Bike Aid Usa

engaging individuals, families, and communities in respectful dialogue & action to address the causes of climate change. bike aid usa is a 'reboot' of bike-aid, which was founded on the campus of stanford university in 1985 to raise awareness and funds for grassroots economic development projects. bike aid, which operated through the late-1990s, was known for it's multi-route cross-country bike-a-thon model. the organization raised and distributed more than $2 million and engaged more than 1,100 cyclists. in 2021, the original bike aid organizers and many alumni who had ridden across the us during those years, gathered for a reunion in washington, dc. this gathering included discussions of today's most pressing global challenges and existential threats. these conversations catalyzed the group to create a new nonprofit organization employing the same multi-route cross-country cycling route model but with a different focus: to engage individuals, families and communities in respectful,