Community Leagues are such amazing community-building hubs in our neighbourhoods and such fantastic centres for an initiative like this. Leagues have been integral in bringing local recreation options to neighborhoods for over 100 years. From the Pedal Pusher bike clubs, to bike parades through the neighborhoods — and now to advocating for active forms of transportation across our city — Leagues and the EFCL have a long connection to riding!
The Community League Bike Month Challenge encourages neighbours to get active, get outside, and come together as a community in a fun and just a slightly competitive way. A big thank you to United Sport and Cycle for providing great prizes to our top three four Leagues this year. Thank You also to Sugared and Spiced Baked Goods for creating their Bike Month Challenge promotion for 2 free cookies!
Next year we are hoping to add a kms per rider or per capita category to better recognize our small but mighty Leagues. The EFCL also hopes to launch a Winter Cycling Challenge this coming winter! So stay on the lookout for details about that.
And now for the final results!
The 2024 Community League Bike Month Challenge was fantastic! We had a total of 31 Leagues collectively ride close to 148,000 kms — essentially Leagues cycled around the world almost 4 times! It was also great to see new Leagues joining the Challenge and Edmontonians cycling in all parts of our city.
The winners of the 2024 Challenge and United Sport and Cycle Gift Cards are:
1st Place – Ritchie with 20,257 km
2nd Place – Yellowbird East with 14,472 km
3rd Place – Strathcona with 12,894 km
And Hazeldean came in a close 4th place with 12,536 km
Thanks to all who rode for their Leagues and to the dedicated Data Collectors who diligently reported their numbers each week!
~ Erin Olefeldt, EFCL Climate Resilience Advisor
