francisco Photo by Adam Aufdencamp

Clif Bar Team
Photo by Andrew Rogers

Each year more new and seasoned bike commuters join the inspiring Team Bike Challenge! This contest encourages existing bicycle commuters to recruit their colleagues, friends, neighbors, and local 'Big Wheel' figures to join their team. The challenge is for these teams to pedal their way to work, school, errands, or play as many days as possible during the month of May. The Teams sign up at the Bike to Work Day website where they track their bike trips as they compete against other teams. At the end of the Challenge the team with the most points wins a grand prize!
Click Here to Sign Up

Take the Challenge!

It’s time to break out your bike, oil the chain and gather your friends for Team Bike Challenge 2009! Join hundreds of teams from all corners of the Bay Area in a competition to ride their bikes for the most trips to work, school and errands.

The Team Bike Challenge kicks off May 1, 2009. Gather your friends, colleagues or neighbors to form teams and pedal during the month of May. Earn points for each day any team member rides, and compete against teams across the Bay Area to win the most points. Points are awarded for riding to work, school, or errands. (Sorry, no points for recreational rides.) The team with the most points at the end of the month wins a grand prize!

New this year is the addition of the Team BART Challenge! Start or join a Team based on a BART station and you have a chance to win a $50 BART Ticket. Click here for details.

Here’s How it Works:

• Form a team of 2–5 people. (Each team must have at least one Novice Rider)
•Sign up your team online
• Ride your bike and track your points throughout the month of May to win!

Who’s on Your Team?

No two teams are alike:

Big Wheel
An executive, journalist or elected official. (Limit one Big Wheel per team).
4 points each day pedaled.

Lifestyle Rider
A seasoned and skilled bike commuter who rides his or her bike two or more times a week for transportation. The Lifestyle Rider truly believes that everyday is Bike to Work Day.
2 points each day pedaled.

Novice
A new or infrequent rider who uses his/her bike two times or less per month. (Each team must have at least one Novice rider).

5 points each day pedaled.

Weekend Warrior
A recreational rider who takes leisure rides and/or who participates in organized rides or races, but doesn’t commute by bike.
3 points each day pedaled.

Encourage others to Join the Team Bike Challenge by downloading our flyer and sharing it with your coworkers