Youth cycling
Kids on bikes
Before I coached Masters riders, I spent more than 15 years helping kids discover the bike: in classrooms, school gyms, parking lots and on the trails. These three projects shaped how I coach today. Each card opens the full story.
The B.I.K.E.S Project
Bicycle-Inspired Kinetics in Elementary Schools
A youth speaking tour that grew out of school bike rodeos in Walla Walla and helped students across North America get moving.
- School visits
- North America
- 2008–2014
iRide / HopOn
From iRide to HopOn
How Cycling BC’s school program grew into Canada’s national grassroots program, with the videos that tell the story and ways your family, school or club can get involved.
- 10,000+ kids a year
- Bikes in schools
- 2014–2025
Pizza Cats
Confidence through competence and community
A youth mountain bike program for ages 10–14, co-founded by the riders themselves. It ran each spring and autumn from 2022 to 2024.
- Ages 10–14
- Mountain bike
- 2022–2024
Read every youth story in Youth. Want to know if Pizza Cats is coming back, or talk about youth cycling in your community? Get in touch.