Sri Chinmoy Cycling Challenge 2025

Events:

Month of Cycling - June 2025: A global cycling challenge to enjoy with your friends all over the world. See last year's results here.
27-Hour Cycling - 9/10 August 2025: In honor of Sri Chinmoy's 94th birthday anniversary. Starts on August 9, at 9:00. Ends on August 10, at 12:00 noon.

Get inspired:

Peace Ride USA 2025: On May 24 Rasmivan and Salil embarked on a 4'000-mile bicycle ride from the west to the east coast of the USA to promote PEACE. Start - in Seattle, WA on May 24, 2025. Duration - ten weeks.

For information on events, contact the Organizing Team at [email protected].

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Sri Chinmoy Cycling Challenge

Propositions:

We are cycling:

from 09:00 on Saturday, 9 August 2025

to 12:00 on Sunday, 10 August 2025

During these 27 hours (use local time in your country) you can ride wherever you want, as much as you want, individually or with friends, even on your stationary bicycle at home if you have no time to go out.

You need not ride all 27 hours. Join any time and cycle as long as you feel inspired.

If you have enough cycling-loving friends, you can organize relay-cycling covering all 27 hours.

Please measure (or estimate) the distance you crossed and send your full name, place where you cycled and distance you covered to Vandaniya per email: [email protected].

Event records:

Men: 548 km, 2024, Andrea Marcato, Schlieren, Switzerland
Women: 233 km, 2024, Gerda Schlager, Salzburg, Austria

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Ongoing... You can send in your cycled distances.

Results June 2025, updated as they arrive:

June 1 to June 29 - 49'377 km, 155 participants in 26 countries on 5 continents
June 1 to June 27 - 43'561 km, 148 participants in 26 countries on 5 continents
June 1 to June 24 - 39'513 km, 135 participants in 26 countries on 5 continents
June 1 to June 21 - 37'637 km, 135 participants in 26 countries on 5 continents
June 1 to June 17 - 24'235 km, 116 participants in 25 countries on 5 continents
June 1 to June 13 - 13'486 km, 100 participants in 24 countries on 4 continents
June 1 to June 10 - 11'245 km, 84 participants in 22 countries on 4 continents
June 1 to June 5 - 3'137 km, 44 participants in 16 countries on 4 continents

Photo-gallery June 2025:

In the gallery below the participants of this year's Month of Cycling share the photos and inspiration from their rides.

Peace Ride USA 2025: Rasmivan and Salil started in Seattle on May 24 and are riding over USA to finish in New York on August 15.

Leaving Seattle, WA under the full load. Peace Torch included.

Rasmivan making friends on the way...

... who offered them to exchange the bikes. Tempted for a moment.

Salil under the clear sky.

Prasannateyu cycling in Subotica, Serbia. Lake Palic in the background.

Parimal cycling in Budapest, Hungary.

Vesna, Margarita and Andrea from Skopje, Macedonia, send their greetings to all Sri Chinmoy Cycling Challenge participants.

Three friends are strong Bianchi-lovers. From the morning ride in Skopje, Macedonia.

A group of cyclists from Austria, Germany and Switzerland met on Krk island, Croatia, to cycle together at the start of the Month of Cycling 2025.

Organized by Mananyu from Vienna, Austria.

Kallol drove a few days earlier all the way from Heidelberg, Germany, and did some climbing in a mountain national park before coming to Krk island.

Lost in the forest... Are we still on the track?

Under the huge oak tree in the middle of the forest on Krk island, Croatia.

The first injury: Christian fell from the bike on a steep forest path.

Ice-cream break in a restaurant in Punat city.

Out of the woods and onto the beach. On Adriatic sea, Krk island, Croatia.

Under the olive-tree.

Guzel sent this selfie from Nakhabino, Russia.

Andrija on Bela Crkva lake, Serbia. Preparing for the cycling tour from Serbia to Black Sea along Danube (to start on June 7).

Andrija at the start of his tour through Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania.

At Djerdap - canyon of river Danube.

On the fourth day of his journey, Andrija left Serbia and shortly entered Bulgaria to visit the city of Vidin. Here he is in front of the famous Baba Vida fortress in Vidin.

Then in the evening he crossed Danube river and entered Romania for a sleep-over in Calafat. On the Calafat bridge.

Day 10 of the tour, Andrija arriving in the final city Constanta, Romania. Already 1'000 km behind ...

... he stands on the shore of Black Sea. Congratulations!

Edwige sends greetings from Saint Lunaire, France.

Antarajyoti cycling in Vicenza, Italy.

Prabhata was cycling in Heidelberg, Germany and ...

... meeting this fearless nutria multiple times. It seems the nutria lives by the Neckar river in Ziegelhausen.

Prabhata with his small bike on the way from Heidelberg, Germany, to Salzburg, Austria. Photo in the window of the railway station.

Kanala from Vienna, Austria.

Ekalabhya from Skopje, Macedonia, on a 100km climbing ride.

It's over 35 Celsius in Macedonia these days.

Sukhada sends greetings from Perm, Russia.

Abhinagha on a 50km tour north from Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Preparing for triathlon...

And he placed 3rd on the Olympic distance triathlon in the beach town Zandvoort. He cycled 39 km on Zandvoort Formula 1 racing circuit.

Gabor from Budapest, Hungary, on a night ride...

... until the sunrise.

Shuna from Budapest, Hungary, cycled on Balaton lake.

Kedar started the Month of Cycling on Zurich lake, Switzerland.

Gunthita cycling in Winterthur, Switzerland, on June 1. The Month of Cycling can start !

Prabhata cycling in Weiterstadt, Germany - buying himself the new "LOVE" cycling gloves.

Drazen cycled on Adriatic sea near his home town Sibenik.

Meditating on Protection before starting the tour on Rab island, Croatia.

Nature is harsh on Rab island. Deveshu under a storm-broken tree. We finished with one broken chain, two flat tires and one gear-changer almost falling apart.

Hareen's bike in Barcelona, Spain.

Prabhata sent this photo from his full moon night ride in Heidelberg, Germany. Bridge over Neckar river.

Gabor, last year's winner of the Month of Cycling. Sunrise on Balaton lake, Hungary.

Dejan from Skopje, Macedonia, cycling along Vardar river.

Propositions 2025:

Take part in a global 30-day cycling challenge that stretches over the month of June. Ride together with friends on all continents! Have fun and stay in good health!

In the last thirteen years, this event has given cyclists around the world the opportunity to join together in a oneness-project and get inspiration from following each other's progress. For example, in June 2021 276 participants in 31 countries on all 6 continents cycled together 124'166 km. In June 2022 241 participants in 28 countries on 6 continents cycled together 108'160 km.

Sri Chinmoy Cycling Challenge: Month of Cycling - June 2025. Poster by Hrishikesh, Bulgaria.

Rules are simple - during the 30 days of June you can ride wherever you like, with whomever you like, as much as you like. Ride in a soulful and joyful consciousness and be happy!

Send your name, place where cycled and the distance accomplished to the Cycling Challenge Organizing Team by email [email protected]. You can send results daily, weekly or the total distance at the end. Results will be posted on this page and updated as they arrive.