Aotearoa bike challenge

Everyone in New Zealand is invited to join the Aotearoa Bike Challenge, a fun campaign to get more people on bikes and spread the joys of biking. There’s never been a better time to enjoy riding a bike. It’s a good way to ensure you are getting enough daily exercise as well as an easy and safe way to travel from A to B while avoiding traffic.

Riding a bike can help boost your mental health, helping to make you feel happier and more connected to your surroundings and less prone to depression than other forms of transport. It reduces stress and anxiety - any form of physical activity is good for reducing stress. Biking can help take your mind off problems and give you a chance to think about things calmly.

Cycling also has an impact on your environment – reducing your carbon footprint by keeping the car at home.

For the Aotearoa Bike Challenge, it doesn't matter if you ride every day or if you haven't been on a bike in years.

You only have to ride for ten minutes over the whole of February to take part.

The challenge encourages Kiwis to make everyday trips by bike while being in to win some great prizes, worth over $18,000.

One lucky participant will go in the draw to win a Moustache eBike powered by Bosch eBike Systems valued at over $5,000.

In 2020 there were a record-breaking number of participants with more than 24,500 people from over 2,450 organisations taking part, including over 4,950 new riders. Participants collectively made more than 320,000 trips by bike and cycled nearly 4.5 million kilometres.

People don’t need to be part of an organisation to take part, individuals or groups can sign up and log their rides and be in to win some great spot prizes.

To find out more and register, visit lovetoride.net/bop