Memphis’ youth cycling organization.
Ride901 removes the barriers that keep Memphis children from riding bikes by providing equipment, instruction, safe places to ride, family-centered programs, and pathways from a child's first ride to lifelong cycling.
Why this exists.
Memphis has incredible parks, incredible people, and incredible potential. But too many children grow up without access to bicycles, safe places to ride, or programs that welcome them. Ride901 exists to change that. We are building more than rides and races. We are building confidence. We are building friendships. We are building healthier communities. We are building the next generation of cyclists. One neighborhood. One family. One child at a time.
The bicycle is the tool. Confidence, belonging, health, resilience, and community are the products.
The standard beneath the brandProfessional. Safe. Organized. Consistent.
Access with excellence is respect.
Ride901 develops healthier kids, stronger families, and more connected communities through accessible cycling programs across Memphis.
To make Memphis the most accessible youth cycling community in America.
Every child deserves the opportunity to experience the freedom that comes with two wheels.
Every child gets the opportunity.
Every child grows.
Every child has a place.
Racing is a program. The pathway is the point.
Ride901 serves children ages 2–14 across the Memphis area, with programs spanning learn-to-ride, community rides, skills clinics, family riding, school and neighborhood partnerships, and youth racing.
- Not a track operator. Ride901 does not own or run a BMX track or any other facility.
- Not an elite development team. Strong riders may emerge, but the mission is the kid who rides again next weekend.
- Not a single-venue organization. The neighborhoods are the mission field.
- Not a BMX-only program. BMX racing is one part of a much wider pathway.
Adam Murphree
Founder and volunteer chief executive
A fuller founder story is being written and will be published here shortly, along with a photograph.
Ride901 launches founder-run and board-governed. The founder serves as a volunteer. Any future compensation would be a board decision, benchmarked and documented.
Who governs Ride901.
Ride901’s founding board is being assembled now. Directors will be listed here once they have formally accepted and been elected. We are not going to put names on a website before that is true.
The seats being recruited:
Race operations
Event safety standards, race-day operations, and the event playbook.
Athlete and community development
Coaching standards, clinic curriculum, and Memphis cycling connections.
Treasurer
Budget, financial controls, and annual reporting.
Secretary
Records, bylaws, conflict-of-interest administration, and the compliance calendar.
Schools and community
Community partnerships and accountability to the neighborhoods Ride901 serves.
Parent and family
The family voice in every decision.
Interested in a seat, or know someone who should be? Get in touch.
Ride901 is being organized as a Tennessee nonprofit corporation and intends to seek recognition as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization.
Memphis-wide, by design.
Ride901 is a Memphis-based youth cycling organization serving children and families across the city. Shelby Farms is intended to be an important program location, alongside neighborhood, school, church, community-center, and partner sites.
Ride901 and Shelby Farms BMX are separate organizations. Ride901 does not own, operate, or govern the BMX track, and the track does not own, operate, or govern Ride901. Any future use of the facility will be governed by a written agreement like any other event organizer. Ride901 supports the growth of safe, accessible cycling facilities throughout Memphis while remaining an independent, citywide youth cycling organization.
Build this with us.
Ride901 is at the beginning. The people who show up now are the ones who decide what it becomes.