The PedalAid app allows you to raise money for charity while you cycle. Every kilometre you ride along the designated routes goes towards the current Charity Challenge total. If the challenge target is met a donation will be made to the nominated charity.
Latest Challenge
The Winebulance October Challenge for WightAID
01 Sep 20 – 30 Sep 20
Target distance: 3,000km
Our charity of the month for October is WightAID – a grant giving organisation which contributes towards charitable projects on the Island.
A donation from PedalAid would go into their grant giving pot. They have two simple application forms, one for £500 and under and the other for up to £5000. These applications allow the smallest of organisations to apply for a grant and makes the process accessible to all.
Prize Draws
We have all sorts of prizes to win this month.
- a £50 voucher for Rapanui
- a free Rapanui t-shirt
- a £50 voucher for bike hire at Routefifty7
- a free silver service worth £50 at Al's BIkes
We'll have a separate draw for each of these prizes. Everyone who has cycled at least 10km along the route will be entered. The more you cycle the more entries into each draw you will receive! For every 10km you will get another entry (up to a maximum of 10).
Check out the Offers and Prizes page for more details.
Feel good about drinking great wine – the Winebulance doorstep delivery service brings the wine to you!
With our pre-selected boxes, we have taken the guesswork out of the sea of supermarket wines. Our wine experts have tasted and carefully selected each wine so that you can choose a box of your favourite grape or style of wine from our online store with confidence.
And with 10% of all our profits being donated to The Earl Mountbatten Hospice, you can also feel good about it too!
The Cycle Route
The route covered by PedalAid is the Isle of Wight part of National Cycle Route 23, following the full Red Squirrel Trail, which goes from Cowes to Sandown, then loops back through Shanklin and Godshill before rejoining the main route near Merstone. The full route is 33.7km (21 miles).
Most of it is flat and easy going, suitable for all bike types, making it a great commuter route as well as a very enjoyable leisure route.
Current Offers
Prizes
A Free T-Shirt Every Month!
Isle of Wight based clothing company Rapanui are offering one of their t-shirts to PedalAid users each month. All riders in the top 20 on the leaderboard at the end of the month will be eligible. The lucky recipient will be selected at random and will be able to choose ANY t-shirt from their amazing range.
Free Silver Service at Al's Bikes
Al's Bikes in Sandown are giving away a free Silver Service worth £50 to a lucky PedalAid user in October.
£50 voucher for bike hire at Routefifty7
routefifty7 offer bike hire from Shanklin. They have a wide range of bikes, including electric bikes. Each month they are offering a £50 voucher to a lucky PedalAid user.
Offers
10% discount off a service at Al's Bikes
Al's Bikes in Sandown are offering 10% off any service. Just show this offer to redeem.
£5 off a season pass at Isle of Wight Mountain Bike Centre
The Isle of Wight Mountain Bike Centre, based on Cheverton Farm near Shorwell, has woodland, open fields and amazing views. It provides somewhere to ride purpose made mountain bike trails at different difficulty gradings.
Present the PedalAid app to get £5 off the normal season pass price (normally £35).
10% off at Love Running
The Isle of Wight's only dedicated running shop, Love Running, based in Newport, is offering 10% off all purchases if you show the PedalAid app (excluding sale or reduced items).
Recent Challenges
The KR Sustainability Young Carers Challenge
01 Sep 20 – 30 Sep 20
Money raised: £100
Distance: 3,048km
Our charity of the month for September was YMCA Young Carers Isle of Wight which is a service supporting around 300 people under 18 who care for a loved one because of ill health or disability.
The Gurnard Primary School PTA Challenge
01 Aug 20 – 31 Aug 20
Money raised: £100
Distance: 3,438km
Our charity of the month for August is Gurnard Primary School PTA. Gurnard Primary have recently moved into a new school building and are fundraising to landscape the old site to create a pond, allotment, running track and to plant wild flowers.
Cowes Lifeboat Sumer Challenge
01 Jul 20 – 31 Jul 20
Money raised: £200
Distance: 4,805km
Cowes Lifeboat has 50 local people to provide a serviceable lifeboat 24 hours a day. Pagers can go off at any time and those on call are expected to get to the station to launch and crew the lifeboat within 10 minutes.