MCBC 2021-Rolling together Again!

The MassCommute Bicycle Challenge 2021 is here! Now entering our 27th year from Sept 19th-26th!

We’ve partnered once again with MassBike to bring you BayState Bike Month all month long. Look out for fun challenges and events to get you inspired and (hopefully) social.

Remember: all bike trips count, not just commuting trips. So recruit your co-workers, challenge yourself to take more trips on your bike, go out for training rides, try bike camping, bike with your kids to school, to the park, grocery store, or farmer’s market, it all counts! You can log your bike rides on our web platform or link your account to Strava and watch yourself pedal up the MCBC leaderboard! Reap the benefits that biking brings such as increased fitness, stress release, and reducing your carbon footprint by replacing car trips with bike trips.  Join the MassBike network to be entered in the month long challenge and join additional challenges as they are announced!

Create an account on CommuteConnect or log in to your existing account. Make sure you’ve joined your TMA member company/building/residence. At the top of the main page you’ll see a menu. Click on ‘Programs’ then Challenges. You’ll see the MassCommute Bicycle Challenge available to join. Create or join an existing team and compete as an individual-both # of trips and # of miles count. You can also join via this link.

Want to make logging your bike trips easier? Download the Strava app on your phone for iOS and android. With Strava, you can record your bike trips as you are riding and integrate into your dashboard in CommuteConnect. Follow these steps to complete this:

  1. Download Strava on your phone
  2. Go to your Dashboard in CommuteConnect, scroll down the right side where it says, “Do you use Strava or Waze Carpool” follow the steps outlined
  3. Once connected, change the settings to “All trips” (default is commute trips)
  4. Start recording your rides. You will see your Strava trips in your dashboard, it takes about 10 minutes to upload. Go to “Log your Trips” in your dashboard. Then toggle to ‘history’ above the calendar. You should see your trips recorded here.

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