Ride Your Path | HUB Cycling: Bike Events, Education, Action in Metro Vancouver

Ride Your Path: Empowering Youth Through Cycling

HUB Cycling and the Red Fox Healthy Living Society have partnered to provide a specialized bike program for Indigenous, Black, and racialized youth. The goal is to help young people use bicycles to explore and access their communities.

Mentorship and Training

The program relies on youth leaders (ages 15–18) recruited from local Indigenous communities or Red Fox. These leaders receive a stipend (honorarium) to mentor younger participants (ages 9–13).

After completing a training course, the leaders work with HUB and Red Fox Instructors over 8 sessions to help teach the younger group:

Safe riding skills and basic bike maintenance.
Navigation: Mapping out and riding safe routes to local community resources.
Cycling culture: Building confidence within Metro Vancouver’s bike network.

Gear to Keep

To ensure long-term mobility, every participant and leader is provided with a bicycle, helmet, and lock to keep after the program ends.

Program Impact

Since launching in 2021, the program has expanded from Vancouver to Surrey, New Westminster, and North Vancouver. It has also successfully partnered with the Katzie and Musqueam (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm) First Nations. To date, "Ride Your Path" has empowered dozens of youth leaders and over 100 young riders to navigate their neighborhoods with confidence.

In 2026, HUB Cycling is proud to partner with BCAA in order to provide two more Ride Your Path programs.

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