Fantasy Bike Commuting

Webelos

Scott suggested we set up a friendly ‘competition’ to egg each other on to continue commuting through the winter. As someone who’s always been fond of collecting
irredeemable points or
medals of valor, this is swell. Below is the preliminary system.

Pts Rationale
Riding to Work 30
Weather
Dry Roads 0
Wet Roads 2
Light Rain 5
Heavy Rain 8
Snow/Hail/Icy 10
Wind gusts over 20mph 5
Temperature
> 50 °F 0
< 50 °F 2
< 40 °F 3
< 30 °F 5
< 20 °F 10
Negative Points
Mechanical Problem -5 Encourage bicycle maintenance
Moving Violation -50 Encourage safety
Moving Violation for Speeding 50 Net zero points because you lose 50 for getting the violation
Headlight/Taillight Dies -5 Safety
Crash -10 Safety
Forgot Raingear -5 Riding in the rain is punishment enough, but this is the Northwest.