Tag: Biking

Maybe you’ve been lucky enough to meet emma-louise already. If that’s the case, then you don’t need us to tell what a kind and generous person she is – that shines through to anyone right away. She’s a long time Climate Rider who has elevated many of our events and inspired folks to push themselves […]

As a tireless climate advocate and the founder of the Global Warming Mitigation Project, Jacquelyn Francis has dedicated her life to finding solutions to one of the most pressing issues of our time: global warming. However, like many in her field, she often grapples with the irony of traveling on carbon-emitting planes to attend climate […]

If you’ve been on one of our cycling trips in the last 5 years, there’s a good chance you’ve met Frederick Ballo. Frederick’s first impression on Climate Ride was a lasting one after he rolled up to our premiere Green Fondo event just in time to join the Grande Route — a 100-mile butt-kicker around […]

Community Leader Green Fondo 2024 “Seqër! I am an indigenous Mayan Guatemalan woman, I love the opportunity to bring diversity, equity, and inclusivity into the biking world. First of all, thank you for the amazing opportunity and the wonderful support. Thank you I can´t thank you enough, because even though at the beginning I was […]

Community Leader Green Fondo 2024 Photo credit: Emily Bei Cheng. “Despite limited exposure and resources for cycling in my upbringing and considering myself a ‘late bloomer’ in outdoor recreation, I’ve eagerly embraced challenges like 100-mile weekend rides and transformative bike-packing trips with organizations such as the California Field School and Trail Mixed Collective. I draw […]

Community Leader Green Fondo 2024 “I carry with me a vivid memory of riding the school bus, and driving past farmworkers picking crops on my way to school. It enraged me to know that while these workers were feeding the nation, they were exposed, under-paid, and mistreated. I learned early on that communities like mine, composed […]

Climate Ride’s Glacier Ride is near and dear to our hearts — not only because it boasts some seriously amazing road biking routes with some of the most breathtaking views you’ll ever see, but also because it’s in the Climate Ride office’s backyard! With such a special event, Climate Ride has built a special partnership […]

Community Leader Green Fondo 2023 “The Green Fondo NorCal was my very first experience being part of a cycling event. From a young age, I’ve always been drawn to bikes, but it was only after moving to the beautiful CA Bay Area that I saw people who looked like me on bikes. It always felt like […]

Community Leader Green Fondo 2023 “This was the hardest and most exciting thing; I have ever done in my entire life. As a Black Girls Do Bike Community Leader Awardee, I was given the opportunity to participate in the Climate Ride up and down Mount Shenandoah. I would not have been able to do it […]

Community Leader Green Fondo 2023 “The Green Fondo SoCal Climate Ride was a life-altering experience for me, someone who picked up bike riding just two years ago. Leading up to this weekend, I was nervous and unsure about what to expect for my first bike tour. Thanks to the support from friends, colleagues, and the […]

Alyssa Proudfoot Siegel is an avid advocate for creating safer roads for cycling and bringing the community together to work toward sustainability and environmental justice. As part of The League of American Bicyclists team, Alyssa will be participating in the upcoming Green Fondo Virginia. She took the time to talk with us about all things […]

Sarah Weiffenbach is setting out on an epic 700+ miles bike-packing independent challenge on the Mountain-to-Sea Trail in North Carolina. Starting this month, Sarah will be section-biking through the three regions of North Carolina. She will experience the Blue Ridge and Appalachian Mountains, the plateau of gentle hills through Piedmont, and then finish in September […]