A cycling bucket of one hundred things worth doing — from small firsts to serious long-term challenges. Use it as a checklist, a source of ideas or a way to notice progress you might otherwise overlook.
Distance and endurance
Distance is the simplest place to start because each step is easy to understand. Treat these as milestones, not requirements; choose distances that are meaningful for your current riding.
- Ride 10 km without stopping
- Complete a 20 km ride
- Complete a 25-mile ride
- Ride 50 km in one day
- Ride 50 miles in one day
- Ride 75 miles in one day
- Complete a metric century (100 km)
- Complete a century ride (100 miles)
- Ride 150 km in one day
- Ride 200 km in one day
- Complete your longest ride by at least 10%
- Ride for two hours continuously
- Ride for four hours in one day
- Complete a dawn-to-lunch endurance ride
- Complete a full-day adventure ride
Climbing
Climbing achievements reward persistence and route choice as much as outright speed.
- Climb 250 m in one ride
- Climb 500 m in one ride
- Climb 750 m in one ride
- Climb 1,000 m in one ride
- Climb 1,500 m in one ride
- Climb 2,000 m in one ride
- Climb your local benchmark hill without stopping
- Repeat the same climb twice in one ride
- Complete a ride built almost entirely around hills
- Set a personal best on a favorite climb
- Climb a mountain pass
- Complete a hillier route than you thought you could
- Ride a climb you once avoided
- Finish a steep climb seated
- Complete an all-day climbing challenge
INTERACTIVE
Make the 100-achievement list yours.
Tick anything you have already done. Progress is saved only in this browser.This is a personal checklist, not a ranking. Ignore the achievements that are not your kind of riding.
Useful next reads: Cycling Achievements: The Complete Guide and Cycling Bucket List.
Consistency and habits
Consistency milestones make progress visible when no single ride is extraordinary.
- Ride three days in one week
- Ride five days in one week
- Ride seven days in a row
- Ride every weekend for a month
- Ride 10 times in one month
- Ride 20 times in one month
- Ride every month of the year
- Ride in all four seasons
- Complete 30 days with a defined cycling habit
- Reach 50 rides in a year
- Reach 100 rides in a year
- Log 1,000 km in a year
- Log 2,500 km in a year
- Log 5,000 km in a year
- Complete a year with no month at zero
Skills and bike life
Cycling becomes more satisfying when the bike itself and the skills around it stop feeling mysterious.
- Complete your first clipless ride
- Change a tube or repair a puncture yourself
- Clean and lubricate your drivetrain properly
- Adjust your own saddle position
- Learn to use all of your gears confidently
- Ride safely in a group
- Hold a smooth line while drinking from a bottle
- Practice emergency braking
- Corner with more confidence
- Fix a mechanical issue that would once have ended your ride
- Pack a reliable roadside repair kit
- Plan and navigate your own route
- Complete an indoor training session
- Ride rollers or a trainer consistently for a month
- Teach another rider a useful bike skill
Experiences and conditions
Some of the best achievements are memorable because of when, where or how they happened.
- Begin a ride before sunrise
- Ride at sunset
- Complete a ride after dark
- Ride in the rain
- Ride in cold weather
- Ride on a very hot day safely
- Complete a windy-day ride you nearly skipped
- Ride beside a lake
- Ride along the coast
- Ride a forest route
- Ride a gravel route
- Ride a velodrome
- Try mountain biking
- Ride in a new city
- Ride in another country
- Take your bike on a trip
- Complete a point-to-point ride
- Ride somewhere you have always wanted to visit
- Complete a car-free day by bike
- Ride on your birthday
People, purpose and resilience
These achievements are less about the route and more about what the ride means.
- Complete your first group ride
- Lead a group ride
- Help another rider with a mechanical problem
- Wait for a struggling rider instead of chasing pace
- Introduce someone new to cycling
- Ride with a family member
- Complete a charity ride
- Fundraise through cycling
- Volunteer at a cycling event
- Finish your first cycling event
- Finish your first race
- Complete a race you once thought was beyond you
- Return to riding after illness or injury
- Return after a long break
- Complete a ride after a crash shook your confidence
- Ride alone confidently
- Ride with a faster group and finish
- Ride with a slower rider and make it their day
- Complete a ride when motivation was low
- Celebrate a milestone without immediately replacing it with a harder target
Lifetime achievements
Long-term totals are useful because they show the accumulation of ordinary rides.
- Reach 1,000 lifetime km
- Reach 2,500 lifetime km
- Reach 5,000 lifetime km
- Reach 10,000 lifetime km
- Reach 25,000 lifetime km
- Reach 50,000 lifetime km
- Reach 100,000 lifetime km
- Complete 250 lifetime rides
- Complete 500 lifetime rides
- Complete 1,000 lifetime rides
How to use the list
Do not try to complete all 100 in order. Circle the achievements that match the rider you are now, then choose a few that pull you toward the rider you want to become. The strongest list should contain easy wins, meaningful experiences and at least one challenge that takes time.
WHERE RIDERS GET STUCK
Three traps worth avoiding.
Trying to complete the list in order.
Choosing only achievements that can be measured by distance or speed.
Treating a missed challenge as a failure instead of information.
QUESTIONS RIDERS ACTUALLY ASK
Quick answers.
How many cycling achievements should I work on at once?+
Usually one to three. Too many active targets make ordinary rides feel like unfinished business.
Should beginners use the same list as experienced riders?+
Yes, but choose different entries. Firsts, skills, consistency and big endurance goals can sit side by side.
SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Good places to go deeper.
We use external sources where they add useful technical, behavioral or beginner context. These links are selected for the topic; they are not paid placements. See how we source and update guides.
Beginner advice on preparation, exploration, basic maintenance and keeping a record of rides.
Visit source ↗Cycling UKA beginners’ guide to cycling in a groupGroup-riding guidance on confidence, etiquette, predictability, communication and choosing the right group.
Visit source ↗Cycling UKEssential cycle maintenance adviceA maintenance hub covering punctures, gears, brakes, chains, lights and roadside fixes.
Visit source ↗MAKE THE MILESTONES PHYSICAL
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