Armidale Bike Week 2014 – Commute Challenge

Show just how much pedal power you have during Armidale’s second annual Commute Challenge – a NSW Bike Week activity.

Make a team or just ride yourself to be in the running for great prizes by riding either the furthest total distance, or the completing most individual trips during the week. for the chance to take out the coveted Golden Wheel trophy.

Last year 47 participants logged 391 trips to work, school or for other purposes for a total of 1,761 kilometres. Two Year 5 students of The Armidale Waldorf School will be defending the Golden Wheel trophy, having completed 22 trips each for a total of 326.4 kilometres in 2013. Will you or your team be this year’s champion?

“We know from our first Commute Challenge in 2013 there are plenty of Armidale people who ride bicycles for some transport trips and reap the benefits” said Tom Fisher, Convenor of the SLA Transport Group.

“Commute Challenge is about local riders of all abilities seeing how much transport they can do in one week by bike – to save money, burn kilijoules, increase fitness and reduce climate change emissions.”

The commute challenge is part of NSW Bike Week, which aims to promote cycling as a healthy and safe transport choice for short trips. Bike Week also aims to increase the use of local cycling infrastructure for transport, as well as purely for recreation.

Commute Challenge runs from Sun14 – Sat 20 September. Go to SLArmidale.org/bikeweek to register and log your trips to be in the running for great prizes?