BIKE MONTH BATTLE!!!

Bike Month Battle is part of Bike Month 2026, presented by Independent Health!
Instructions for the contest are below, followed by reminders on how to be safe, and then dozens of activities to hop in on yourself or with your family and friends throughout the month.

 

WELCOME TO WEEK 2!

WEEK 1 RESULTS

WINNER Viridi – Team Average Points: 34

35.2 miles walked.  Jermaine Bostic Team Leader: 16 miles.

13.0 miles biked.     Jermaine Bostic Team Leader: 12 miles.

6.2 miles on transit. Jack Broderick Team Leader: 6.2 miles.

vs.

Lexington Coop – Team Average Points: 33.97

113.2 miles walked.  Nicholas Torsell Team Leader: 30.6 miles.

181.2 miles biked.     Maggie Schneider Team Leader: 54 miles.

0 miles on transit.                     –               Team Leader:    –    miles.

WINNER Independent Health – Team Average Points: 97.6

65.8 miles walked.  Michelle Carbery Team Leader: 38.8 miles.

63.6 miles biked.     Michelle Carbery Team Leader: 47.6 miles.

0 miles on transit.                     –                Team Leader:    –    miles.

vs.

Cannon Design – Team Average Points: 74.8

77.9 miles walked.  John Bland Team Leader: 34 miles.

165 miles biked.    Lizzie Hagerty Team Leader: 91 miles.

42.7 miles on transit. Becca McGowan Team Leader: 32.5 miles.

Canisius University – Team Average Points: 54

76.6 miles walked.  Shyam Sriram Team Leader: 32.4 miles.

0 miles biked.                   –               Team Leader:    –    miles.

3 miles on transit. Shyam Sriram Team Leader: 3 miles.

vs.

WINNER City of Buffalo – Team Average Points: 93.6

55.2 miles walked.  Marcela Hernandez Team Leader: 10.2 miles.

82 miles biked.     Justin Booth Team Leader: 28 miles.

279.2 miles on transit. Kandace Johnson Team Leader: 156 miles.

Best Self – Team Average Points: 47.1

37.1 miles walked.  Hannah Tronolone Team Leader: 33.1 miles.

37 miles biked.     Andre Lam Team Leader: 32 miles.

10 miles on transit. Liz Czapski & Andre Lam Team Leader: 5 miles each.

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WINNER NFTA Metro – Team Average Points: 83.6

88.9 miles walked.  Omar Campuzano Team Leader: 29.5 miles.

208.9 miles biked.    Timothy Sugrue Team Leader: 78.3 miles.

177.6 miles on transit. Emma Hoffritz Team Leader: 62 miles.

Kaleida Health – Team Average Points: 22

22 miles walked.  Cristine Adams Team Leader: 12 miles.

0 miles biked.                   –               Team Leader:    –    miles.

0 miles on transit.                     –               Team Leader:    –    miles.

vs.

WINNER Erie County – Team Average Points: 53.2

75.4 miles walked.  Sandie Kozurkiewicz Team Leader: 54 miles.

115.9 miles biked.     Wendy Paterson Team Leader: 42 miles.

35.3 miles on transit. Alyssa Clark Team Leader: 35.3 miles.

M&T Bank – Team Average Points: 54.5

292.2 miles walked.  Patrick DiPalma Team Leader: 48.1 miles.

575 miles biked.     Darrell McDonell Team Leader: 171.8 miles.

31.5 miles on transit. ____ Team Leader: __ miles.

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WINNER University at Buffalo – Team Average Points: 109.7

302.1 miles walked.  Tyler Bauer Team Leader: 78 miles.

281.4 miles biked.     Jason Crosby Team Leader: 123.8 miles.

106.9 miles on transit. Christopher Fecio Team Leader: 42 miles.

Want to see everyone’s open data stats?

EXPLORE AWAY HERE!

WEEK 1 BATTLE BEGINS MAY 5!

How far did I go?
Consider using the BIKE STREETS app to track your biking miles!

You may be familiar with apps like Strava, and that can be great for tracking walking or even transit riding. When you bike, please consider BIKE STREETS. It’s also free, and we and a few dozen Buffalo volunteers have been working with them for months to identify the “most chill routes” around the city and region. So it is sort of gamified where you can report debris, or construction, say whether a street was hard to ride on or easy. All that data is SO HELPFUL in helping us identify where changes need to be made to improve safety.

  • Rides on Bike Streets are private. There is no “feed” of rides you and others are doing.

Bike Streets can guide you toward your destination using the streets you feel most comfortable riding on:

  • Folks log every ride with Bike Streets to help build the data to make this system stronger. There are three ways to ride: Free Ride (your own route); More Traffic (conventional infra for more confident riders); and Low-Stress (for less confident riders.)

Bike Streets will also simply track your distance – You’re not obligated to interact beyond that. Bike Streets also doesn’t sell your data.

Now that your miles are counted, get them submitted!

In order to make your submissions official, you must use THIS SURVEYMONKEY LINK before every Tueday at 10:00AM. We’re using the honor system here, folks. We trust you!

Participants may compile all their trips for entry Tuesday mornings, OR make entries multiple times throughout the week.
Note: Strava and other tracking applications may default to publishing your trip to a public feed. You can make changes to publish where no one can see, or just your friends, or also to hide your starting and ending locations for privacy.

Any outdoor activity counts! Walking the dog. Commuting to work. Going for a jog. Taking the bus to the store. Friday night joy rides on your bike with your best friends!

