Greetings, fellow cyclists! As promised in my last blog, there are some changes to GreenlightRide in the works. The latest and greatest is the ability for team captains to upload every type of ride and mile entered by every rider on your team.

What would you do with that information?

• You can use GreenlightRide as a wellness tracking program for your shop, your company, or your group of friends.
• You can reward your riders on an individual basis.
• You can study the data endlessly just because you love stats, but then again, it might be better to spend the time on your bike.
• Become the captain of your own personal team and keep track of your own successes.

 Simply go to your team and look for the “Export Team Data” in the lower right column, pick a date range and click “Export Data.”  Like magic, you’ll get an excel sheet full of info to do whatever you please with. Ta da!

Greetings fellow cyclists! It is I, your new GreenlightRide Administrator, Skuzzy Bones. Bike Everywhere has handed over the reins but will continue to be part of the power house group that makes up the GreenlightRide team. From here on out, I’ll be updating the blogs, handling communication, and doing my best to make this a website that not only fulfills your cycling needs but pushes you to ride more miles.

Over the next several months we’ll be shaking things up a bit with GreenlightRide.com. We’ve already made a few changes that might look small but are in fact HUGE! More to come on recent changes later.

Please stay tuned for more information and as always, if you have any feedback or questions don’t hesitate to contact the GreenlightRide support team at support@greenlightride.com

Keep riding!

2012 is starting off big for Greenlightride with a host of challenges that fit the something new, something old and something blue theme.

Let’s start with something blue. Three winter challenges have already begun including the
Bartholomew County IN Commit to Commute Winter Bike Challenge,
Alaska Department of Fish and Game Winter Bike Off
and the RDI – Winter Commuter Challenge 2011-12. It’s interesting that two of the three competitions originate with companies based in Alaska.

For something new check out the Jackson County Bicycle Club 1/2 Hour a Day Health Challenge The concept for this challenge is simple: Use at least 2% of your day to make 98% of your day better. But they’ve taken it a step further by offering prizes to make someone else’s day better as well. The club has teamed up with B2 Bikes & Boards and HWRT Reddington Terminal to make donations to the charity of choice of one active rider per month. See the challenge for more details.

Every challenge is new, but some of our best challenges have been at it for several years. Wells Fargo’s 2011 Challenge blew past its 100,000 mile goal by Labor Day and kept right on riding. They’ve upped the ante for the 2012 challenge. The new goal is one mile of bike commuting for every employee in the company. According to Wikipedia, Wells Fargo had 270,000 employees in 2011. Greenlightride wishes them well in their new challenge.

Two other worthy competitions returning for the new year:
2011- every mile counts had 26 teams competing. The team with the highest mileage MTBR Forums Commuters logged over 28,000 miles during the competition.

20 days per month in 2011 challenged competitors to ride at least 20 days in every month of the year. Team limit is one person and the top mileage team (rider) logged over 10,000 miles, despite a restriction that only work and errand trips counted.

There’s more to come. Greenlightride can help you make 2012 your best riding year ever through the motivation of friendly competition. Join one of the ongoing competitions or start your own. It’s all about riding more.

We’re proud to announce that team search is now live. This has been our most requested Greenlightride feature.

To use Team Search, click on “Teams” in the top navigation bar, then “All Teams.” Scroll down to “View Teams” and type in the name you are searching for. Click on the team name to go to the team’s homepage.

If you don’t know the exact spelling of the team name, type in as much as you know. You will get an alphabetical list of teams with that word in the name. For example, if you type in something common, like “Bike,” you will get a long list of teams with “Bike” in the name. The teams will be listed in alphabetical order.

Watch this space for more changes and updates to Greenlightride as we prepare the site for an exciting new season of bike challenges and competitions