Youth Cycling Memphis

Memphis’ youth cycling organization.

Ride901 helps children ages 2–14 learn to ride, build confidence, find community, and stay connected to cycling for years. We bring bikes, helmets, instruction, events, and opportunity to families across Memphis.

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Ride | Learn | Belong

Healthier kids. Stronger families. More connected communities.

Ride901 develops healthier kids, stronger families, and more connected communities through accessible cycling programs across Memphis.

What we stand on

Ride. Learn. Belong.

Three commitments, in the order a child experiences them.

Access

Ride

Every child gets the opportunity. Loaner bikes, helmets, scholarships, free programs, and events in the neighborhoods where families already are.

Development

Learn

Every child grows. Confidence, leadership, bike handling, safety, responsibility, and the patience to keep going after a fall.

Community

Belong

Every child has a place. Friendships, families, volunteers, mentors, and the kind of neighborhood pride that shows up on a Saturday.

The pathway

One route in, and a long way forward.

Racing is one program. The pathway is the point — from a first wobble to the day a rider comes back as a mentor. Every stage below is currently planned or in a future phase. Nothing launches until it can run safely and consistently.

First rideA child gets on a bike, often for the first time.
Planned
Learn to balance and pedalCoached beginner instruction.
Planned
Community rideA free neighborhood event with other kids.
Planned
Skills clinicCoached handling and control.
Planned
Family or adventure rideRiding together, beyond the event.
Planned
Memphis Mini PrixA welcoming first race.
Planned
Scholarship or earn-a-bikeAccess that keeps a child riding.
Future phase
Youth mentor and volunteerThe rider becomes the guide.
Future phase

Access

Five barriers. One solvable pathway.

The gap between a Memphis child and a bike ride is not interest. It is five specific, concrete, fixable things. Every Ride901 program is designed against one or more of them.

Bike

Many Memphis children do not have a working bike that fits them.

Helmet

A bike without a helmet is not a program we will run.

Place

Somewhere safe to ride, close enough to actually get to.

Coach

An adult who can teach it, patiently, the first time.

Welcome

The feeling that this event was built with your child in mind.

How access works

Programs

What Ride901 is building.

Ride901 is a new organization. Every program below carries an honest status label, and none of them will show a registration button before there is something real to register for.

Community Ride Days

Planned

Free pop-up events co-hosted with organizations families already trust.

Learn to Ride

Planned

First-time instruction in balance, braking, pedalling, and control.

Loaner Bikes and Helmets

Planned

Bikes and properly fitted helmets at no cost, subject to availability and fit.

Skills Clinics

Planned

Coached handling and safe progression for kids who already ride.

Family and Adventure Riding

Planned

Greenway rides, beginner mountain biking, and skills-park days.

Memphis Mini Prix

Planned

A welcoming youth race series for beginning and developing riders.

How the model works

Families who can pay help create access for families who cannot.

Everyone ends up on the same start line, with the same plate, the same coaching, and the same welcome. That is the whole design.

Financial projections in our planning documents are goals, not guarantees.

Paid races, clinics, and family programs generate earned revenue.
Sponsors, foundations, and donors multiply what that revenue can reach.
Ride901 delivers free Community Ride Days, equipment access, helmets, and scholarships.
Families return, move across the pathway, and grow the community that started it.

Community partners

We bring the bikes to your block. You bring the kids.

Ride901 co-hosts with the people a neighborhood already trusts — schools, churches, community centers, and youth organizations. The partner helps choose the site and connects with families. Ride901 brings the cycling program, equipment, coaches, event systems, and safety standards as each program becomes operationally ready.

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Get involved

Three ways in.

Families

Join the list and we will tell you the moment there is something for your child to show up to.

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Volunteers

Two Saturdays a season can change a kid’s year. No cycling experience required for most roles.

Volunteer with Ride901 →

Partners and sponsors

Help create access that can be counted: a ride day, a set of loaner bikes, a season of program entries.

Sponsor access →

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Be first to know when Memphis rides.

We will email you when programs, ride days, and registration open. No spam, and you can unsubscribe any time.