Overall 2025 Challenge Statistics

For those of you who have been following my updates, I thought you’d be interested in the overall stats for the 2025 Great Cycle Challenge USA. There were 17,166 cyclists participating and we raised a total of (drum roll….) $7,198,581 in September & October!!! My totals pale in comparison to some riders, but I’m still proud of what I accomplished: 221 miles and $1,041 raised.

Thank you everyone for helping to raise funds to support Children’s Cancer Research.

Oct 12 - Central Bucks Bike Club Covered Bridges ride 2025

Contrary to the doom & gloom weather that was forecasted for today, it was a pleasant day for the annual Covered Bridge Ride put on by the Central Bucks Bike Club. I was prepared, however, with my rain pants and rain jacket in my pannier just in case and was dressed warm enough for the 60F temps.

23.4 miles today along the D&L Trail from Tinicum Park in Erwinna PA, across the Delaware River on the Frenchtown bridge and down the D&R Canal Tow Path to Bulls Island and back. I could have gone another few miles to see a second covered bridge, but it meant getting off the trail and riding on a highway.

This is a very well run event with lots of signage, electronic route GPS maps, people posted at intersections, rest stops with food, drink & ports-potties and a hot lunch at the end when we got back to our starting point!

This ride brings my total mileage for the Great Cycle Challenge 2025 to 221 miles! Just 29 miles to go to hit my newest target of 250 miles!! :)

Oct 9- Columbia Trail

13.6 miles today on the Columbia Trail from High Bridge to just past Califon and back. Even though the skies were blue and the sun was out, it was only a chilly 60 degrees today. Only two days ago it was 80!!! We are supposed to get our first frost tonight!!! ANY WAY - I thought I was dressed warm enough, but I should have turned back and put on my warmer long sleeve jacket…but I figured I’d warm up as I rode, but I never really did warm up. The shady trail was quite cool so I didn’t go as far as I’d wanted to, but I’ll dress warmer for the next rides.

Oct 6, 2025 - Paulinskil ride

Hello friends & fellow cyclists! Absolutely gorgeous day for a ride today. 22.4 miles on the Paulinskill trail from Station rd to Stillwater rd and back in 2hrs, 20 minutes. Great Cycle Challenge is keeping our pages open until the end of October to continue collecting donations and for us to continue logging miles. I have exceeded both my $1000 donation goal and my 150 mile goal. And because I’ve hit $1000 now I am a member of the “Peloton” club. There are hundreds of people in the “club” and I’m just barely squeaked in, considering the top ranking fellow has brought in almost $100k in 2025!!! I’m looking forward to riding in the Central Bucks Covered Bridge ride on 10/12. Looks like it’ll be cooler, but still nice riding weather.

Sept 29- DONE!

If you’ve been following my updates for this Great Cycle Challenge, I’m thrilled to let you know that I rode 12.7 miles today on the Paulinskill trail from Hainesburg to Columbia and then up to the Blairstown glider port and back which gives me a total of 161 miles this month. So I exceeded my goal of biking 150 miles in September. Very close to achieving my donation target of $1000, with only $24 to go.