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Any questions about the challenge or website? Please contact the challenge co-ordinator:
Fiona Jenkins fiona.jenkins@sdgworld.net 0207 9105694
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Why cycle?
It's fun!
It's never too late to rediscover the beauty of the bike, be it cycling to keep fit, popping to the shops or getting to work. It will increase your fitness, save you money and put a smile on your face.
It's fast!
Have you ever sat in a queue of traffic on the way to work and seen a cyclist sail past and disappear into the distance? Well that cyclist could be you!
It's good for your health!
According to the NHS, someone weighing 80kg (12.6 stones) will burn off more than 650 calories with an hour's riding as well as tone their legs and bottom.
It's good for your wallet!
Once you've bought a bike there is very little cost to cycling. The spiralling cost of fuel doesn't affect cyclists, and you can cover a typical commute to work by cycling at a fraction of the cost that you would travelling by car.
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The Active Swindon Cycle Challenge is back for 2013! This year it will run from 1st June to 23rd July 2013 (to incorporate the Tour de Swindon). Sign-up to log miles as part of your organisation's team, or take up the opportunity yourself to be in with a chance of winning great prizes. It doesn't matter if you cycle 2 miles or 200 - everyone is in with an equal chance of winning a prize!
The 2012 Active Swindon Cycle Challenge concluded on 30th June with 41,750 miles on the clock - 1.7 times round the world! The winning team was Swindon Primary Care Trust, who scored an average of 978 miles per participant. Alcatel-Lucent and Ubiquisys achieved 2nd and 3rd places respectively. The top individual cyclists - those with the greatest numbers of miles cycled - were m1chael, Keith, pmdeaves, mdeaves and nicollsh. Congratulations to all Legends! There were ten spot prize winners in the final week, and one winner from each of the medal categories. For a full list of all the winners from each week of the Challenge, visit our Swindon Travel Choices Facebook page.
