It’s well-established that commuting by bike is a Good Thing™. It saves you money and time, trims your waistline, and gets you to work fresh and invigorated. Cycle to Work Scheme provider CycleScheme is looking for 12 Super Commuters – dedicated bike commuters to be role models for the benefits of riding to work.
Announcing the competition to find Britain's Super Commuters, CycleScheme said: “Over the years we’ve managed to get quite a few people on bikes. We hear stories from people who have lost weight, become fitter, made new friends and spent time on their bikes outside of their commute. Cycling can quickly permeate many facets of your life and become something that you are very passionate about.
“That’s what we’re looking for — passion. We are on the hunt for the nation’s Super Commuters!”
These are people who ride to work every day, no matter the conditions, and can wax lyrical about the benefits. Enthusiasts. Evangelists.
CycleScheme is looking for 12 Super Commuters, one for each region of the UK. Throughout the year they will be set a series of tasks such as writing a blog post on their commutes, reviewing the latest commuter gear, talking about cycle commuting on their Facebook pages or convincing a friend to cycle to work.
CycleScheme added: “There will of course be rewards along the way. Freebies and kit from some big name brands as well as a starring role in our Cycle to Work Day campaign later in the year. To kick things off, our 12 Super Commuters will each receive an Endura Luminite jacket, trousers, gloves and overshoes plus a RoadHawk helmet camera”
Entries close on February 16 and more details are on the competition’s Facebook page.
Sounds like fun, but we’re really not too sure about that cape. What would Edna Mode say?
15 thoughts on “Are you a Super Commuter? Freebies on offer from CycleScheme for 12 ride-to-work enthusiasts, plus starring role in Cycle to Work Day”
Is there anything as dreary a
Is there anything as dreary a proposition as forum comments, blog posts and helmet cam videos of someone’s commute? They’ll have no shortage of people who believe their own particular journey is worth championing though, I’m certain.
Do you want to subscribe to
Do you want to subscribe to my youtube channel and follow me on Strava? 😉
Two personal bests on the commute this morning, including a 9th place on Strava, average speed 29.9mph along that downhill segement. Woot woot.
More seriously, though my commute is thankfully very boring, no major disasters, no half-arsed poorly constructed ill concieved cycling infrastructre to deal with. While I do record the commute, I wouldn’t suffer anyone to watch it. The only time that I would not just delete the video would be if something intersting happened, like the day I fell over on the ice in comic slow style, or when I become invisible to buses.
I like the idea of using a “normal” commuter to champion it, but I am not sure that this is the best way to do it, but hey, free stuff!
I’d do it as I quite fancy
I’d do it as I quite fancy the helmet cam but can’t really justify the price.
I won’t though as it is through facebook and I don’t do facebook..
When I moved in with my
When I moved in with my flatmate, he had zero bikes and commuted by bus/train – he now has 4 bikes and commutes by bike daily 😀
I would do it, but I don’t
I would do it, but I don’t think CycleScheme are looking for stories about how bloody awful the cycle path is, or me commenting about the number of cars/trucks/buses driving through red or stopping on the pedestrian crossing.
It’s a wonderfully cheap bit
It’s a wonderfully cheap bit of marketing from Cyclescheme though eh, 12 essentially free staff writer-come-salesmen to publicise your services from a talent pool of people who’ve not yet figured out that commuting by bike is no more interesting than commuting by car or tube or bus in reality.
I like the idea of this, less
I like the idea of this, less so the output from the headcam at me vociferously swearing at lorries/cars overtaking within a hairsbreadth distance.
s_lim wrote:I like the idea
Exactly that. Mine wouldn’t be broadcastable before 9pm!
Theres a girl i catch on my
Theres a girl i catch on my route in sometimes who has a nice bum. That would make good viewing. It does for me, but the drawback is i’m 15 minutes late on the mornings i sit behind her. 🙂
Eh. Have your shift start 20
Eh. Have your shift start 20 minutes later. For … reasons. 😐
Free stuff is free stuff. I’m
Free stuff is free stuff. I’m in.
I use the car only a dozen
I use the car only a dozen times per year, and wind, rain, snow, sub-zero temps etc don’t stop me riding so I might qualify, but I don’t think anyone would be interested in my blathering.
But if I wrote about my commute I would want it to benefit an organisation with loftier goals*, so I’d write for Sustrans or CTC.
* AFAIK CycleScheme is only a business handling a govt tax break.
Simon E wrote:…I might
1708 posts and counting 😉
I’m self-employed and work
I’m self-employed and work from home so my commute consists of me stumbling from my bed to my desk while scratching my balls. If Cyclesheme are up for seeing this on a daily basis I’m in.
Well I commute every day,
Well I commute every day, come hail, rain, sleet, snow or blow and have benefited in my wallet as well as having reduced my waist line loosing over one and a half stone in the process. Oh by the way it’s a into central London commute, where other road users can be rather challenging, blind and idiotic. But when I arrive I feel great even during this awful weather we’ve been having. Oh and it’s just 18 miles a day. Another plus is I don’t have to play sardines on public transport either.