Bay State Bike Month and MCBC 2021 Wrap Up

Written by Jes Slavin
October 07, 2021

This Bay State Bike Month advocates hosted over 100 events across the commonwealth and got their wheels turning to celebrate bicycling statewide. We are excited to use the tailwinds you all generated as we ride towards better bicycling for everyone in Massachusetts.

The MassCommute Bicycling Challenge celebrated its 27th consecutive year with riders logging trips across the state. Collectively, we rode over 5,000 miles and took more than 700 trips.

We will be celebrating all of our winners at the Bike Bash at Assembly on October 13th from 4:30-6:30pm. The Bike Bash is our opportunity to thank our Bike Month event hosts & participants, acknowledge the generous contributions from our sponsors, and congratulate the MassCommute Bicycle Challenge Winners. We will be hosting a raffle with prizes from Kryptonite Lock, Bern Helmets, and more with a grand prize drawing of a new medium-sized REI Co-op CTY E2 E-bike thanks to your local REI Co-Op. RSVP for the Bike Bash today so you don’t miss out on the festivities.

Congratulations to all of our MassCommute Bicycle Challenge category winners and our prize drawing winners. We are thankful to our sponsors for supplying such great prize packages. Thank you to ValleyBike, BlueBikes, Pedalin’ Fools, Kryptonite Lock, Priority Bicycles, and Axcelis for supporting our prize packages. You can check out the final leaderboards and prize winners below.

Individual - Most Trips

Ron N.	32
Susan S.	24
Colin G.	18
Timothy L.	18
Herve E.	16

Individual - Most Miles

Jeff C.	300
Doug C.	201
John M.	189
Gary C.	187
Beth P.	168

Team - Most Trips

Massachusetts General Hospital	61
MIT	58
Elkus Manfredi Architects	49
Assembly Connect	34
Boston University - Charles River Campus	34

Team - Most Miles

MIT	512
PTC	380
Eastern Bank -195 Market St, Lynn,	350
Elkus Manfredi Architects	313
Boston University - Charles River Campus	236

Municipality - Most Trips

Boston	90
Somerville	81
Cambridge	68
Brookline	47
Medford	44

Municipality - Most Miles

Brookline	446
Medford	442
Somerville	357
Boston	348
Cambridge	334

MassCommute Bicycle Challenge Prize Drawing Winners

Gift Card to your Local Bike Shop	Maya B.
Spend a Day in the Valley: ValleyBike Annual Pass + Local Gift Card	Sam S.
Spend a Day in Boston: Blue Bikes Annual Pass + Local Gift Card	Timothy L.
Spend a Day in North Shore: Pedalin’ Fools Service Gift Card + Local Giftcard	David G.
Explore A Bike Trail Package: Explore a trail of your choice	Mark W.
Lock it up Package: Kryptonite Locks + Lights	AJ M.
Priority Bicycles Gift Card	Wes B.
MassBike Socks	Stephen M.
Bay State Bike Month T-Shirt	Todd W.

Thank you again to everyone who participated in Bay State Bike Month and the MassCommute Bicycle Challenge. To make every month bike month, continue logging trips on MassBike’s Love to Ride Group to be ready for our future ride challenges, join us for our Bike Bash at Assembly, and share your bicycling stories with MassBike by tagging us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook. To keep up to date with everything MassBike is up to across the commonwealth make sure you’ve joined our mailing list.