Aaron, Since you are the only one to have commented on this post so far you are the winner of the Ride-Strong.com shirt. (Is this Aaron from the PRBC in Sedalia?) Send me a message via the contact page and we can make arrangements to get your shirt to you
Tyler Ford from Ride-Strong.com was kind enough to send me a couple of T-shirts for my first edition of Free Stuff Friday.
If you haven’t already heard of Ride-Strong.com, be sure to check it out. Tyler has lots of contests and really great content over their including, pictures, video, and some great Arizona riding write ups.
Win a Ride-Strong.com T-Shirt
If you noticed, I said Tyler sent me a couple of shirts. Well I’m going to keep one shirt for me but I’m gonna give the other shirt to someone that leaves a comment on this post. So if you want the other Ride-Strong.com T-Shirt you have to do two things.
- Go visit Ride-Strong.com
- Leave a comment with a link to your favorite Ride-Strong.com article. (Tyler didn’t put me up to this, I just think it would be a cool thing to do)
If you don’t follow the instructions then you will not be eligible to win
So do you have some cool swag to send my way so your product, blog, race team, or club can get a little extra attention? If you do visit my original Free Stuff Friday post for details.
I just want to post a quick thank you very much to Tyler Ford of Ride-Strong.com. I participated in their RSS feed contest and I won.
I have never met Tyler and this is purely random. I just posted about his site a few days ago in my post Have You Seen Ride-Strong.com? Tyler certainly has a lot going on over there. With all of the contests running and good content. The site is fairly new but the site has grown very rapidly for sure.
So if you haven’t already, go check out Ride-Strong.com. Who knows you might win something.
I got gas today and it cost me $3.19 per gallon for the lowest grade gas at the pump. It cost me $30.04 to fill up. I know its higher in some places but this is still causing myself and people around me financial strain.
So everyone knows you can save money by cycling but most people don’t think it’s enough to really make a difference. That’s so not true. Here’s how it works out:
1 gallon of gas = $3.19
My Honda Civic gets about 24 miles per gallon in town which is were you save money by doing the short in town trips on your bicycle.
I drive 4 miles one way to my office each day so that is 40 miles per week just to work and back.
So lets do the math on this:
40 miles per week / 24 miles per gallon = roughly 1.67 gallons of gas per week, which equals $5.33 per week or $277.16 per year spent on gas just driving to and from the office.
I know $277.16 per year doesn’t sound like much but that’s only one daily trip and only based on gas savings at the current price. There are many other short trips around town I can ride my bike on instead of driving.
What if the gas prices hit $4.00 like its predicted to this summer? How much do oil changes, tires, filters, car washes, depreciation due to mileage all cost? You can reduce all of these automotive costs by simply riding your bicycle on some of your short weekly errands.
The other benefit to cycling is exercise. There are many many medical reports and studies that show the benefits of exercise on personal health. So by riding your bike and cutting automotive costs, you can also improve your health and reduce insurance and healthcare costs as well.
You’ll have to do the math your self to find out how much you would save but you can’t put a cost on happiness and health. I assure you that you will be a far better, happier, and healthier person by just simply riding your bike and that is priceless.
So how much could you save by riding your bike?
I’ve been meaning to get a post up about this site for some time and I’m just now getting around to it.
Ride-Strong.com is a fairly new site but you wouldn’t know it by looking at it. They have a lot going on over there.
- T-Shirt Give Aways
- Colnago Carbon bike give away
- If you send them a shirt or some swag from your shop or site they will do a write up about it and then give away your logo stuff to readers. So you get double exposure.
- Great cycling articles as well.
Ride-Strong.com’s creator Tyler Ford left his job as a loan officer at a bank to build up RoadBikeRides.com and Ride-Strong.com. He also sponsors two Tucson Arizona cycling teams.
Tyler has done a great job building this site and I’m sure it will continue to grow. So head over there and try to win a bike, a shirt, or some other swag.
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This just in….RoadBikeRides.com launched its beta today. So go check it out too and start adding your favorite road ride routes.
