May is Bike Month, and OSU's Spring Bike Challenge runs from May 1-31.
All biking skill levels are welcome! Form a team of friends, co-workers or classmates and ride your bikes to win.
Forming a team:
- New teams, please fill out a team registration.
- To participate, all team members need to register for ZAP* (that’s how we keep track of scores).
- Team captains are in charge of registering a team and communicating roster changes to [email protected]
- Team minimum: 4 members
- Team maximum: 10 members
- Deadline for new teams or roster changes: Friday, May 15, 2026
Pro tip: Look for fun ways to encourage each other – it makes a difference!
How the bike challenge works:
- The teams with the highest number of ZAPs* win!
- You can each get 1 ZAP per day that you bike - rain or shine and even on weekends!
- More people = more ZAPs for your team.
- In the event of a tie in team ZAPs, the team with the higher "inspirational" score wins (1 point for every “sometimes” rider, and 2 points for every “never” rider on that team)
*ZAP is the biking rewards program for the Corvallis Campus. You can participate year-round, and spring is a great time to get started.
Prizes:
Members of the two teams with the highest ZAPs will each win a Portland Design Works Sparrow water bottle holder. The third place team members will win a Portland Design Works bike bell.
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