For Ahmedabad cyclists, a “Cyclone” regularly arrives in October!

This October Cyclone

brings all the cycles and their riders on the roads! This Cyclone is none other than the October
Cycling Challenge organised by Cyclone Cycling Club of Ahmedabad.
Tie those laces/Strap your Shoes, wear your helmets, oil your cycle’s chain and bring your
team-spirit hiding in the basement to the top of your roof. If you thought office or family was
tough, the October Challenge is going to challenge you as an individual, as a team member and
as a team leader.
Start registering now to have the experience of the year.
Registrations opening soon.
RULES OF THE GAME:
(Only of Cyclone Club Members)

1. Date of Challenge: 1st October to 31st October 2023

1. Every Monday is day-off for Rest.
2. We are keeping day-off for days for Navratri festival (Decide on this)
2. Registration Charges: INR 1000 (non-refundable)
3. Teams:
1. Each team will have 10 riders
2. Teams will be selected randomly via a random algorithm decided by Cyclone
COC Team.
3. Each team will have 10 Riders in the group; Maximum 8 riders from the group
to ride in a day. Team may give rest to 2 riders daily. Even if all 10 riders are
riding on a particular day, we will consider 8 riders for the calculation.
4. Minimum 4 members must ride on a day for the team’s mileage to be counted.

• STRAVA IS MUST: All participating members are required to be on Strava and their
cycling activities should be on Strava during the challenge period.
o All the riders should be registered on our club
in Strava https://www.strava.com/clubs/CycloneCyclingClub
o Entries to be updated on the cyclone website, max by 12 noon next day; the
riders posting later will not be considered.
o Manually added data without using App will not be considered.
o Tagged activity on Strava will not be considered.
o This is a cycling challenge and hence only cycling activities will be considered
for the challenge.
o All the participants need to keep their profile public for the transparency of
results.
• Kilometer Criteria:
o While riders are free to ride as many KM possible every day during the entire
challenge but to keep the challenge competitive, we will consider Kms as per
below:
▪ On Weekdays (Tuesday to Saturday): A minimum of 20km and
maximum of 35 Km in a weekday (Tuesday to Saturday), will be
considered
▪ On weekends (Sunday): A Minimum of 50Km & Maximum
of 80Km will be considered.
 ▪ Last Sunday of the Oct month: A minimum of 50Km & maximum of
100Km will be considered.
• BRM Consideration: People who are doing BRM during October month, the BRM
ride will be considered and maximum kilometers as per challenge criteria will be
considered, i.e. 35 km for weekdays (Tuesday-Saturday) and 80/100 km (Sunday) for
the Weekend.

• Bonus:
o Bonus: Teams which have 8 members cycle on any day, during the challenge
(with criteria of point 6) will get a bonus of 20% on that day.
▪ Example – if 8 members together clock 200 KM, they will get 240 KM.
Also we want only 8 riders out of 10 in the team to ride in a day. (Point
3C)
o Super Bonus: All teams which have all its members (8 members) cycle for 15
days or more (October 1st to 31st) will get a 50 KM bonus for the team, at end
of the month. (Only one Super Bonus per team).
o Special Bonus: All riders of the team (8 members) who do 80 KM ride on all
the Sundays will get special bonus points, which is 20% of the total km clocked
for the month.
• Common Route Ride: To bring in more harmony and know cyclone riders better
across the chapter every Saturday of the month we will have a common route ride
during the event. Though it is not mandatory but all team members must try to attend
• Cycling Jersey: Teams can have their own Cycling Jerseys but to have the CYCLONE
CYCLING CLUB Logo on the jersey is mandatory. Teams can contact the Cyclone
jury team to get the best deal of making a jersey.
• Team Winning Criteria: The top 3 teams which collectively clock maximum
kilometers during the challenge period will be declared the winner of the challenge as
per top 3 clocked miles.
• Individual Medal Eligibility: Riders need to clock Minimum of 400 km during
October challenge, to get eligible for the Medal & Certificate.
• If Rider clock Kms below 400Km, will get ONLY Participation certificate.
• Recognition: Highest Mileage for riders (Individual) – Male & Female will get
recognition
• For any dispute, jury decision will be final.