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Group Health Commute Challenge Results
May 1-31, 2008

For a complete list of stats and categories please visit the contest rankings pages. In most instances, we pick a winner from each category plus a runner-up. In the case of multiple winners we pick one winning name from a hat. All winners below will receive a special Group Health Commute Challenge certificate via USPS.

Any available prizes will be mailed to team captains; except in the case of large items, these will need to be picked up at the club office during business hours. Those teams that have won prizes that require fitting or a choice of items will be contacted by staff directly.

Note: Teams of individuals made up from different workplaces, friends, etc are not eligible to win prizes.

Bike to Work Day & Group Health Random Drawing

1. Winner: Sunny Knott of Seattle, Wild Heart Cycling trip 'Wallowa Mountain Rambler" Value $1195 for one person...
2. Runner-Up: Meghan Halibishy, Seattle, Scattante Americano bike (value $500) courtesy of Performance Bicycle.
3. 3rd Place: Brain Carver of Kirkland, Full Speed Ahead Wheel set (Value $350),
4. 4th Place: Barb Moyer of Bellevue, 2 Passes to the Group Health Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic

2008 Cascade Bicycle Club Special prizes

Please note in the event of ties, winners were picked out of a hat from the winning teams. Therefore only one winner is chosen per category.

Random Drawing for all Cascade Members who participate in contest:

• Winner: Russell, N. Slower than Otis, United Way of King County
  Prize: Scattante R-330 Road Bike courtesy of Performance Bicycles (Value $1000)

Most Cascade Bicycle Club members on one team:

1. 4 members on team: Passes to Cascade Bicycle Club rides: your choice of Flying Wheels, Cascade Spawning Cycle or Kitsap Color Classic.
   Winner: Death Cookies – Mithun
2. 5 members on team - 5 x $10 gift certificates to Performance Bicycle
   Winner: 2Wheelin'2Work - Group Health Cooperative
3. 6 members on team - 6 Rack N Road $50 gift certificates
   Winner: Lean Machine - Virginia Mason Medical Center
4. 7 members on team - 7 tickets to Seattle Mariners game
   Winner: Super Sprockets - Nordstrom Direct
   
5. 8 members on team - 8 passes to Cascade Bicycle Club ride; choices of Flying Wheels, Cascade Spawning Cycle or Kitsap Color Classic
   Winner: Pike Place Peddlers - Starbucks Coffee Company
6. 9 members on team - 9 Hear Music CD's courtesy of Starbucks, 9 Clif Bar t-shirts
   0 teams-no winner.
7. 10 members on team - Clifbar party pack, plus 10 x $10 gift cards for Performance, 10 x Seattle Storm Tickets, 10 bottles of Barefoot wine.
   Winner: MicroSpokes - Microsoft Corporation

4-6 member Grand Prize Drawing

• Winner: The Original Axles of Evil - University of Washington Philosophy
  Prize: Ortlieb Front Roller Classic Panniers for entire team

7-10 member Grand Prize Winner

• Winner: Sterna Paradisaea - Boeing
  Prize: Ortlieb Back Roller Classic panniers or Ortlieb Velocity Messenger Backpacks (your choice) for each CBC member on the team

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Group Health Commute Challenge Categories

Winners and runners-up get an official certificate of recognition. Certificates, prizes or prize pick-up notification will be mailed to team captains by July 1, 2008.

