2026 Challenge Rides

Challenge Rides 2026

To receive a Challenge Ride patch, choose a Challenge Ride for the Year and complete five of the six locations of that Challenge Ride at your own pace. To document completing the Challenge Ride, take pictures of your bike in front of the destination sign, collect these pictures over the course of the year and provide the photos to the Safety Officer to receive a Challenge Ride patch.

Current Year Challenge Rides:

Texas Natural Wonders Challenge Ride

The Texas Natural Wonders Challenge Ride Brings riders to beautiful places in the Hill Country. A video for the first of these rides is available on @Rearviews Rides. The map for each optional is available at these links: Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3.

The list of sites for the Texas Natural Wonders Challenge is:

1. Jacob's Well Natural Area (Wimberley)
2. Hamilton Pool Preserve, Travis County Parks (Dripping Springs)
3. Gorman Falls, Colorado Bend State Park (Bend)
4. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area (Llano)
5. Lost Maples State Natural Area (Vanderpool)
6. Devil's Sinkhole State Natural Area (Rocksprings)

Note: Some of these sites have entrance fees.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 1. The full Texas Natural Wonders Challenge Ride route

To make this Challenge Ride more manageable, the route has been divided into three days.

Texas Natural Wonders: Day 1 (Jacob's Well and Hamilton Pool)

[Download the GPX file here]   [Download the PDF description here]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 2. The Texas Natural Wonders Challenge Ride Day 1 route

Texas Natural Wonders: Day 2 (Gorman Falls and Enchanted Rock)

[Download the GPX file here]   [Download the PDF description here]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 3. The Texas Natural Wonders Challenge Ride Day 2 route

Texas Natural Wonders: Day 3 (Lost Maples and Devil's Sinkhole)

[Download the GPX file here]   [Download the PDF description here]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 4. The Texas Natural Wonders Challenge Ride Day 3 route

Texas Cryptids Hunt

This is your opportunity to find as many cryptids as possible in Texas. The most popular cryptid in Texas, and thus the easiest to find, is the Texas Bigfoot. There is no map for this Challenge, as these cryptids can be elusive. Texas cryptids may include Bigfoot, the Chupacabra, the Lake Worth Monster, La Lechuza, the Denton Goatman, and the infamous Jackalope. Five photos of your bike with at least one of these Texas Cryptids will gain you a special, custom-designed Cryptid Hunters Motorcycle Club poker chip. To give you an idea of how often Bigfoot travels in the big State of Texas, visit Texas Bigfoot Sightings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 5. The Cryptid Hunters Motorcycle Club, Texas, poker chip