Step 1 is required to join the BCI Ridership Challenge.
Download the Strava mobile app to your smartphone, or go to www.strava.com on your desktop.
Follow the instructions and create your Strava account, or sign into your existing Strava account if you have one.
MY APPS displays which devices can access your Strava data. Once you have granted access to your Strava data from those devices, they’ll be listed under: SETTINGS > MY APPS. For example, your gps tracker might be Garmin Connect, Wahoo, Ride with GPS, etc. And eventually Challenge Hound will be listed too.
Step 2 is optional and is NOT required to join the BCI Ridership Challenge.
If you want, request membership in the BCI Strava Club at strava.com/clubs/BikeIrvine. Once you’re approved as a current BCI member you can begin tracking and sharing your rides in Strava with other BCI members.
Step 3 is required to join the BCI Ridership Challenge.
Download the Challenge Hound mobile app to your smartphone, or go to www.challengehound.com on your desktop.
Follow the instructions and create your Challenge Hound account, or sign into your existing Challenge Hound account if you have one.
Check your email! A sign-in link has been sent to your email which can be used to directly sign in to your account.
Go to the APPS menu at the top of your account page.
Click the button, CONNECT STRAVA.
Click AUTHORIZE on the authorize page.
Step 4 is required to join the BCI Ridership Challenge. You must be a current BCI member so you will need the current password - sent out in our regular email News Alerts.
In your Challenge Hound account, click the button, SIGN UP TO JOIN CHALLENGE
Once you get to BCI’s challenge page, select this year’s challenge and click the button: SIGN IN TO JOIN CHALLENGE.
Look for a confirmation email, “Congrats on joining the BCI [yr] Ridership challenge!”
FAQ
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While GPS bike computers (like Garmin and Wahoo models) are very popular, you do not need one. You can capture a ride using the Strava App on your smart phone. A ride can also be manually entered using your home computer. The Ride With GPS App on your phone can capture your ride, which can be “sent” automatically to Strava. Garmin and Wahoo on-bike GPS units can also do this. The Ride With GPS website will also let you upload and post to Strava after your ride.
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Yes. Log into your Challenge Hound account. Click Activities on your screen. You may add one activity at a time. Be honest!
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It’s never too late to join: You can back date your rides to January 1st. Once you connect an app, ie Strava & Challenge Hound will automatically sync applicable activities back to the beginning of the year if you were on Strava, so there is no need to manually enter. If not, you can manually enter your past rides.
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Yes, from the Challenge Hound Apps page But select only one of the supported apps to avoid duplication of results. Challenge Hound currently supports Under Armour (Map My Run, Map My Walk, Map My Hike, Map My Ride, etc), Strava, Garmin, Fitbit and Coros.
Questions? Please email our Statistician (Dick Brock) at stats@bikeirvine.org.
Current 2023 BCI Ridership Challenge Standings
2022 BCI Ridership Challenge Results - posted in Pacelines
