After having a great experience connecting our friend Nita with her fantastic new WAYPOINT in 2014, REN Cycles is excited to partner with the Bicycle Transportation Alliance to promote urban cycling with the 2015 Bicycle Commute Challenge.

As with the 2015 event we would be providing a free WAYPOINT bike, professionally fit for the winner, kitted out with a durable, high quality commuter build. The bike is given to one lucky winner, selected at random from a pool of riders with a 100% participation rate for the month.

To take it a step further, this year we upped the ante by offering anyone participating in the Bike Commute Challenge a 10% discount off of a bike purchased before the end of the Challenge. 

We are pleased to announce that the excellent participation numbers from 2014 were eclipsed by even more riders biking to their job site every work day in September. A growing population and the persistence of downright summery weather during the monthlong challenge combined to set record numbers with 10,772 participants, 1363 of them newly registered bike commuters. 

By the time the end of the month rolled around BTA Bike Commute Challenge riders logged nearly 1.25 million miles of biking to work, and at the end of the awards night Jocelyn Berner was chosen as the winner of the 2015 BTA WAYPOINT.

Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's event.
Check out photos from the awards gala and street party at Portland Design Works here.