Hubway About To Hit 5 Million Rides! Help Them Out And Win Stuff!

Hubway is about to hit five million (!!) rides, and to celebrate they want to give away some goodies to the 5 millionth rider!

Hubway’s real-time rides counter is live! The impact of bike sharing on everyday life in metro-Boston is tremendous, and the benefits extend far beyond the individual riders. Check out Hubway’s real-time rides counter today and see how Hubway has changed the way we live. We want to celebrate our great achievements with our riders! Take a ride between now and the 5 millionth ride for your chance to win great prizes. Each ride you take = 1 entry into our drawing to win free passes, restaurant gift certificates in Boston, Brookline, Cambridge & Somerville, and gear from Hubway and New Balance. Prizes from Our Partners Trade, Boston Upscale neighborhood bar and restaurant focused on serving an innovative Mediterranean menu designed around locally sourced seasonal ingredients. The restaurant raises the bar on creating a consistently exceptional experience. One Hubway rider will be drawn to win a $100 gift certificate. 540 Atlantic Ave, Boston. Hubway station: Purchase St at Pearl St. The Regal Beagle, Brookline Though it’s named after the much-loved local pub from Three’s Company, the Regal Beagle certainly doesn’t feel like a throw-back to the 70s or 80s. The dapper little restaurant is a true neighborhood bistro with chic décor, an affordable yet upscale modern menu of seasonal, creative comfort food and a cheeky list of inspired cocktails. One Hubway rider will be drawn to win a $100 gift certificate. 308 Harvard Street, Brookline. Hubway station: Coolidge Corner – Beacon St @ Centre St. Miracle of Science, Cambridge Miracle of Science stands strong as the leader in geek-chic. Its menu is hand written onto the wall and it was one of the first restaurants to employ the open floor concept. Always packed with artists, musicians, geophysicists, and computer gurus who know they don’t have to go anywhere else looking for a good time.One Hubway rider will be drawn to win a $100 gift certificate. 321 Mass Ave, Cambridge. Hubway station: University Park on Sidney St. Casa B, Somerville A modern interpretation of the traditional Spanish tasca, embracing the romance, warmth, and spice of Latin America. It has strong culinary roots in the Spanish Caribbean cuisines of the Island of Puerto Rico and Colombia’s Atlantic Coast, drawing further inspiration from many other Latin American countries.One Hubway rider will be drawn to win a $100 gift certificate. 253 Washington Street, Union Square, Somerville. Hubway station: Union Square – Somerville. New Balance for Rider #5,000,000! The rider that takes the lucky 5 millionth ride will receive a free pair of brand new kicks from New Balance, along with a Hubway annual membership (for yourself or a friend) and t-shirt to rock while pedaling around town. The first rider of our next 5 million rides (#5,000,001) will also receive this great prize!

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Next Week Is MassRides Car Free Week

From their website, also check out their facebook page, looks like a fun way to win some prizes for something a lot of you are probably already doing

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Celebrate Massachusetts Car-Free Week!

September 16th – 22nd, 2013

What is Massachusetts Car-Free Week?

Massachusetts Car-Free Week is an extension of World Car-Free Day, an annual event which has quickly spread to over 1,000 cities in 40 countries around the globe. Endorsing the environmental, financial, community and health benefits of green sustainable travel options, Massachusetts Car-Free Week promotes transit, bicycling, walking, carpooling, vanpooling and teleworking as greenermodes of transportation.

Pick a Day, Commute Another Way!

Win Great Prizes!

Travel Car-Free as many days as you can from September 16th – 22nd and track your green trips using NuRide. Not able to travel completely Car-Free? Try traveling Car-Light: Carpool or vanpool with friends, co-workers or family.
The more days you track, the greater your chances are to win! Participants will be eligible to win one of several daily prizes to and one of two grand prizes. You will also have a chance to win a $150 gift card by submitting a video (in 15-30 seconds or less in length) or photo that captures why you like your Car-Free or Car-Light commute. Entries will be posted towww.facebook.com/carfreeweek and the winner will be selected based on which photo or video accumulates the most “likes”. More information will be available on Facebook.

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Winners Of Forum Contest

A while ago I mentioned that I would be giving prizes to the first 20 people that tried out the forum. Well I am happy to report that the brave testers did a great job, gave some good feedback, and some good suggestions for future improvements, and because we didn’t quite get to 20, I have decided to give everyone who tested them out a prize.

So the winners are the following:

TurkeyWatch
CorkScrew
William Fur
Dan
Alex Ose
Justin

You will all be getting a 50% off coupon for one non-silver custom head badge, or custom u-lock badge. Just email me if you are one of these people and we can work out the details.

Thanks for your help!

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Why Do You Bike?

MassBike is calling for stories related to cycling, if you have an awesome one they will give you prizes!

I also saw a link to this infographic there.

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I think it sums up some good reasons to ride your bike, but we all know the main one (and the one that is missing from this infographic), its super fun!

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Forum Testing Contest

Attention brave testers, I need some people to try out the new forums, in return I will bribe reward you with prizes!

The first 20 people who post something in the forum will be entered into a raffle. In this raffle I will be giving away some bike books and other bike stuff. Pretty good prize for just typing some stuff into a box!

The only rules are that you must try to test all the features of the forum, and it has to be a real discussion, none of that “this is a test” post business.

So go to it, the contest runs till the end of this week Friday at 5pm.

Post in this comment thread with any problems/feedback you might have with the forums.

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