Most teams in one workplace or organization (Top 20 recognized)

1. Microsoft Corporation 47
2. Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center 45
3. Boeing Corporation 43
4. University of Washington 39
5. King County 35
6. REI 33
7. City of Seattle 33
8. Group Health Cooperative, Group Health 29
9. NBBJ 19
10. Starbucks Coffee Company 16
11. Eckstein Middle School 14
12. Costco Wholesale 13
13. Amazon.com 13
14. F5 Networks, Inc. 13
15. City of Bellevue 13
16. MITHUN 10
17. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 10
18. Seattle Public Schools 7
19. Environmental Protection Agency 7
20. US Coast Guard 7

Most riders in any organization (Top 20 recognized)

1. Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center 318
2. Microsoft Corporation, 278
3. REI 272
4. Boeing Corporation 267
5. City of Seattle 255
6. University of Washington 240
7. Group Health Cooperative, Group Health 207
8. King County 182
9. NBBJ 142
10. Starbucks Coffee Company 122
11. F5 Networks, Inc. 121
12. Costco Wholesale 110
13. Amazon.com 105
14. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 98
15. City of Bellevue 95
16. MITHUN 63
17. Honeywell 57
18. Puget Sound Energy 56
19. Seattle Public Schools 53
20. K2 Sports USA 51

Most Total Miles for one team

Teams of 10:

1. Winner
   Sterna Paradisaea, Boeing Puget Sound 10073.8
2. Runners-up
   MicroSpokes, Microsoft Corporation Redmond 9090.1
   Squadra Ophidian, Group Health Cooperative 8586.2

Teams of 9:

1. Winner: Circles on Circles Black Cat Bike Club 3062.3
2. Runner-up: Velo-Raptors Boeing IDS F-22 Avionics 2712.4

Teams of 8:

1. Winner: Group Health Bikers Group Health Cooperative 2689.5
2. Runner-up: Long Boarders, ESA Adolfson Seattle 2366.8

Teams of 7:

1. Winner: SBS Warehouse Rats - Seattle Bike Supply - Warehouse 2718.8
2. Runner-up: Coca-Cola Cycling Crew, Coca-Cola Bottling of Washington 1912.5

Teams of 6:

1. Winner: I can't ride 55, Boeing 1610.6
2. Runner-up: Road Rash, University of Washington ICA 1450.8

Teams of 5:

1. Winner: Biking for Brews I - Boeing 1755.4
2. Runner-up: Rollin Dirty, REI Headquarters G&A/Novara 1563.8

Teams of 4:

1. Winner: Loose Links 1 - Romac Industries 1745
2. Runner-up -Cycle Cellars Seattle Bike Supply Sales 1328.2

Most total days biking for one team

Teams of 4:

1. Winner: Weapons of Gas Reduction, Art Tile 65 days
2. Runners-up:
   Petrol-Free Pedaleers, Port of Vancouver USA 64
   West Seattle Wheelies, USPS Westwood 59

Teams of 5:

1. Winner: Team Infectious Immunity - Take 2, Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center Research 80 trips
2. Runners-Up
   Renton Rounders, Boeing Renton 78
   Team Caron, Caron 77

Teams of 6:

1. Co-Winners:
   Sore Butts, Righteous Intentions, SBRI 106 days
   The Cycling Monkeys, SBRI 106
2. Runners-Up: Rebel Alliance, NetMotion Wireless, Inc. 91

Teams of 7

1. Winner: UHF Riders (Honeywell Redmond) 113 days
2. Runners-Up:
   Random Stats (University of Washington Statistics) 111.5
   SBS Warehouse Rats (Seattle Bike Supply Warehouse) 110.5

Teams of 8:

1. Winner: Long Boarders (ESA Adolfson Seattle) 124.5
2. Runners-Up:
   Expeditors Team RO / RO (Expeditors International of WA) 120.5
   Folks on Spokes (Woodland Park Zoo) 120.0

Teams of 9:

1. Winner: Circles on Circles (Black Cat Bike Club) 187
2. Runners-Up:
   Team Ocean Motion (University of Washington School of Oceanography) 143.0
   Velo Vittorioso (thePlatform) 122.0

Teams of 10:

1. Winner: CuttersV2 (REI Seattle): 213 days
2. Runners-Up:
   Thing 1 (University of Washington Earth and Space Sciences): 209 Days
   Sterna Paradisaea ( Boeing Puget Sound): 201 Total days

