The Tahoe Bike Challenge passes the torch to the Tahoe Bike Day Festival on Saturday, June 5th, kicking off Tahoe Bike Month celebrations through June.

The Tahoe Bike Challenge, which ran from May 24 - June 4 in all variety of weather, generated over 2000 total trips and over 7500 miles traveled by bicycle over the two week period. Participants will be on hand to receive awards for their accomplishments at the Tahoe Bike Day Parade and Festival on June 5th, which officially kicks off Bike Month in Tahoe.

Tahoe Bike Day
The Tahoe Bike Day Parade and Festival, being held at the Ski Run Marina in South Lake Tahoe, is a one-day family-centric festival created to celebrate the fun and benefits of cycling in Lake Tahoe. Coming on the heels of the Bike Challenge and launching the Bike Month, the festival will include exhibitors, a Kids Bike Rodeo and Safety Check and 'Decorate Your Bike' booth, and a bike ride/parade on a two-mile loop around South Lake Tahoe and the marina area. Festival exhibitors will include a Kids Expo, Eco-Village, Bike Community and Tahoe Life area.

 The Mayor of South Lake Tahoe, members of the City Council, and department leaders will officially declare June 5th as Tahoe Bike Day in an official ribbon-cutting ceremony is planned just prior to the parade.

Festival Schedule

• 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Bike Safety Check and Rodeo for Kids
• 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Decorate Your Bike Booth
• 12: 00 noon Official Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
• 12:30 p.m. Bike Parade with Police Escort
• 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Bike Festival - Exhibits, Kid's Expo, Live Music, Awards

The Tahoe Bike Challenge coincides with the national Bike-to-Work Month public awareness campaign to get people out of their cars to reduce air pollution, traffic congestion and increase the benefits to public health. For every mile ridden on a bicycle prevents 1.9 pounds of carbon from being emitted into  the atmosphere from the exhaust of an automobile. Nearly 25% of all automobile trips are less than  two miles.

The Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition, TRPA and event sponsors are working together to help increase public awareness about the value and benefits of helping move the Lake Tahoe region toward a more livable and  sustainable  bioregion - socially, environmentally, and economically. 

Tahoe Bike Month is presented by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and the Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition. For more information about the Tahoe Bike Challenge, Bike Day, and Tahoe Bike Month events, visit www.tahoebike.org.