Celebrating the Winners of the 2026 GMTMA Bike to Happy Photo Challenge! 🎉🚲
Throughout National Bike Month, riders across Mercer County, Ocean County, Montgomery Township, and Plainsboro Township joined us for the 2026 GMTMA Bike to Happy Photo Challenge, sharing the places, experiences, and moments that bring them joy through biking.
From scenic rides through nature and visits to local eateries, to exploring historic destinations, commuting to work, and discovering personal happy places, participants showed us that every bike ride has the power to make the day a little brighter.
We are excited to congratulate our 2026 Bike to Happy Photo Challenge winners! Thank you for inspiring our communities with your enthusiasm, creativity, and love of biking. Your photos captured the spirit of Bike Month and demonstrated how bicycling supports healthy lifestyles, sustainable transportation, local tourism, and vibrant communities.
We would also like to extend our sincere appreciation to everyone who participated. Whether you submitted one photo or several, your involvement helped make this challenge a tremendous success. Together, you showcased the many ways biking can connect us to nature, local businesses, history, and each other.
A special thank-you goes to our generous sponsors, whose support made this year’s challenge possible and helped provide prizes for our participants:
- 🌼 Dandelion Wishes
- 🔧 RM Bicycle Service
- 🚲 Sourland Cycles
- 🌿 Whole Earth Center
- 🍵 Ooika
- ☕ Small World Coffee
- 👟 Fleet Feet Princeton
- 🚴 Jay’s Cycles
- 🌳 Lawrence Hopewell Trail
- 🐚 B. and the Sea
- 🚲 Boys & Girls Club of Mercer County
Community partnerships like these help strengthen bicycling culture throughout our region and encourage more people to experience the benefits of riding. Interested in supporting future Bike Month events, challenges, and community programs? We welcome businesses and organizations that share our commitment to healthy, active, and sustainable transportation. Learn more about becoming a sponsor here: https://gmtma.org/biking/bike-month/sponsor/.
As Bike Month comes to a close, we hope the challenge serves as a reminder that biking isn’t just a way to get from one place to another—it’s an opportunity to discover something new, support local destinations, stay active, and find happiness along the way.
Congratulations again to our winners, and thank you to everyone who helped make the 2026 GMTMA Bike to Happy Photo Challenge such a memorable success. We can’t wait to ride with you again next year!
🚲💛 Keep riding, keep exploring, and keep finding your happy place.