Highest % of new bike commuters on one team
Teams of 4:

1. Winner
   Parsons Cyclomaniacs, Parsons Corporation - 100.0%
2. Runners-up
   Granny Gear, City of Bellevue - 75.0%
   Super Cool Rock and Rollers, Eckstein Middle School - 75.0
   Wang Dandier, Wong Doody - 75.0%
   Bandidos Del Norte, Northern Lights Ventures, LLC - 75.0%

Teams of 5:

1. Co-Winners
   GO COUGS! Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center - 100.0%
   Your Mom Spencer, Decker Architects - 100.0%
   We Save Our Gas For Home, Mount Si High School Faculty - 100.0%
   HHS Cycling Team, Highline High School - 100.0%

Teams of 6:

1. Winner
   B.F. Day School Terrific Teachers, Seattle Public Schools - 100.0%
2. Runners-up
   Biking Brokers with Benefits, Aon - 83.3%
   On Bikes Is Definitely Invigorating (OBIDI), Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center - 83.3%
   Speed Demons, Microsoft Corporation - 83.3%
   Earth Riders Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center - 83.3%
   Phinney Teenage Mutant Ninja Cyclistas Teens of Phinney Ridge - 83.3%
   GD Pedal Pushers General Dynamics - 83.3%

Teams of 7:

1. Co Winners
   Quick Call 911! TeleCommunication Systems Inc - 100.0%
   The Crop Dusters, Remote Medical International - 100.0%
   Tortugals Parsons, Public Relations - 100.0%
   Training Wheelers, Weber Thompson - 100.0%
   Biking Bytes, City of Bellevue - 100.0%

Teams of 8:

1. Winner
   Jim's Sprockets, Costco Wholesale - 87.5%
2. Runner-up
   LuPEDx, Lumedx - 75.0%

Teams of 9:

1. Winner
   Country Crankin Road Hogs, Gootee Chevrolet Pontiac Buick - 88.9%
2. Runners-up
   Northgate Cyclones Seattle Public Schools - 77.8%
   Low Riders Weber Thompson - 77.8%
   Data Domestiques Costco Wholesale - 77.8%
   Two Tired Bay, Laurel and Friends - 77.8%
   NBBJ - Team NY - NBBJ - 77.8%

Teams of 10:

1. Winner
   Huffin' Puffins, City of Seattle (Parks & Recreation) - 100.0%
2. Runners-up
   Safety First Costco Wholesale - 90.0%
   Zoo of Biking Riding Bitches K2 Sports USA - 90.0%
   The Commuter Bags, The Production Network - 90.0%

Most New Bike Commuter Miles for one team

1. Winner-
   MicroSpokes, Microsoft Corporation 1861
2. Runners-up
   NanoCarbon Footprint, Nanostring Technologies 1480.7
3. Parsons Cyclomaniacs, Parsons Corportation 1236
4. Super Sprockers, Nordstrom Direct 1108
5. Country Crankin Road Hogs, Gootee Chevrolet Pontiac Buick 1106.4
6. Too Clever, Costco Wholesale 1101.7
7. Team High Road, T-Mobile USA, Inc. 1087.0
8. Team Sweaty Sahara, REI Seattle 1060.0
9. LuPEDx, Lumedx1009.0
10. Da Renton, Derailleurs City of Renton 1006.7
11. FSA USA Full Speed Ahead Woodinville 968

Most New Commuter Trips

1. Winner: Thing 3, University of Washington 107 trips
2. Runners-up:
   Huffin' Puffins, City of Seattle Parks & Recreation 99
3. Team Sweaty, Sahara REI Seattle 83.5
4. NanoCarbon Footprint, Nanostring Technologies 75
5. Team MCB, University of Washington 70
6. The Cycling Monkeys, SBRI 68.5
7. Zoo of Biking Riding Bitches, K2 Sports USA 66.5
8. Passing on Gas, Global Energy Concepts 66.5
9. Country crankin road hogs, Gootee Chevrolet Pontiac Buick 66
10. The rollin' bohlins bohlin, cywinski jackson 64.5
11. Training Wheelers, Weber Thompson 64.5

Favorite Team Name- (as voted by participants on the website)

• Winner: 65 votes -Poli-Sci-cles

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Individual Team & Rider prizes

These prizes recognize both "Individual Team" registrants, plus individual riders on larger teams when possible.

