Comments on: What a Start! Americans Burn 100 Million Calories in National Bike Challenge

By: Today’s Headlines | Streetsblog Capitol Hill

Today’s Headlines | Streetsblog Capitol Hill — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:49:59 +0000

[...] America Burns 100 Million Calories During Bike Challenge (Bike League) [...]

By: Khal Spencer

Khal Spencer — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:26:22 +0000

I was already getting exasperated by the long and onerous legaleze in the waiver (BICYCLING IS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS–IT COULD KILL YOU! WHY ARE YOU STUPID ENOUGH TO SIGN UP FOR THIS CONTEST AFTER READING THIS?), and gave up when I got partway through the fine print
6. PRIVACY AND PERSONAL DATA

I gave up.

Please, can we just ride our bikes without worrying about suing someone in Wisconsin (ugh….) or what exactly the Danish privacy rights are?? I used to log miles religiously when I raced, and log weights after the Christmas (burp) holidays, but nowdays, to quote the koan, “I ride my bike to ride my bike”

cheers!

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 18:06:39 +0000

I’m sorry to hear that you found the Challenge site difficult to use. And I appreciate you letting us know — we want to grow this thing, so we need to make sure it’s easy and painless to use.

It’s possible that there’s some incompatibility with your browser or browser settings. If you’re interested in trying again, you could contact the Challenge support under Toolkits>Support from the Challenge site. Or call the League office and ask for me — if I can get a better understanding of what’s going wrong, I can help get it resolved.

I have to say that I’ve been logging miles for myself and my daughter and have had a pretty easy time of it. I’ve used the ‘change your commute settings’ option on the log miles page to record my three most common routes so I can use the drop-down to record my miles in most cases. Or you can use the smartphone app to record your miles as you ride.

By: Ron Rizzardi

Ron Rizzardi — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 16:42:42 +0000

I was really pscyhed to include my regular commutes. But, I gave up after a couple weeks when logging time became a frustration and a chore.

I started using this back on day 1 in May. But I found the site slow and its performance inconsistent.

I spent almost as much time trying to get my time in on some days as I did actually riding.