Always Bagels of Lebanon wins bike challenge
Commuter Services of Pennsylvania has announced the winners of its eighth annual Bike Challenge in May.
Always Bagels, 3010 Hanford Drive, Lebanon, took first place as employer with the most participants. The company had eight employees log 539 miles commuted by bike during the challenge.
This year, the challenge was changed from one week to the entire month of May. A total of 73 participants logged 8,451 miles while commuting to work by bicycle. The Bike Month Challenge was open to all employers in the Adams, Berks, Carbon, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Monroe, Perry, Pike, Schuylkill and York counties, as well as commuters who live or work in these counties.
Johnathan Puppleo of York County was the randomly selected Grand Prize Winner and rode 96 miles to his job at Metso. In recognition of his efforts, Puppleo won a Bike Safety Pack valued at over $100 and included bicycle related items, such as a commuter bag and bike tool kit.
Runner-Up winners were:
James Best of Reading, who biked to his job at M.J. Reider Associates Inc. in Berks County.
Chris Carmichael of Hummelstown, who biked to his job at Drayer Physical Therapy in Dauphin County.
Jason Ingargiola of Lancaster, was selected as the social media challenge winner making six social media posts. Ingargiola is an avid bicyclist and rode 46 miles to his job at The Common Wheel in Lancaster during the month.