Tahoe Bike Challenge wraps up with a Cycle Celebration

The 2nd annual Cycle Celebration will culminate the Tahoe Bike Challenge where 315 riders made 2,706 trips and covered 17,299 miles in the Lake Tahoe area on their bikes between June 1 and 14. All of those miles saved participants $3,845 in gasoline.

Bellamy Court at the back of Heavenly Village (by the parking garage) will be closed off for the celebration on Saturday, June 20 for a plethora of activities to celebrate biking in Lake Tahoe from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

During the Bike Challenge, students and staff of Lake Tahoe Unified School District logged the most miles with 2088.5, followed by Lake Tahoe Community College with 1545.73 and the City of South Lake Tahoe's 1511.83 miles. Barton Health had the most participants with 1,000 and Tahoe Mountain Lab led the category of most team trips with 296. Winners will be celebrated with awards being announced during the Cycle Celebration.

There are group bike rides heading to the event which will start at the Y, Lakeview Commons, Meyers and Round Hill.

There will be a bike parade, kid zone, bike swap, prizes, group rides, great times, and free bicycle valet parking.

The kid's bike rodeo will have several stations riders will stop at including helmet checkpoint, mounting and dismounting, straight line control, stopping on a dime, how to weave and maneuver and how to properly exit driveways.

Here is a list with times of Saturday's festival:

12:00 p.m. - Cycle Celebration opens
12:00 p.m. - Decorating for bike parade and gathering
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Bike Parade
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Community Bike Swap, Kid Zone, Unicycles, Bike Tune-ups
1:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Tahoe Bike Challenge awards
1:30 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. - Tire Changing Contest
2:00 p.m. - 2:10 p.m. - Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition Awards
2:00 p.m. - Bike Jeopardy
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. - Raffle giveaway
4:00 p.m. - Event closes