SHASTA BIKE MONTH & CHALLENGE

2025 Shasta Bike Challenge – May 1-31

Ride 5 this May with the Bike Month Challenge! This May, we challenge you to ride at least 5 miles. However, the more you ride, the greater the chances of winning. There are many ways to participate and win! Here is how it works:

🚲 Register for the challenge at http://lovetoride.net/ .

✍️ Log your rides through the Love to Ride App, Strava, MapMyFitness, Garmin.Connect, or manually on the Love to Ride website.

💚 Gain entries to prize drawings by logging rides and encouraging others to ride. Each bike trip you log gives you entries into weekly and final prize drawings. 

🏢 Workplaces compete for points to get the most people riding 5 miles!

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Get your family and friends involved by creating a group and competing with other groups of similar sizes for the most bike trips during May.

📲 Download the FREE Love to Ride app – set goals, rate routes, check street ratings, and auto-log rides to never miss a ride! You can also connect your Love to Ride profile to another logging app like Strava, MapMyFitness, Garmin.Connect, or log rides manually on the Love to Ride website.

It doesn’t matter how far you go, every ride counts. Whether it’s a quick spin around the block or a longer commute, every time you ride and log it, you’re entered into drawings to win great prizes. 

Ready to join us? Sign up at lovetoride.net or download the app and let’s make the most of spring—one ride at a time!🚴‍♀️☀️

Be a Citizen Scientist! Download the Love to Ride app & contribute to better cycling in Shasta County

You may be an avid Strava user, that’s great! Connecting your Strava account to your Love to Ride profile is one way to log rides during the Shasta Bike Challenge. You can also download the Love to Ride app in your App store and use this alongside another app to help contribute to better bicycling in Shasta County.

By downloading the Love to Ride app, enjoying bike rides, and rating your route on how comfortable it was for you after each ride, you’ll contribute anonymous data that can make our community better for bicycling! This anonymous data is shared with transportation agencies to show where people are riding and where they feel comfortable and uncomfortable.  See how this is possible by watching this 2.5-minute video from Love to Ride.

Even if you have both apps running during the challenge, they are designed not to double log rides. You can connect to both and be a citizen scientist! Auto-logging helps to catch those shorter bike trips that you might not remember to start/stop, but they still help paint a picture of how our residents are getting around by bike!

How to Win: 

There are many ways to participate and win in the challenge. No matter what goals you set for yourself, you are bound to enjoy the Shasta Bike Challenge!

Local Prizes:

These prizes are for those who live or work in Shasta County and are registered through the Love to Ride Platform.

🚲 Final Prize Drawing: Each Bike trip you take and log (no matter the distance) puts you into a drawing at the end of the month to win local prizes like bicycle gear, gift cards to local bike shops, restaurants, grocery stores, etc. More bike trips logged=more entries into the final prize draw.

🚲 Weekly Winners: Each Wednesday of May we will do a drawing for $100 gift card to the local bike shop of choice.  More bike trips logged=more entries. (4 winners total)

🚲 Bike Bingo: Complete a true Bingo on the bike bingo card and receive a Shasta Bike Month & Challenge messenger bag (while supplies last).

🚲 Every Day in May: Log a ride every day in May and earn a special Shasta Bike Challenge pin.

🚲 Top Riders (Most Miles): Top 3 individuals with the most miles in the male, female, male new rider, and female new rider categories will receive a certificate and recognition at the closing party. (12 people recognized)

🚲1000-Mile Club: Those who smash 1,000 miles or more will receive a certificate and recognition at the closing party.

🚲 Workplace Winner: The 7 workplaces who top the leaderboard in their size category go into a drawing for a custom Shasta Bike Challenge bike rack to put at their office or another location of choice. Points are gained for each co-worker who rides 5 miles or more during May. The name of the game is to get as many co-workers as possible to ride at least 5 miles during May! Once/IF all staff have ridden their 5 miles, the workplace with the highest number of miles will top the leaderboard. (1 workplace winner)

🚲 Group Winners: The groups who have the most bike trips in their size category (4 size categories) win a $100 gift card to Fratelli’s Pizza Parlor for a pizza party! (4 group winners).

National Prizes:

These prizes are for anyone in the US who is participating in Bike Month through the Love to Ride platform.

🏆 Early Bird Prize: You could be a winner before #Ride5 even begins! Download the Love to Ride app and follow the prompt to register for the challenge. Or register via the website. How to win: Register before midnight on April 30.

🏆 Grand Prize: The more you ride in May the more chances you can be in, to win the vacation of your dreams with $4,000 cash! How to win: More trips = More entries.

🏆 $500 Encourager Prize: Spread the bike love and get more people taking part in #Ride5 – the more people that get involved, the bigger the impact we can have on local infrastructure! Use the unique link from your profile to invite others to take part or find out how to encourage others here. How to win: Encourage 5 people to join the challenge before 31st May.

🏆 $500 Ride 5 Prize: By riding just 5 miles in May you could win $500 cash to spend as you wish! How to win: Ride at least 5 miles during May.

🏆 $500 Complete 5 courses: By completing 5 courses in May you can win a relaxing break away through Airbnb! How to win: Complete 5 courses during May.

🏆 Complete 5 transportation rides: $500 tab for a restaurant of your choice. Completing 5 transport rides during May puts you in for a chance to win an extravagant dining experience on us! Seen a restaurant you’ve always wanted to go to and try? Now is your chance to go for free! How to win: Log 5 transport trips during May.

🏆 Rate 5 routes: $500 By using the Rate my Routes feature on the app you will not only be helping point out where needs improvement in your local area but also putting you in for the prize draw to win $500! How to win: Rate 5 routes on the app during May.

Bike BINGO! 

This year, we have a challenge within a challenge to add to the fun-Bike BINGO! This bingo card pushes you to pedal somewhere new or use your bike in a different way, all while encouraging connection with others and your community.

Complete a true bingo (5 squares in a row either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) during the month of May for a custom messenger bag (while supplies last). Turn in your card digitally by June 3 to shastabikemonth@gmail.com or bring it to the Bike Month and Bigfoot Adventure Challenge Celebration on June 4^th.

Messenger bags will be distributed at the June 4^th event. While we know you might be able to accomplish multiple activities on one ride, we encourage you to check off just one activity with each ride-challenge yourself and get more rides in for the Shasta Bike Challenge!

Shasta Bike Month Community Events & Rides

See the full list of events and rides HERE.

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Shasta Bike Month and Challenge

Looking for someone to ride with?

Check out one of these local organizations who would love to ride with you.
Shasta Wheelmen
Shasta Living Streets
Redding Trail Alliance
Local Recreation Opportunities

Not sure where to ride? We got you covered. Check out the Local Map Listings for a list of local trails.
Looking for a Mountain Bike trail to ride with a full map description? Check out the Bigfoot Adventure Challenge routes and maps.

“Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of riding a bike.”