Join the Ride With Gratitude Initiative

Respect This Gift. Care for Others. Protect Nature. Be the Example.

Access to mountain biking trails is not a given. If we take this privilege for granted, we could lose access to the public and private lands we ride. Unfortunately, some of our networks have already experienced this loss, and together we decided to create a movement rooted in our shared values to change that.

Today we face a fork in the trail: either we start living by a set of shared values or we say goodbye to the places we ride and the communities we love. Our goal is to foster a shared sense of responsibility within the mountain biking community, and we ask you to join us in committing to riding with gratitude everywhere you ride.

Meet four mountain bikers who share how they Ride With Gratitude in their own words.
Tag us at #RideWithGratitude.

Ella McAndrew | Professional Mountain Biker

As a new mom, Ella looks forward to raising her son in a community that cares for each other and the land.

Brooks Curran | Mountain Bike Photographer and Athlete

Brooks hopes to see more people on bikes while maintaining the relationships with landowners that make the sport possible.

Christsonthy Drellos | Mountain Bike Coach

Sonthy loves to live and work in a community built around bikes while sharing the sport with others.

Tom Lepesqueur | Trail Builder

Tom is passionate about getting all people out into the woods no matter their ability level and celebrating all that goes into creating trails.

Let's Protect the Trails Together

We invite you to take the Ride with Gratitude pledge and live out the principles that help make our trails accessible and here for good.

REspect this gift

Riding trails on public or private lands is a gift, not a right. That hiker we just passed? She might own the land we’re riding on. With every ride, let’s remember to be grateful for the landowners and others who make it possible.

protect nature

Enjoy nature, don’t ruin it. Keep on the trails. Erosion is our single highest impact when we’re out riding. Skidding causes erosion. Cutting corners can cut off access. Riding muddy trails messes it up for everyone. If we see animals, don’t bother them, remember them. Pick up trash, pack it out, carpool here and back.

care for others

We share the trails with others, and they have the same rights and responsibilities as each of us. If someone needs help, we help. If someone needs encouragement, we share our enthusiasm. And if it’s going to make the situation better, we dismount. Be nice, yield to others, and give a smile.

be the example

We know our limits, and we ride within them. Beyond the ride, let’s park where we’re supposed to keep the tunes to a dull roar, and leave the IPAs for après somewhere else. Reckless behavior? A simple, polite call out will do.