Announcing the LGRAB Summer Games
Posted on 13 May 2010 | By Dottie & Trisha |130 Comments
On May 17, the cycling event of the summer begins. It’s fun, friendly and features amazing prizes from some of the best cycling brands out there — including the grand prize of a Batavus BuB from 4th Floor Distribution. (See the full prize list here.)
How to play, you ask?
It’s easy. There are three main categories, and six events in each category. Complete events in each category over a three week period, and tell us about it via blog post link or email, plus photo addition to our Summer Games Flickr Pool. Entries must include a story and a photo of each event you complete. If you enter via a post on your own blog, please link to this announcement in your entry, include one of our badges and let us know via email.
Anyone who completes at least two events in each of the three categories will be entered to win the Batavus BuB by random drawing. We’re also giving away prizes as readers complete each category.
- Go on a group ride
- Leave a nice note on a bike, or say hi to a cyclist at a red light
- Schedule a bike date with a friend or partner — dress up!
- Recruit a non-biking friend for a ride
- Ride with your family
June 7-June 27: Learning Experiences
- Perform a maintenance task — big or small!
- Decorate your bike
- Read a book about cycling
- Carry a load on your bike — groceries, etc.
- Test ride a different type of bike than you normally ride
June 28-July 18: New Territory
- Ride a greenway
- Have a bicycle picnic
- If you don’t normally ride to work, commute by bike, or by bike/train or bike/bus
- If you do commute, take the long way home: add distance to your usual ride
- Explore a new part of town by bike
We will be completing every event ourselves and sharing our adventures here, of course.
A huge thank you to all of the companies that donated prizes! Click on the images below to visit their websites. This is all for you, loyal readers and fellow bike lovers.
Most of the prizes are available internationally, so everyone is welcome to participate.
If you have a blog and would like to display a badge linking your readers to this announcement, we will include you in a list of all participating blogs on our sidebar.
Be sure to visit us on Monday for more prize details and the official start of the games!
Who’s in? 
ETA: Badges, which should be linked to this post (we’ll update it with links to category posts as they occur) can be snagged below the fold.
Right-click on any of the images below to save to your desktop and upload to your own site, or get the links to post them without hosting yourself. Thanks for spreading the word!
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Wow! Fun contest! I’m in!
I think I did maybe all of these things today all at once – went on a bike ride with my mum and tried out her bike on a new cycle path (well new to me) but that is waaay too boring so I am going to more – I agree very fun contest.
ooooo!!! Sounds like fun! Can’t wait for the challenge!
This is very exciting! I do a lot of these things regularly, but it will be great to be encouraged to write about them.
Thanks for putting this together!
WONDERFUL IDEA!! Nice job, ladies! See you in the blogosphere!
Oh–happy to do a badge on my blog. And how do I do that? Heh-heh.
I’m in
I’d love a badge for Portlandize, and I’ll post about my events there as well 
Cheers!
It is on like Donkey Kong! I’m in!
You guys are awesomely ambitious! I love it. I will go test ride a fixie at the shop where the dudes are very nice but the bikes scare the shit out of me. Heart.
That’s my favorite Bat. I’m not going to do any social riding before June 6, so good luck to the rest of y’all.
By the way, does it count if your daily commutes and rides on errand have gradually turned into group rides?
People on bikes everywhere this Spring!
Such a great idea. And thanks for all the work to put it together.
this sounds like so much fun!
I LOVE THIS!!! Fantastic Idea ladies!!!
YAY!!! I sooo can’t wait to get started on this!
What about International entries? Will we be considered for prizes too?
<3
Blog set up all ready to go!
Oh wow! I LOVE that you set up a new blog. I think everyone should have a blog, so I’m happy we gave you the last little push you needed.
This is great! I’m in!
Brilliant! S
You guys continue to amaze me!
I’m in!
Sounds like a lot of fun.
This is Fabulous and should keep me busy this summer. I already love the boys at fourth floor but it is awesome of them to give away a BUB.
I know! All the sponsors went above and beyond, but 4th Floor took it to a new level. We are so excited to give a bike away to a reader.
Exploring more ways to add bicycles to everyday life! Brilliant idea! Thanks for all of your great stories and photos.
I’ve posted a link for your contest at http://velozen.blogspot.com/
Perhaps you’ll visit and say hello?
Thank you! Love the name.
I really needed a kick in the seat of my pants to get me taking some risks with my biking this summer. This is such a fun way to do it–thank you!
Have already linked on my blog. Click on my name to visit.
Wonderful write-up – makes me even more excited
Thanks!
Awesome! This weekend will be the perfect time to put some air in my bike tires.
In!
I’m still confused. I see the events. But what are the rules, and criteria for “winning”?
Oh, I see. It’s a random drawing?? As long as you post stuff on your blog…..
Enter by one of three ways: blog post, email to LGRAB, or add a photo of you doing the event to the Flickr Pool. “Complete events in each category over a three week period, and tell us about it via blog post link, email or photo addition to our Summer Games Flickr Pool.”
I love this idea!
I was happy to hear about this on Ravelry. I have also invited one of my fiber pen pals to join. She loves to bike, too. One of my social events will be attending my local Bike to Work Day on May 21 in the Washington, DC area.
Brilliant idea! We’re in!
The girls from cyclingisgoodforyou.blogspot.com
Excellent!
The five of us are rarin’ to go. Only problem– not sure there is ANY more room on either cargo bike for more decorations
We’ve been a bit crazy on that front already. Wait ’til you see our new, most GORGEOUS Clarijs panniers on the bakfiets– orange, red, & pink.
