FAQs
1. How do I create a new team?
2. How come when I log miles, they don’t show up under my team?
3. Why don’t all my miles show under my team?
4. What do you do with all the data at Saveagallon?
5. Who started Saveagallon and why?
6. Why join SAG?
7. Why does it have to be only non-recreational bike miles?
8. How do I know how many miles to log when I go somewhere?
9. I forgot my password and can’t log-in.
10. I don't own a car. What mileage should I enter?
11. This FAQs is lame. You didn’t answer my question.
Easy peasy lemon squeezy….just send us an e-mail at info@saveagallon.org and include your team name. If we’re not busy saving the world and stopping crime in our day jobs as super heroes, the new team should show up in the menu within 24 hours.
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You need to join the team!!! Follow these directions:
1. Log-in to SAG
2. Click on “My account”, it’s underneath the “FAQs” option
3. Click on “SAG-Settings”
4. Under the Team: option, use the drop down menu to find your team and select it.
5. Scroll down and select the “update” button and you’re done!!!
6. Note, miles entered before you joined a team will not be included in the team total.
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Only miles entered since you joined the team will be added to your team. This allows a user to change teams if you’d like. This is useful if a student user moves from one class (e.g. 3rd grade) to a new class (e.g. 4th grade).
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You haven’t joined the team. See How come when I log miles, they don’t show up under my team?
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Sadly, not much. Tim likes to make websites and Phil likes to look at numbers and hassle people about joining. If you’re into numbers and looking for a masters or PhD idea, give us a shout.
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Tim Starback and Phil Cox. We have been riding bikes all our lives and one night wondered how much a difference we might be making by riding our bikes instead of driving. Voila!!! Saveagallon was born in February 2008. Tim does ALL the programming, web design, and basically work. Phil is the marketing department and head haggler, hassler, and recruiter for SAG.
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If you have to ask, it’s not for you. Seriously, we realize SAG is a site for unique users who already know they’re making a difference by using alternative transportation but want that quantification and virtual pat on the back to see their numbers rise.
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Saveagallon was born on the idea of logging alternative transportation miles. Recreation miles are just that, you rode for only one purpose, recreation. The idea behind SAG is that you ride your bike INSTEAD of driving somewhere and those are the miles we want. Besides, there are plenty of websites or spreadsheets you can use to track your recreational bike miles. Actually there other sites that convert your bike commuter miles also. SAG is unique in that we include all modes of alternative transportation.
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Simple, either guess or use a mapping tool like Google maps. Or, maybe sometime when you drive, check your odometer. You could also get a relatively cheap bike computer.
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First try resetting your password through the site.You should receive a login link by email that will allow you to set a new password. If you do not receive the email in 5-10 minutes, check your spam filter. If you are still having trouble or have a new email address, email us your user ID and a brief description of the problem and we'll get on it.
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The EPA calculated an overall average fuel economy for passenger vehicles of 20.3 mpg
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Sorry, Phil wrote this and he’s the lame one. Send us an e-mail at info@saveagallon.org and we’ll be on it like Tim on a case of Tecate.