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 People Matter Challenge
01 Nov 20 – 30 Nov 20
Target distance: 2,500km
Our charity of the month for November is People Matter IW - a user led organisation that provides help to anyone with a disability or support need. A donation would help purchase more equipment to demonstrate at the Independent Living Centre.
Prize Draws
We have all sorts of prizes to win this month.
- a £50 voucher for Rapanui
- a £50 general service at Wight Bike
- a £50 voucher for bike hire at Routefifty7
- pair of Schwalbe tyres worth £50 at Al's BIkes
- a free Rapanui t-shirt
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
We'll have a separate draw for each of the following 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).
£50 Rapanui Voucher
We are offering a £50 voucher to spend with Isle of Wight based clothing company Rapanui.
£50 general bicycle service
Wight Bike in Merstone are offering a £50 general bicycle service excluding parts. They provide a big selection of e-bikes, traditional & children's bikes, as well as servicing and repairs.
£50 voucher for bike hire
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.
One pair of Schwalbe tyres
Al's Bikes in Sandown are giving away a pair of Schwalbe tyres (any size - mtb, road or hybrid) to a lucky PedalAid user in November.
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.
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 Winebulance October Challenge for WightAID
01 Oct 20 – 31 Oct 20
Money raised: £100
Distance: 2,016km
Our charity of the month for October was WightAID, a grant giving organisation which contributes towards local Isle of Wight charitable projects.
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.