Cannot WAIT to see them. You don’t have to do every event, though of course we’d love to see you get creative and find a new way to decorate the bike. Is the inside of the box customized yet? ;P
Wow, I was gone for a day and missed this! Congratulations on your sponsorships; looks like some great manufacturers are supporting you. And the Games sound like a lot of fun, good luck to everyone!
Thanks! All the sponsors are simply companies who have donated prizes for winners of the games.
I’m in. Sounds like a lot of fun to complete most if not all. (I don’t have any family up here)
Well, the good thing is that you only have to do 2/5 events in each category to be entered to win.
Glad you’re playing!
*dancing!* I am super excited for this!!! I will post my efforts on my bike blog! This is really cool especially for today b/c it’s the first time this year I will be riding my bike to church =) Oh how I have missed that! And now I hop over to your blog and read about the olympics and I am so pumped! Thank you for the inspiration, I can’t wait…
You’re welcome! We can’t wait to see everyone’s entries!
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Count me in!!
Ermmm what do you mean by “Ride a greenway”? xxx
Yay! Thanks, Lorenza.
Didn’t think about “greenways” not translating outside of the US. I guess it would just be a separated bike path, really. Ours are usually in parks, etc., which is pretty but not always useful for actually getting places.
Fantastic idea! Have badged up!
Thank you! Can’t wait to read about your adventures with the Pashley. Love your blog…
Oh how fun, its not summer here, but it could be the LGRAB Winter Games for me! I won’t be able to enter & post about the tasks (I’m about to move house and change jobs) but I’ll try do these things in my daily bike life just to be in the spirit of things! What a super idea. Good luck to all of the participants
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Wow, this is a wonderful idea, but being new to this I have some questions, like how do I email you? I didn’t see an email link. Also, I’m clueless about how to enter via a blog post.
I don’t know if I’ll formally join in, but I do a lot of those anyway. And others, I can’t (bike date, family biking) simply because I’m the only member of my family that rides. Interesting idea though.
Now that my new bike is fully assembled and ready to go, count me in as well!
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Wow, this is great! I’m impressed. Count me in!
“Leave a nice note on a bike… ” oh, I love this. I would love if someone left a nice note on my bike.
(Just a friendly suggestion for next year’s game: would be more clear if you had a video explaining the contest. Keep up the great work!)
Do you ladies know about these cards? A friend forwarded the link to me.
http://www.yourbikeishot.com/
Bike Skirt (at least this 1/2) is in! I need a new bike, so this is perfect. I could also use some pretty new bike accessories. Love this!
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Genius idea! We were already planning to try many of these activities this summer – this will be just the push we need to document them and set up a Flikr account. We are definitely in and have already put the badge on our blog. – Deborah, Angel, and Nicki at loopframelove.blogspot.com
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Love it! Gotta have a go. I especially am looking forward to leaving a nice note, exploring a new part of town, and decorating my bike
yay for the LGRAB Summer games!
Reminded me of http://www.missionexplore.co.uk/ which I always likes, even if its aimed at kids. Big kids like me
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Just learned about this, and I love it! I’m in, and am putting your widget in my sidebar as we speak!
Can’t wait!
Ok, I am IN!! I posted notice of your contest on my blog with my plan on doing the contest. Check it out-http://bikinginchattanooga.blogspot.com/2010/05/let-games-begin.html
What a great idea! I am in for sure! I already have so many ideas. Over the past several months I have been following your blog and just created my own. Its called LodoLanes. I live in downtown Denver and named the blog after Lodo(lower downtown) and the cycling culture seen on our bike lanes. I have a lot to learn about WordPress and blogging, but so far am having fun trying to figure it out! Thank you for the inspiration.
- JC
http://lodolanes.com
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Great idea. Just wondering though: what’s a greenway?
hey lovelies
posted them up and we are all ready to go!
will be adding to flickr, since we all of us use that more than often
<3 thanks for this, will be fun!!
http://changeyourliferideabike.blogspot.com/2010/05/lets-go-ride-bike-summer-olympics.html
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LOVE THIS!
I want to do them ALL!!
Can I vote for my favorite photo?
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I think I may be a little late for this… but i’m still going to play along just for fun! Love seeing everyone’s photos up on the blog… and it just so happens I have a bike book ordered for June 22 so that’s one thing off the list!
Great! You’re not too late – the first part “social cycling” doesn’t end until June 7. Plus, you can participate in the second and third parts individually. There are prizes for each of the individual parts – only the grand prize of the Batavus requires participation in all three parts.
I’ve been really bad about posting in time but did these things before June 7th (including a Tweed ride in the end of May). Did I need to get the photos posted to Flickr/my website by the 7th to qualify for the BuB? I just bought a new bike but that was on my list of possibilities- too bad it didn’t come out in time.
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So sorry to come late to the party! GREAT FUN EVENTS…I am linking the contest, hosting the jpeg image, and will be writing about it soon.
So please link my blog to your blog. Thanks!
http://www.inspiredcyclist.wordpress.com
I came into this too late
Please tell me that there will be a Winter Games.
Can I be a last minute joiner for this round? I just got my bike today, but I’m pretty sure I can catch up
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count me in.
I finished the last challenge (the only one I was able to do since I just got my bike).
Thanks for the fun.
pics and proof at my blog
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Missed it!
The hubs and I just test-rode Batavus Fryslans yesterday and it was love at first peddle. Hope to be purchasing ours in short order and joining the fun-on-wheels….
This is my entry for the final event for the summer games. http://bikinginchattanooga.blogspot.com/2010/07/6-bridge-route.html
This was fun. Let’s do it again!
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