News out of Ashville, North Carolina, Cane Creek Cycling Components is excited to announce the 2023 Pisgah Project Bike Raffle. For the last seven consecutive years, Cane Creek has pulled together a group of premium cycling component manufacturers to build a beautiful bicycle to support an incredibly important cause – supporting the Pisgah National Forest.
Since the Pisgah Project Bike’s inception back in 2017, over $209,000 has been raised by Cane Creek for the Pisgah Conservancy. Pisgah Conservancy’s mission is to protect Pisgah’s natural resources and support the fantastic recreation that our forest and community fosters.
Taking part in the Pisgah Project Raffle joins you in a “community of supporters who invest in clean streams, maintained trails, and a thriving natural environment for future generations to enjoy”.
The Bike…
This year’s incredible Pisgah Project Bike sports an MSRP of over $11,500! The Bike is built using alternative components, all sourced from local Southeast cycling component manufacturers, as well as global partnering companies that truly care about a healthy and sustainable Pisgah National Forest.
Organized by Cane Creek Cycling Components while being backed by partnerships with REEB Cycles, Industry Nine, Thompson Bike, Continental Tires, Crank Brothers, Fizik saddles, TRP, and Endless Bike Co. this year’s bike has the potential to bring the total amount earned to over $250,000!
About the Pisgah Conservancy
“A primary goal of The Pisgah Conservancy is to enhance the recreational experience of visitors to Pisgah while protecting the rich natural resources that attract them in the first place. Construction and maintenance of infrastructure in the District, including trails, trailheads, buildings, monuments, parking lots, and other facilities will play a central role in accomplishing this mission – Protecting Pisgah’s natural resources and supporting the fantastic recreation that our forest and community fosters”.
“The Pisgah Conservancy supports the environmental, social, and financial sustainability of Pisgah’s trails for a variety of recreational uses. This means, among other things, working with federal, state, and local agencies and other interested parties to maintain trail stability, reduce erosion and flow of sediments to waterways, prevent unacceptable trail impacts on wildlife and cultural resources, ensure that trails and trail shelters are not in disrepair and are supported by user groups and volunteers, make sure that they serve a meaningful purpose within a trail complex (or, if not, support their decommissioning), promote user safety (including through improved signage), help open and maintain approved scenic vistas, and contribute sustainable funding for the trails”.
Enter to Win
Raffle tickets are on sale now, and are only $30, you can get them here.
The drawing will be held and a winner will be chosen at random on September 22nd, 2023 at 5:30pm EST on Cane Creek Cycling Components Facebook live from Oskar Blues Brevard Brewery & Taproom in Bravard, North Carolina.
You can see the bike in person at the following select, local Western North Carolina businesses:
- Monday 8/7 – Monday 8/14: The HUB (Pisgah Forest, NC)
- Tuesday 8/15 – Tuesday 8/21: Gravelo Workshop (Asheville, NC)
- Tuesday 8/22 – Monday 8/27: REI (Asheville, NC)
- Monday 8/28 – Tuesday 9/4: D.D. Bullwinkle’s (Brevard, NC)
- Tuesday 9/5 – Tuesday 9/11: Motion Makers Bicycle Shop (Asheville, NC)
- Tuesday 9/12 – Tuesday 9/18: Piney Mountain Bike Lounge (Greenville, SC) Tuesday 9/19 – Thursday 9/21: The Riveter (Fletcher, NC)
- Friday 9/22 Raffle Drawing: Oskar Blues Brevard Brewery & Taproom – Brevard, NC
“Thank you for supporting the Ranger District of the Pisgah National Forest. Through the funding provided by the Pisgah Project raffle bike and efforts of The Pisgah Conservancy, we can continue to enhance the recreational experience of visitors to Pisgah while protecting the rich natural resources that attract them in the first place“.
Drawing Rules
- Raffle Tickets will be on sale starting 9:00 AM EDT on August 8th at www.pisgahconservancy.org or www.ThePisgahProject.com.
- Online raffle ticket purchases made until 4:00 p.m. on September 21st EDT will receive one chance in the “Pisgah Project” drawing per $30. No limit to the number of tickets an individual can purchase.
- “The Pisgah Project Bike Raffle” drawing will be held and a winner will be chosen at random on September 22nd, 2023 at 5:30pm EST on Cane Creek Cycling Components Facebook live from Oskar Blues Brevard Brewery & Taproom in Brevard, North Carolina.
- ”The Pisgah Project” is open to anyone 18 years of age or older.
- You do not have to be present to win. The winner will be contacted by telephone and/or email
- Should the contact information prove incomplete, illegible, or discontinued, or the winner fails to contact The Pisgah Conservancy to claim the drawing prize within 7 days, or if he or she is deemed ineligible to receive the prize, an alternate winner will be selected at random from the remaining entries
- The winner assumes all risks and will be responsible for all costs associated with claiming and transporting the drawing prize
