A unique outdoor experience working your way through a curated route, activities and giveaways at stops, chances to win prizes, and a fun afternoon with friends!
The Sustain Charlotte team works hard to make this a very family-friendly event and fun for cyclists of all levels! Participants can go at their own pace and complete as much or as little of the route as they want.
Please be aware that streets aren’t closed for as this is an opportunity to explore and experience Charlotte in your daily life without a car. The ride will cover various pathways – the rail trail, protected bike lanes, sidewalks, and greenways – so safety is everyone’s responsibility, including participants.
Get your passport! The fun starts early at the Passport Pick-up Party on Friday, October 17 at Triple C Brewing! Come by to pick up your passport, meet Sustain Charlotte staff and volunteers, and hang out!
If you can’t make it, that's not a problem. You can pick up your passport at the check-in table on Biketoberfest on Sunday, October 19
Don’t lose it! During Biketoberfest, there will be designated stops along the route sponsored by local businesses. While you visit each stop, get your passport stamped by a Biketoberfest volunteer. The more stops you make, the more stamps you’ll have to trade for raffle tickets! Head back to Triple C to get your raffle tickets and enter to win great prizes! Winners must be present at the drawings to win.
-Your Biketoberfest passport if you picked it up at the pre-event party.
-A hemet! Helmets are required for participants 16 and under and highly encouraged for all.
-We recommend all participants wear bright clothes, bike lights/reflectors, and a backpack/bag to store your items.
-Identification
-A water bottle
Many participants choose Triple C Brewing Co. as their starting place, and we’d love to see you there! But as long as you have your passport, you can start anywhere on the route, opt to go clockwise or counter-clockwise, and decide which stops you’d like to visit. It’s a go-at-your-own-pace, choose-your-own-adventure event!
If you opt to start at Triple C Brewing, be mindful that street parking is limited. Consider riding the light rail or your bike. It’s the perfect warm-up!
End your ride at Triple C Brewing Co. and enjoy live music, food trucks, and a fun time hanging out with hundreds of local urban adventure enthusiasts. You can also exchange your passport stamps for raffle tickets and enter to win some great prizes. Remember, winners must be present at the after-party to win!
The route map will be accessible in your Biketoberfest passport and on our website. Each year, the Sustain Charlotte team works hard to mark the route with signs, road arrows, and volunteers!
The rain date for Biketoberfest is Sunday, November 2. Same schedule!
All donations should be mailed to: Sustain Charlotte PO Box 18201 Charlotte, NC 28218
Please make all checks payable to: Sustain Charlotte.
Please make sure that in the memo it says and who the donations should be credited to.
In the header of the website, click on the magnifying glass icon and enter the name of the person you’d like to support with a donation.
Any donation made online should post immediately. If an online donation does not post within 5 minutes, please contact us.
If you check this checkbox, you will be charged the amount indicated next to the checkbox. This amount will also be visible to the non-profit. However, on the fundraising page, your intended - initial donation amount will be displayed.
All monetary donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Any donor who mailed their donation and provided an address will receive a receipt via mail once the donation has been processed. If you made your donation in installments, you will receive a receipt each time a monthly payment is processed.
Yes, anyone who donates online, regardless of the amount, will receive a receipt via email.
A Tax ID number identifies Sustain Charlotte as a 501(c)(3) non-profit Organization. The Sustain Charlotte Tax ID number is 01-0975452.
When you make a donation online, you can designate what you want to appear as your recognition name on the participant's Honor Roll. This may be your name, or it could be something such as "From the whole Wolf family" or "in memory of Aunt Cathy."
Fundraising FAQs
If a donation check has been written out to you personally, you may endorse the back of the check and mail it in with a completed donation form to Sustain Charlotte.
It is not a good idea to send a cash donation in the mail. You may drop off the cash at Sustain Charlotte along with your information or you can deposit the cash into your checking account and send a personal check from your account.
Any donation made online should post immediately. If your donation does not post within 5 minutes, please contact Sustain Charlotte.
You can't enter a check online. What you can do is enter a check as a pledge. This can be done in the fundraising section of your headquarters page. The status of the check will be pending until the check is received by Sustain Charlotte.
A Tax ID number identifies Sustain Charlotte as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Many donors will request this number to validate their donation as tax-deductible. The Sustain Charlotte Tax ID number is 01-0975452.
As your donors make a contribution, they have the option of whether or not they want to appear in the Honor Roll.
Log in with your email and password to visit your headquarters page. Select My Fundraising Report on the left side. You will then find a list of all of your donors as well as a list of all donors to your team .
To easily send thank-you emails to donors, follow these steps:
Log in to your fundraiser dashboard by clicking the "My HQ" link in the top right
Click "My Fundraising Report" in the left sidebar
Locate the donor/donation you'd like to thank, and click "Send Email" (If the donor didn't submit their email address, this option is unavailable.)
Type the message in the pop-up window, and click "Send Email"
You are receiving these emails because we would like to keep you updated on your fundraising efforts. If you wish to stop receiving these updates, please login to your headquarters and edit your account preferences.
Website FAQs
A personal URL is a shortened link to your team or personal page that you can send to friends and family in emails. A personal URL will look like this https://biketoberfest.rallybound.org/ben.
When a donor makes a donation online, s/he can enter text to appear on the fundraising honor roll. This may be the donor's name, or it could be something like "From the whole Wolf family" or "In Memory of Aunt Cathy".
