Please join our shop in supporting World Bicycle Relief and the Pedal to Empower event to mobilize women and girls in need and change their lives with bikes.
Working together, we can deliver specially designed, locally assembled, rugged bicycles for people in need - helping conquer the challenge of distance, achieve independence and thrive.
PEDAL WITH PURPOSE
In addition to your financial support through our team we ask that you hop on your bike and ride June 3-5. Join a group. Ride solo. Go virtual.
No need to report miles or set goals. The important thing is that you experience the freedom and pleasure that a bike can bring to a person's life.
This ride is about the mission, not the miles. Together, we’ll help grow this global movement into the largest all-ages cycling event in the world, benefiting women and girls with life-changing bicycles.
SPREAD JOY
Just Getting Started – Spread joy on your bike and support a woman-owned local business, clean up trash along your route, or deliver food to a friend.
TAKE THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED
Picking Up Speed – Explore your community and change your perspective with a new trail, a scenic detour, or a visit to a special site outside your usual route.
HELP CARRY THE LOAD
The Power of Community – In the hands of a woman, a bicycle is an engine for economic empowerment. Use yours to carry the load and transport goods, services, friends (and pets!) along the way.
GO THE EXTRA MILE
Push yourself – Ride 160 miles or more – the distance a mother in Zimbabwe traveled for her Buffalo Bicycle to help grow her business and provide for her family. Read Georgina's full story.
CLOSE THE GAP
Go Virtual – Hop on your trainer and join the global community as we ride together virtually to reach a collective mileage goal. Increase your impact and pledge to raise $1 per mile you ride!
2022 RIDE GOALS
$450K
FUNDS RAISED GLOBALLY
1,000
RIDERS PEDALING TO EMPOWER
50
PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES
WHY WORLD BICYCLE DAY?
World Bicycle Relief’s Pedal to Empower event aligns with the internationally recognized World Bicycle Day (June 3) to celebrate the bicycle as “a symbol of human progress and advancement.”
We think there’s no better inspiration as we ride to empower women and girls around the world!
The United Nations first observed World Bicycle Day in 2018 after Dr. Leszek Sibilski, a World Bicycle Relief supporter, and his students at Montgomery College campaigned for UN to recognize the vital role bicycles play in access to education, healthcare and sustainable development.
WHY WOMEN & GIRLS
Throughout developing regions, women and girls face cultural obstacles that limit their access to quality education, well-paid employment, quality reproductive healthcare, and property rights. That’s why World Bicycle Relief aims to direct 70% of program bicycles to women and girls. With access to bicycles, they can unlock their potential.
JOIN THE GLOBAL MOVEMENT
Get inspired, learn more about participating, and ride your bike to do good.