Registration & Activites

About the Contest

Join us in the 2024 Bike thru Burque Riding Challenge! The challenge will start on Sunday, October 20 and end on Sunday, October 27. Sign up with your friends, family, or coworkers in the Team Competition or register as an individual in the Individual Challenge. Kids can also sign up for the Kid’s Riding Challenge! See below for details.

Individual Challenge and Team Competition

Bike thru Burque Week is all about riding your bike to get where you need to go. That’s why we’ve created a points system to reward you not just for miles ridden but also for the number of rides you go on.

You will receive one point for each round-trip ride you log.

You can also get bonus points for:

• Business Buddy Points: +1 point for each ride to one of our sponsoring local businesses. Check out the list or partners and sponsors here.
• Beast of Burden Points: +1 point for each ride if you carry something on your bike (like groceries, kids, shopping items—spare tubes and water bottles don’t count!)
• You’re Hot Then You’re Cold Points: +1 point for each ride if the temperature is hotter than 75 degrees or colder than 45 degrees.
• Suffer-Fest Points: +1 point for your ride if there is 15 mph+ winds
• Long Hauler Points: +1 point for rides over 10 miles
• New Horizons Points: +1 point if the ride was on a route that you have never ridden before
• Boarding the Bus Points: +1 point for taking your bike on the bus.

Each team member will log their rides individually, and points will be added to the team’s total.

Rules of the Game

• Up to 6 people per team (If your group is larger than six you will need to create multiple teams.)
• Individuals can participate by signing up for the individual challenge. (See buttons below)
• Team Competition: Each team member from the team with the most points will receive a prize. Everyone who participates will receive one raffle ticket for a chance to win giveaway items.
  • Final points will be adjusted based on team size to determine the winning team: If you have two team members, your points will be divided by two; if you have six team members, your points will be divided by six.
• Individual Challenge: The top three individuals with the most points will receive a prize. All individual participants will receive one raffle ticket for an extra chance to win giveaway items.
• We will use the contact information you provided in the registration to contact you if you win.
• Please don’t wait until the end of the challenge to log all of your rides! We encourage everyone to log rides on the same day you rode. This makes it easier for other riders to see where they stand in the points ranking.
• You can log your rides from Sunday, October 20 to Sunday, October 27, 2024. Log all your rides taken between October 20 – October 27  by 11:59 PM on Monday, October 28.
• This competition is based on the honor system. Please don’t cheat by logging rides you didn’t do or by abusing the bonus points system.
• Have fun and ride safe!

NOTE: In past events, we’ve given away prizes to the teams and individuals with the most points and the most miles. This year, we will only be giving prizes to winners with the most points. This is to encourage biking for transportation.

Kids’ Riding Challenge

Join us in the 2024 Bike thru Burque Kids’ Riding Challenge! The challenge runs from Sunday, October 20 to Sunday, October 27. You can earn points and win prizes by riding your bike to your favorite places, being safe, and learning about Burque.

Who Can Sign Up?

The Kids’ Riding Challenge is for everyone in grades K-8 (or equivalent ages). Make sure you have an adult’s permission before participating!
High Schoolers: Sign up for the Individual Riding Challenge!
And anyone of any age can sign up for the Team Riding Challenge.

How to Earn Points

For each bike ride you go on, you can earn one point for each of these activities:

• Ride wearing a helmet
• Ride with a sibling, cousin, or friend
• Ride with a parent or adult
• Ride to school
• Ride on a path closed to cars (like the Bosque Trail)
• Ride on a bike boulevard (like Silver Ave or Alvarado). Bike Boulevards have purple signs.
• Ride on a bike route (like Edith Blvd or Prospect Ave). Bike Routes have green signs.
• Ride to the park, library, or swimming pool, to get a paleta, or any place you love to go
• Ride wearing your favorite shoes or shirt, or mismatched socks
• Ride with a water bottle on your bike or in your backpack
• Ride with a healthy snack or lunch in your backpack
• Ride wearing something bright or reflective
• Put air into your bike tires
• Help fix a flat tire
• Learn how to adjust a bike seat
• Learn how to adjust your helmet
• Help clean your bike chain
• Ride a balance bike/strider bike
• Cross the street using a HAWK signal. To learn about HAWK signals, click here.
• Ride along an acequia
• Visit a table or play a game at ABQ CiQlovía

Print out this sheet below to help you keep track of your points!
Click the image below to download the printable pdf. (You can also color the picture!)

Rules of the Game

• For each ride you go on, you can earn one point for each activity listed above. For example, if you rode your bike to school with your friend while wearing your helmet, you would earn three points for that ride.
• When you log your points, type in the total number of points you earned for one ride. Our super advanced technology will keep track of your total points for you.
• You can also log your rides by marking down your points on this printout and emailing a picture of it to info@bikethruburque.com.
• You can go on as many rides as you want. To earn points for your ride, they need to be during Bike thru Burque Week (October 20 – 27).
• Make sure you log all of your points by 11:59 pm Monday, October 28.
• Make sure you have permission from an adult before you go on a ride!
• The points system works on honesty. Make sure you are only logging activities that you completed!

How do I Win Prizes?

The more points you log, the more raffle tickets you will earn for the Kids’ Riding Challenge Raffle! This raffle is just for kids! For each five points you earn, you will get one raffle ticket. For example, if you earn 15 points, you will get three raffle tickets. At the end of Bike thru Burque Week, we will draw winners and reach out to you via email if you won.