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Given that May is National Bike Month, there couldn’t be a more ideal time to register for PeopleForBikes’ National Bike Challenge.

Established in 1956, National Bike Month is a chance to showcase the many benefits of bicycling — and encourage more folks to giving biking a try. To help get you on the saddle, Pearl Izumi has put together their top 5 list of items you need to bike everyday during the month of May:

Be seen and protected! The SELECT WxB Jacket offered in BioViz color ways, keeps you seen in lowlight and dark conditions and dry in rainy weather. Packable pull over for fickle weather. The SELECT Barrier Pant keeps you dry and are small enough to easily pack just in case the weather is unpredictable when you head out. Easy to walk in shoes from the trails to the coffee shop. The X-Alp Seek VII Shoes are fashionable and functional on and off the bike with SPD compatibility. Keeping warm for those brisk morning rides. The SELECT Soft-shell Lite Glove are perfect for when the temps start to dip and you need some lighter cool weather hand protection. Comfort! Liner Shorts are an essential to wear underneath pants or other clothes for cycling short padding.

Additionally, PeopleForBikes wants you to stay safe out there and has pulled together these safety riding tips to help. PFB is also excited to share some important upcoming bike events:

First-Ever National Protected Bike Lane Week – May 9-13 National Bike Challenge – Starts May 1 and goes until September 30

The PeopleForBikes National Bike Challenge is a nationwide event uniting tens of thousands of current bicyclists—and encouraging countless new riders to participate. In it’s simplest form, the National Bike Challenge is an easy logging center for participants to record the miles they ride while competing with other riders all over the country. With fun competition on the local, state and national level, it is a free and easy way to for people to challenge themselves, their colleagues and the greater community to ride more. The Challenge aims to unite 100,000 riders to pedal 75 million miles from May 1, 2016 until September 30, 2016.

Here are instructions for joining the National Bike Challenge: 1. Log on to nationalbikechallenge.org (starting May 1) 2. Click the red Join the National Bike Challenge button 3. Fill in all information on the form and click Join the National Bike Challenge at the bottom 4. Once you are logged in, click Manage Groups on the left hand navigation bar 5. You can Find or Create a team, workplace, or school from here

While taking part in the National Bike Challenge, PeopleForBikes reminds you how to stay safe while riding. Riding on protected bike lanes is just one way to make your ride safer. In fact, PeopleForBikes celebrates the first-ever National Protected Bike Lane Week, May 9 – 13.