What is the Love to Ride ____ Challenge?
The Love to Ride _____ Challenge is a fun and free competition to encourage your friends and colleagues to experience firsthand the joys and benefits of riding a bike.
There are lots of fantastic prizes being offered to tempt your team, which we'll announce as the Challenge approaches!
How it works
- You and your colleagues compete against other organizations
- The aim is to earn the most points.
- Points are earned by:
- riding
- and getting other people to ride too.
- You can ride anywhere, anytime between [START DATE] and [END DATE] to take part.
The Challenge is not just about who can ride the most miles, but who can encourage the most people to give bicycling a try.
Points
You and your workplace earn points as follows:
We also have bonus points:
- New riders - DOUBLE day and mile points (Because we want to get more people riding!)
- Ride to work once - 50 points (Because riding to work is great! And we want more people to try it out and experience the benefits firsthand)
- Achieve 3 badges during the Challenge - 50 points (Grow your skills and challenge yourself!)
- Sync with the Ride Report app - 50 points (See below for all the benefits of syncing with Ride Report.)
Individual Points
You earn points by riding and encouraging others to ride as per above.
Every 50 points you personally earn is another entry into the prize draw.
The more points you earn... the more chances you have of winning some great prizes!
Team Points
Your team earns points for all the people you get to join your team and all the riding you all do.
The top teams in each of the 6 size categories will win prizes as well.
Why sync with Ride Report?
Here are three great reasons to download the Ride Report app:
- It logs your rides automatically! No need to press start or stop. Through the magic of technology, the app knows when you’re riding your bike and automatically logs your rides.
- Help make your city better for riding - The data collected is used by ________ to inform better bike infrastructure decisions!
- Automatically go into our prize draws - Not only do you automatically share your data, but by syncing with Love to Ride you also automatically get entered to win prizes!
What are the benefits to your organization?
- Free for all employees
- Fun team-building activity
- A friendly competition between local employers and organizations (and internal departments)
- Help reduce congestion, emissions, and save people money
- Prize incentives and bragging rights
How to take part
Follow these four steps:
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Register on this website, it's free. Register here
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Ride a bike anywhere, anytime for at least 10 minutes between between [START DATE] and [END DATE].
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Record your ride here and tell your friends and coworkers about the Challenge here.
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Reward yourself and your friends by winning prizes!
Team Sizes
Organizations and departments will compete against those of a similar size for a fair chance of winning. There are six size categories: 500+ staff, 200-499 staff, 50-199 staff, 20-49 staff, 7-19 staff, 3-6 staff.
Your participation, trips, and miles will count towards your department's and your organization's score.
Don't have a bike?
Don't worry! You can borrow one from us at the free 'try-a-bike' events that we're running, or you can always borrow a bike from a friend or rent one from a local bike shop. If you can't find a bike to ride, let us know, and we'll see what we can do!
Win Prizes
We're giving away some great prizes! Find out what you can win...
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