This last year was a strange one for sure, but after a season of solo-riding in 2020 there was plenty of club activity during 2021.
One new thing introduced last year was the SIC Trophy Case. It was your opportunity to challenge yourself to ride further, more often, or just spin pedals with friends and leave a mark. And lots of you left your mark for sure. The 2021 Trophy Case on the website will be there as long as there is electricity to power the Internet with your hard-earned badges proudly displayed.
CONGRATULATIONS to everyone that earned a badge in 2021!
I want to take a minute to acknowledge the efforts that really stood out in the program for 2021.
Only one club member managed to earn all 12 badges. Congratulations to Darcy Richards (047) for really putting in the effort to fill her bingo card.
There were three club members who tackled the herculean effort of earning the 10,000-mile year badge. Brad Hall (010) led the way with 11,021.2 miles. Darcy Richards (047) rounded out her year with 10,334.3 miles. And Mike Mcmahon (184) SSD YOLO’d his way to 10,017.0 miles. Hats off to this group!
There were two badges you could earn multiple times during the course of the season – the imperial century (100 miles) badge and the metric century (62.5 miles) badge.
Brian Raines (003) rode 7 imperial centuries, Darcy Richards (047) ended the year with 4 imperial centuries, and Amy Overby Donley (127) rounded out the top three with 2 100-mile efforts.
Darcy Richards (047) rode an astonishing 27 metric centuries, Brian Raines (003) capped his year with 21 metric centuries, and three riders were tied with 4 metrics – Brad Hall (010), Mike Mcmahon (184), and Nadine Hughes (005).
In total, 196 badges were awarded during 2021.
And we are doing it all again for 2022! Visit the club website and check out the trophy cases for 2021 and 2022. It’s pretty easy to earn your badges – just fill out the form on the website with a Strava link to your activity. You can earn a badge for the following activities.
CLUB RIDE – Join and ride any organized club ride (virtual rides count too!)
RIDE LEAD – Volunteer and lead a club ride (it’s easy and fun)
100-MILE WEEK – Record 100 to 199 miles in a single Strava week (Monday through Sunday)
200-MILE WEEK – Record 200 to 299 miles in a single Strava week (Monday through Sunday)
300-MILE WEEK – Record 300 or more miles in a single Strava week (Monday through Sunday)
TRAVELER – Any overnight cycling adventure with at least 3 other club members*
CENTURY – 100 miles in a single ride (you can earn this badge multiple times!)*
METRIC CENTURY – 100 kilometers in a single ride – that’s 62.5 miles (you can earn this badge multiple times!)
2,000 MILE YEAR – Pass 2,000 miles in 2021
5,000 MILE YEAR – Pass 5,000 miles in 2021
10,000 MILE YEAR – Pass 10,000 miles in 2021
12 RIDES OF XMAS – Complete ALL 12 of the December Christmas challenges/rides
* You can earn the Century and the Metric Century badge more than once!