AD: National Bike Month celebration kicks off May 1, month-long celebration planned

Photo: Courtesy, Bike NWA

May is National Bike Month, and it all kicks off this Saturday! To celebrate, BikeNWA has partnered with Love to Ride, sponsored by First National Bank, to host a month-long celebration! Throughout May, there are weekly and overall challenges for participants to compete, win prizes, and top the leaderboards. The challenges are for all ages, abilities, and styles of riding!

This year we’d like to see new faces participate, so help encourage those of your friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers.

To participate, users register for free on Lovetoride.net/nw-arkansas and begin logging their rides. In June, BikeNWA will host a wrap-up celebration recognizing the top participants and their achievements. During past National Bike Month celebrations, Northwest Arkansas has topped the national charts for our community participation; this year, they hope to exceed our participation numbers and join the national leaderboard ranks once again.

Photo: Courtesy, Bike NWA

Love to Ride also syncs with Strava or MapMyRide. It’s not all about who can ride the most miles, but about encouraging as many people as possible to set themselves biking goals and ride for health, happiness, and fun.

We would love to see new folks sign up and participate! See how accessible the challenges are – anyone could win! Prizes this year vary but get excited about a Wahoo bike computer and Burley kid trailer in this year’s mix!

Weekly Challenges: (winners announced weekly)

  • Ride 10 miles this week
  • Ride five times this week
  • Ride every day this week
  • Carbon Offset Ride
  • Weekly New Rider Raffle

Classic Challenges: (winners announced at wrap up celebration in June)

  • Top Rider – individual most miles
  • Number of Trips
  • Top Commuter
  • Top family challenge- log rides with kids

HOW TO TAKE PART
Follow these three steps:

  1. Register here; it’s simple and easy.
  2. Ride a bike anywhere, anytime for at least 10 minutes during Bike Month (May 1-31)
  3. Record your ride on Love to Ride and tell your peers about Bike Month!

Register for free here>> https://www.lovetoride.net/nw-arkansas

ABOUT BIKENWA: Founded in 1999, BikeNWA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit working to create a more active-transportation friendly community by advocating for safe, connected bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure; supporting programs and events that foster a thriving, fun cycling culture; and ensuring that diverse constituencies have a voice in the development of new policies and infrastructure.

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