SHASTA BIKE MONTH & CHALLENGE

Cycle September

September 1-30

We’re back with another free community challenge to keep you rolling on your bike with confidence! During Cycle September, you can ride anywhere, any distance, on any kind of bike. Each trip counts in the challenge whether it is a short trip (like to the store or a friend’s house) or a longer bike ride. You’ll also have access to riding tips, encouragement, and tools to help make biking a regular, enjoyable part of life.

🚲 Register for the challenge at https://www.lovetoride.net/shasta

📆 Ride anytime, anywhere during September

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

🏆 Earn points for every mile, every day you ride, and each person you encourage.

🎁 See yourself and team rise to the top of the leaderboard and be entered to win prizes from Love to Ride and Healthy Shasta, just for participating.

📲 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. 

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 Cycle September. 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: 

Local Prizes:

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

🚲Early Bird Prize: Register for Cycle September by September 1 to be entered into a drawing for a month-long Redding Bikeshare pass. Use this during Cycle September or offer it to a friend who doesn’t have a bike so they can join you in the challenge!

🚲 Early Bird Prize for Workplaces: Sign your workplace up for Cycle September and recruit some coworkers to be entered into a drawing for a round of golf at Lake Redding Golf Course.

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: $500 cash | How to win: Ride a bike and encourage others during September to earn points. More points = more chances to win!

🏆 Grand Prize: Ride a bike this September and be in with a chance of winning $3,000 to spend on a vacation of your choice!  How to win: More points = More entries.

🏆 Encourager Cash Prize Draw: Encouragement is at the heart of Cycle September that’s why there are big rewards for getting more people riding. Top tip: head to your profile and copy your unique link. If your friends click the link and log a ride for Cycle September, you’re automatically named as their encourager! Find out how to encourage someone by clicking here.

Encourage 1 – $50

Encourage 5 – $250

Encourage 10 – $500

How to win: Encourage at least one person to ride in October. The more people you encourage, the more chances you have to win a bigger prize. Find out how to encourage someone by clicking here.

🏆 Workplace Prize: Workplace Coffee & Pastry Morning: Loads of cash up for grabs for your workplace! Host a crazy party to celebrate! How to win: Earn points as a workplace to top the workplace leaderboards!

🏆 New User Prize: $100 Cash: Try out building a new habit of cycling regularly using the Love to Ride app and have a chance to win $100 How to win: Sign up to Love to Ride during September.

🏆Love to Ride T-shirt: Cycle September Edition Riding your bike this September puts you in for a chance to win a super cool limited-edition Love to Ride t-shirt to wear while riding your bike! How to win: Ride a bike this September to be entered into the drawing.

Shasta Bike Month Community Events & Rides

See the full list of events and rides HERE.

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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.”