Chloe Forsting wins Bike Month Challenge as Team UofL pedaled 5351 miles!

Chloe Forsting - Grand Prize Winner 2023 Bike Month ChallengeAfter four months of friendly competition, at the Bike Month Challenge finish line, it was Ekstrom Library Assistant, Chloe Forsting, who wore the yellow jersey for Team UofL! Throughout May 2023, Chloe not only racked up the highest number of bike trips (49), but finished second in the Bike Commuter challenge by pedaling for transportation 117 miles over 21 days, and they finished 14th out of 32 riders for total miles pedaled (132). To recognize their commitment to two wheeled transportation, Chloe won the Grand Prize, a $200 voucher to a local bike shop!

The UofL Sustainability Council and Get Healthy Now also wish to recognize some other Team UofL members who achieved great things in the saddle during Bike Month:

Taylor Smith pedaling the Big 4 Bridge

Taylor Smith pedaling the Big 4 Bridge

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Rachel Butler loves to ride!

  • IT Systems Manager for the Speed School of Engineering, Taylor Smith, finished, just like he started, by logging the most miles of any Team UofL rider, an astounding 650 miles over 21 trips!
  • Bolstered by her win in Cycle September 2022, Anthropology post-doc Rachel Butler posed a strong challenge throughout Bike Month and finished with both the second most number of trips (45) and the second most number of miles (509) pedaled by a current UofL rider! Rachel finished 7th among Bike Commuters, with 14 miles over 6 rides.
  • The top Bike Commuter for May was UofL's Assistant. to the Provost for Sustainability Initiatives, Justin Mog, who pedaled 333 miles for transportation over 28 days.

And everyone can be proud of Team UofL's collective impact during the Bike Month Challenge 2023:

  • Total miles pedaled: 5351 miles
  • Total miles of bike commuting: 753 miles
  • Total trips on bike: 445 trips
  • Total number of bike commute trips: 137 trips
  • Total carbon pollution kept out of the atmosphere: 484 pounds

Keep rolling all summer long and make plans to join us on two wheels again at the start of the fall for Cycle September 2023, your next chance to win a $200 bike shop voucher for riding with Team UofL in addition to national prizes!

Final Team UofL Standings:

Top Riders (Most trips)

Rank Name Miles Trips
1st Chloe Forsting 132 49
2nd Rachel Butler 509 45
3rd Kamila Bujko 572 36
4th Whitney Theis 276 35
5th Justin Mog 352 29
6th Clinton Coulter 250 29
7th Jason Naylor 262 28
8th Jamie Lee Pennesi 321 23
9th Taylor Smith 650 21
10th DJ Biddle 469 17
11th Dan Delaney 85 16
12th Benne Holwerda 43 16
13th Tessa Withorn 32 15
14th Melissa Miller 140 13
15th Michael Taylor 267 11
16th Juan David Tabares 235 8
17th Tom Fougerousse 103 7
18th Dave Stirling 146 6
19th Katlyn McGraw 81 5
20th Mikus Abolins-Abols 76 5
21st John Vonhandorf 40 5
22nd Jason White 101 4
23rd Terry Schwartz 45 4
24th Siqi Wang 40 4
25th Nathan Dalton 31 4
26th Kenny Conrow 21 2
27th Emily Edwards 5.1 2
28th Paul Himes 4.9 2
29th Kendall Soule 29 1
30th Sonja Faul 16 1

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Top Riders (Most Miles)

Rank Name Miles Trips
1st Taylor Smith 650 21
2nd Kamila Bujko 572 36
3rd Rachel Butler 509 45
4th DJ Biddle 469 17
5th Justin Mog 352 29
6th Jamie Lee Pennesi 321 23
7th Whitney Theis 276 35
8th Michael Taylor 267 11
9th Jason Naylor 262 28
10th Clinton Coulter 250 29
11th Juan David Tabares 235 8
12th Dave Stirling 146 6
13th Melissa Miller 140 13
14th Chloe Forsting 132 49
15th Tom Fougerousse 103 7
16th Jason White 101 4
17th Dan Delaney 85 16
18th Katlyn McGraw 81 5
19th Mikus Abolins-Abols 76 5
20th Terry Schwartz 45 4
21st Benne Holwerda 43 16
22nd John Vonhandorf 40 5
23rd Siqi Wang 40 4
24th Tessa Withorn 32 15
25th Nathan Dalton 31 4
26th Kendall Soule 29 1
27th Kenny Conrow 21 2
28th Sonja Faul 16 1
29th Johnny Wise 12 1
30th Emily Edwards 5.1 2

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Top Male Rider (Most Miles)

Rank Name Miles Trips
1st Taylor Smith 650 21
2nd DJ Biddle 469 17
3rd Justin Mog 352 29
4th Michael Taylor 267 11
5th Jason Naylor 262 28
6th Clinton Coulter 250 29
7th Juan David Tabares 235 8
8th Dave Stirling 146 6
9th Tom Fougerousse 103 7
10th Jason White 101 4
11th Dan Delaney 85 16
12th Mikus Abolins-Abols 76 5
13th Terry Schwartz 45 4
14th Benne Holwerda 43 16
15th John Vonhandorf 40 5
16th Nathan Dalton 31 4
17th Johnny Wise 12 1
18th Paul Himes 4.9 2
19th Aaron Vowels 4.5 1

Top Female Rider (Most Miles)

Rank Name Miles Trips
1st Kamila Bujko 572 36
2nd Rachel Butler 509 45
3rd Jamie Lee Pennesi 321 23
4th Whitney Theis 276 35
5th Melissa Miller 140 13
6th Katlyn McGraw 81 5
7th Siqi Wang 40 4
8th Tessa Withorn 32 15
9th Kendall Soule 29 1
10th Sonja Faul 16 1
11th Emily Edwards 5.1 2

Top Non-Binary Riders

Rank Name Miles Trips
1st Chloe Forsting 132 49

Top Commuters (Most days riding to work)

Rank Name Miles Days
1st Justin Mog 333 28
2nd Chloe Forsting 117 21
3rd Tessa Withorn 28 14
4th Kamila Bujko 57 12
5th Clinton Coulter 48 8
6th Dan Delaney 56 7
7th Rachel Butler 14 6
8th Tom Fougerousse 69 5
9th Jamie Lee Pennesi 18 5
10th Terry Schwartz 8.6 2
11th Benne Holwerda 3.0 1
12th Melissa Miller 0.9 1