Win Halloween with the best bike costume

Autumn is a fun time of year to be riding your bike.  Cyclocross season is in full swing, you can enjoy the sound of your tires crunching the fallen leaves while you breath in the fresh crisp air, the light is low and often spectacular, there are fall brews and treats to be enjoyed, and Halloween is just around the corner.

Cyclists already meticulously plan out their colour coordinated outfits for riding but Halloween lets you throw all conventions out the window and have a little fun. So get a little crafty and creative this Halloween. Dress up yourself and your bike for a fun ride or cyclocross race, and makes the most of the spooky celebration.

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Since it may take you some time to put your ride winning costume together, here are some ideas to get your creative juices flowing:

Space explorer

Go to space this Halloween by dressing yourself up as an astronaut and your bike as a rocket ship. While this one may take a little more work it’s sure to be winner a require lots of creativity. If you do dress your bike up, remember to properly secure all the fixings or your rocket ship could brake up on re-entry.

Superhero

Superheros like their spandex and so do cyclists. It’s the perfect match so head out to save the world as Wonder Women, Batman, the Hulk, or one of the other cast of characters from the Marvel or DC universe. Consider leaving the cape at home, you don’t want it to get caught in your drive train.

Animals

With so many feathered, furry and scaled creatures to choose from where to begin. If you want to go the easy route you can just get into an animal costume you have lying around. We guarantee getting on a bike will make it even better. Otherwise you can get creative in designing a costume.

Better yet, turn your bike into an animal and hop of the ride.

Something scary

Put on a scary mask, splatter some fake blood on, or dress up as a goul or demon. You are sure to put a fright into someone flying by on your bike. Just make sure you can still see your surroundings in that mask you choose.

Character from a movie or television show

Turn to the big screen to draw inspiration for Halloween. Whether you are a Star Wars nut, a classic movie aficionado, or are glued to the viral hits on HBO or Netflix there is plenty of inspiration to be found.

Another cyclist

Whether you can pull off the Peter Sagan look, want to throw back to the glory days of Eddy Merckx or take a humours jab at Lance Armstrong, dressing up as an iconic cyclist can be as a good of a costume as any if you do it right.

For more costume ideas check out our round-up of our favourite Halloween costumes from last year.