Bay Area Bike to Wherever Days Begin

Bay Area Bike to Wherever Days kicks off today, May 1, with the highly anticipated Bay Area Bike Challenge, a month-long event encouraging riders to log their trips for a chance to win prizes. This year’s collective goal is 175,000 miles.

Participants can compete across 12 prize categories, including: 

• Most miles ridden
• Most creative route
• Random prize drawings are open to anyone who rides at least once during the month.

Register for the 2026 Bay Area Bike Challenge and then log your bike rides on Ride with GPS between today and May 31.

Bay Area Bike to Work/Wherever Day is Thursday, May 14, with energizer stations open across the Bay Area giving out exclusive swag bags. 

Visit BayAreaBikeToWork.com to: 

• Pledge to Ride your bike in May
• Find energizer stations near you and map your route for Bay Area Bike to Work/Wherever Day on Thursday, May 14^th 
• Find events near you all season long

Bay Area bicycle coalitions urge participants to pledge to ride during bike month and take advantage of the benefits to individual health and the health of our communities, and of the opportunity to create healthier, safer, and more inclusive streets.

Bay Area Bike to Wherever Days is presented by MTC (the transportation planning, financing and coordinating agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area), 511 (the region’s traveler information system), and Amazon. BTWD 2026 also receives regional support from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and BART, as well as from many sponsors at the local level. Prizes for the Bike Champion of the Year winners were donated by MTC, Sports Basement and Mike’s Bikes. 

Bay Area Bike Champions were named last month. MTC will recognize all 2026 winners at its meeting on Wednesday, May 27, both in person and virtually. Each honoree will receive an engraved plaque, a signed MTC certificate, and prizes from Sports Basement and Mike's Bikes. Full winner profiles and more information are available at BayAreaBikeToWork.com.