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Find your local trails organization, and see how they need help. Get involved,
trail days, advocacy, donations…. however you're best suited to help given
your personal constraints, and what they're up to.
This should be pretty easy to figure out using Trailforks, or Teh Googlez. (If
you ride here in Vancouver, that could be the NSMBA, FVMBA, or TORCA,
depending on your precise location and riding preferences)
Look around for other cycling related charities, as Dave mentions. In North
Vancouver (and some other places), check out Bikes for Tykes, a charity
dedicated to getting bikes in the hands of underprivileged kids. Get kids
hooked on bikes for life!
Beyond that…. Rule #1. Be an ambassador. Every time a runner, hiker, or other
trail user has a good experience with a cyclist, its good for the sport as a
whole in a myriad of different ways. Every time Tim makes fun of me for not
wearing goggles while riding midwinter in a full face, a piece of me dies
inside.
Expanding on Rule #2 a bit… Ride don't slide, brrrro. Don't ride trails in the
wet that don't like being ridden in the wet. Stop every now and again to clear
a puddle drain, fix a loose rock, or move some branches. Really, this is just
Rule #1, but directed at an inanimate object, instead of things with a
heartbeat.
Dec. 6, 2016, 2:26 p.m. - Cooper
#!markdown Find your local trails organization, and see how they need help. Get involved, trail days, advocacy, donations…. however you're best suited to help given your personal constraints, and what they're up to. This should be pretty easy to figure out using Trailforks, or Teh Googlez. (If you ride here in Vancouver, that could be the NSMBA, FVMBA, or TORCA, depending on your precise location and riding preferences) Look around for other cycling related charities, as Dave mentions. In North Vancouver (and some other places), check out Bikes for Tykes, a charity dedicated to getting bikes in the hands of underprivileged kids. Get kids hooked on bikes for life! Beyond that…. Rule #1. Be an ambassador. Every time a runner, hiker, or other trail user has a good experience with a cyclist, its good for the sport as a whole in a myriad of different ways. Every time Tim makes fun of me for not wearing goggles while riding midwinter in a full face, a piece of me dies inside. Expanding on Rule #2 a bit… Ride don't slide, brrrro. Don't ride trails in the wet that don't like being ridden in the wet. Stop every now and again to clear a puddle drain, fix a loose rock, or move some branches. Really, this is just Rule #1, but directed at an inanimate object, instead of things with a heartbeat.