New this year: Amtrak rides do not count as miles on public transit. Get moving locally!

Download the Bike Streets App Click here to log your trip(s).

How can you rack up points?

POINTS SYSTEM:

1 point per mile on bike
2 points per mile walking/running/rolling in a wheelchair/other mobility assistance device/skateboard/rollerblade
3 points per mile on public transit

KEEPING IT EVEN:

GObike will tabulate scores at 10:00AM on Tuesdays, and turn around a report by 12:00PM(ish) the same day. Point totals will be divided by the number of participants to produce an average score. Whether your business is small or large, you’ve got a fighting chance to win!

SCHEDULE:

Round-Robin Week 1: Tuesday May 5, 12:00P – Monday May 11, 11:59P
Round-Robin Week 2: Tuesday May 12, 12:00P – Monday May 18, 11:59P
Round-Robin Week 3: Tuesday May 19, 12:00P – Monday May 25, 11:59P
CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK: Tuesday May 26, 12:00P – Monday June 1, 11:59P

MATCHUPS:

Companies will go head-to-head with another organization each week for three weeks, and then the top two (2) organizations from each division will face off in week 4 for the championship.

Perks for participating!

  • Register for SkyRide here and use the code ‘BMB2026’ at checkout for $10 off, valid ONLY during Bike Month!

  • Reddy Bikeshare discount: CHALLENGE26 will mark 50% off ($20) off of an Annual Pass when registering (except for M&T employees, who have a partnership with Reddy Bikeshare for free employee annual memberships)

Staying Safe

A reminder that you are riding, walking, rolling, or taking transit at your own risk. Let’s keep that risk minimal!
Some things are obvious – look both ways, ride on the right, don’t trust that drivers see you. Others are a bit nuanced. In partnership with the Governors Traffic Safety Committee, we’ve created a series of videos you can check out to learn more.
All traffic safety videos we’ve ever made are listed here.
Here are some that we really love:

Ride your bike on the right, with Traffic

Drivers, Please Just Slow Down and then Make Your Turn When it’s Safe

Bike Lanes or Not, Cyclists Have a Right to the Road

Safely Using a Roundabout – We Could All Use a Reminder

 

This is a party across the region. Join the fun!

  • Every Tuesday 5P-8P: OPEN SHOP at 98 Colvin
  • Every Saturday 10A-2P: OPEN SHOP at 313 Broadway

Open Shop is an opportunity to use our bike stands, tools, spare parts, and guidance from our team to work on your own bike. Open Shop is FREE to all GObike members, and $10 for everyone else. Open shop is ongoing throughout the entire year.
Want free, unlimited access to Open Shops? Click here to become a GObike member today.

  • Every Thursday 5P-8P: VOLUNTEER NIGHT at 98 Colvin

Put your own bike aside. On Thursdays, we invite everyone to 98 Colvin to work on kids bikes donated to us so that we can get them back out into the hands of those kids who need them most.

It’s a free party!! We’re growing on our tradition of kicking off bike month with a bash at our 313 Broadway store and headquarters, and all are invited to ride down for happy hour. We’ve got a brand new amplifier, so look out for the return of DJ Teddy’s zany playlists.
Thanks to Independent Health, Wardynski’s Meats, for making the event happen!

Bike Breakfasts are free, casual events. Stop in for five minutes on your way to work, or 30!
Please, bring your own coffee mug, and meet some new cycling friends.
There’s plenty to discuss about our city and region, and the changes we’d like to see.
Bike breakfasts are the perfect place to grow this community over coffee, oatmeal, and music!

Thursday May 7 – In Partnership with Walsh Insurance Agency

Larkin Square Pavilion (745 Seneca Street)
730A-930A

Thursday May 14 – In Partnership with Bicycle Bottle Shop
and Independent Health

Bicycle Bottle Shop (230 Lexington Ave)
730A-930A

Thursday May 21 – In Partnership with Ciminelli Development

Prova @ The Plaza (40 Fountain Plaza)
730A-930A

Thursday May 28 – In Partnership with Lexington Coop
and Independent Health

Lexington Coop Market (807 Elmwood Ave)
730A-930A

Thursday June 4 – In Partnership with Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus
and Independent Health

Innovation Center Pocket Park (Ellicott Street and North Oak Street)
700A-900A.
Bike Month Battle Awards at 8:00A

First time riding to work? AWESOME. Welcome!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! If you’re willing to ride and act as a buffer for these cute little elementary school kids, block traffic at intersections and keep this little group moving, please fill out this form.

PARENTS: If your children go to Olmsted 64, Tapestry Charter, or Bennett Park Montessori, this event is for you, and it is lead by the parent associations at the schools! If your children go elsewhere, reach out to Daniel Clark, our Education Manager, for tips on forming your own bike bus to start your kids’ day off in the healthiest, most fun way – daniel@gobikebuffalo.org.

Camp Coffee Rides happen every month, and here’s May’s!
These are rides that welcome everyone for free. Just bring some coffee/brewing apparatus, and some friends, or make new ones on the rides.
Rides are at a moderate to brisk pace. Please be on-time (9:30A)!

 

 

Everyone is welcome to ride with East Side Bike Club! Join for a community of casual riders for rides around our city’s beautiful East Side. Plenty of use of the bells, songs, chants, waves and encouragement from neighbors along the way.

ESBC rides every Saturday. Check their social media for any potential cancellations. The MLK statue at MLK park is on the east side of Fillmore Ave.