Bike Month 2025
May 2025
National Bike Month, promoted by the League of American Bicyclists, has been celebrated in May in communities across the US since 1956! Every year, Go Coast hosts an area-wide bike month that encourages residents of the Wilmington urban area to ride a bike and enjoy our streets and trails on two wheels!
Bike Month aims to celebrate and promote safe and convenient biking as a means of sustainable and equitable transportation, for exercise and health, for building community, and for fun!
Don’t forget to check out the River to Sea annual bike ride, which took place Saturday, May 3, 2025. See ride details. See y’all in 2026!
2025 Bike Month Recap
During May 2025’s Bike Month Challenge, riders logged an impressive 3,622 miles!
WMPO staff promoted safety by giving away 44 children’s helmets at the Summer Safety Bash, co-hosted with the Wilmington Fire Department at the Boys and Girls Club.
Plus, the inaugural Tune Up and Tunes at Special Pedals saw 20 cyclists for bike checks!
Bike Month Proclamations
The following communities have signed proclamations recognizing May 2025 as Bike Month:
- WMPO Board
- Town of Carolina Beach
- Town of Kure Beach
- New Hanover County
- City of Wilmington
- Town of Leland
- Town of Navassa
Calendar
Links
- Be A Looker (take the pledge!)
- Rules of the road
- Cape Fear Cyclists group bike rides
- How to put your bike on the bus
- Bike/Ped infrastructure map (including paths, bike lanes, and sharrows)
Past Years’ Participation
View results from Go Coast Bike Month 2023 and 2024 on the Go Coast Instagram.
2025 Go Coast Bike Month
How to Participate:
- Register for 2025 Go Coast Bike Month to receive communications and directions (form is closed for this year — see you next year!)
- Join the Go Coast group on Strava OR report your ride miles on our Google form (forms closed, but Strava open!). Report after each ride, weekly, or at the end of the month — we’ll release anonymized data to track the impact of Bike Month.
- Have fun riding your bike!
If you are an area employer or organization and want to promote Go Coast Bike Month to your employees, email us at gocoast@wilmingtonnc.gov for resources!