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Five cycling commuters won honorable mention. They were: Lauren Press, who rides from Manhattan's Upper West Side, down the Hudson and across the Brooklyn Bridge to Brooklyn; Ted Rubel, who rides from Dobbs Ferry to his office in Elmsford along the South County Trailway; Peter Bantz, the chef at Pete's Saloon and Restaurant in Elmsford, who commutes twice a week from Ossining;

Lisa Baker, who takes her bike to work in Elmsford, then rides home to North Salem and back again in the morning; and Scott Seaboldt, an art teacher at New Rochelle High School who rides from the city's South End to the North End, in snow, sleet, rain, and sunshine.

Ms. Weisburgh will receive the first place award - a Westchester Cycle Club jersey and a $100 check, from Heritage Realty Services, whose president, George Constantin is a WCC member and is encouraging cycle commuting at the office park his company owns and operates on Gannett Drive in White Plains. Second place award for Nick Mankovich is a half-price bike fitting at RepartoCorse of Valhalla. Kevin Full will receive a book on Lance Armstrong's Tour de France victories.

Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports is an expert, independent, nonprofit organization, whose mission is to work for a fair, just, and safe marketplace for all consumers. CU has more than 500 employees at its Yonkers headquarters.

Westchester Cycle Club is a 1,200-member nonprofit group that sponsors recreation bike rides throughout the year and advocates on cycling issues in the region. WCC's third annual used bike collection, in collaboration with Pedals for Progress, will be held May 24 at First Presbyterian
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