Most trips & miles total by Ind. Team new bike commuter

1. Winner
   Slow Rider, World Mark by Wyndham 480 miles, 20 trips
2. Runners-up
   The Green Hornet, Dendreon Corporation 72 miles, 18 trips
3. Tesla's Tornado, Ace Galvanizing 322.1 miles, 17 trips

Most overall total miles by any rider

1. Winner
   Buffington, P. Waggener Edstrom -1484.0
   Prize: Ibex clothing $120 gift Certificate
2. Runners-up
   Balansay, R, Sterna Paradisaea, Boeing - 1457.4 -Ibex Socks
3. Whisler, R, Sterna Paradisaea, Boeing - 1446.0 - Ibex socks
4. de Wet, B, Squadra Ophidian, Group Health Cooperative - 1406.9 - Ibex socks'
5. Paridon, M, Team BPA, REI - 1278.0 -Bike Hugger socks
6. Meerscheidt, A, MicroSpokes, Microsoft Corporation - 1250-Bike Hugger socks
7. MacDonald, M, CHG Building Systems, Inc. 1249.2 -Bike Hugger socks

Most miles by a female contestant

1. Winner
   Thocher, L. Doug are you out there? Samaritan Center of Puget Sound 947 Miles, 22 trips
2. Runners-Up
   Van De Sompele, W, Surf & Turf, City of Seattle, 863 miles, 22 trips
3. Southwick, C. Passionate About Pedaling, King County Housing Authority, 815 miles 20 trips
4. Regan, H. Satan's Hell Riders of Death, Kirkland Bike Shop, 725 miles, 18 trips
5. Wilkinson, K. F Team Onc, Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center, 672 miles 16 trips

Most total trips-All Riders

Co-winners - 24 trips total!

1. Balansay, R. Sterna Paradisaea, Boeing
2. Murphy, J. Circles on Circles, Black Cat Bike Club
3. Grob, L. Large Wheeled Debris, King County
4. Fisette, D. REI Speed-Wagon, REI Redmond
5. Geisendorfer, A. Fahrradvergnügen, Cascade Bicycle Club
6. Williams, C. Major Taylor, University of Washington
7. Troy, J. Planes, Chains & Cyclemobiles, Boeing
8. Durudas, A. The Cycling Monkeys, SBRI
9. Nygaard, C. Circles on Circles, Black Cat Bike Club
10. Beer, K. Team MCB, University of Washington
11. Joeres, S. Crank the Sound, City of Seattle
12. Roda, O. La Penya, ISB Labs
13. Miller, D. COJK- We Pedal IP
14. Christensen O'Connor, Johnson & Kindness
15. Cox, D. Transportation 2 Go! City of Seattle
16. Trapp, K. Leadership Team Squared; R.E.I.
17. LT Squared
    

Prizes: Bike Hugger or CBC Socks

Most total Mileage by a new commuter

1. Winner:
   Lester, S. MicroSpokes, Microsoft Corporation 933
2. Runners-up:
   Beyer, J. MicroSpokes, Microsoft Corporation 928
3. Schneider, G. Barb's Boys, Federal Aviation Administration 675
4. Howard, R. Parsons Cyclomaniacs, Parsons Corportation 666
5. Krawczyk, M. Too Clever, Costco Wholesale 630.0

Discrepancies?

If you think there are any problems/corrections needed with this list or want to correct any spelling issues, please contact Peterv@cascadebicycleclub.org

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