Empowered women empower women.
The Cycle Effect serves BIPOC, Latina, and low-income young women, ages 10 to 18. Since 2012, The Cycle Effect’s mission has focused on empowering this group through mountain biking to create brighter futures and build stronger communities. Our year-round programming focuses on three main pillars that make up the goals and objectives set forth throughout the year: physical wellness, mentorship & community impact, and building brighter futures.
Our Girls Mountain Bike Program is designed to make mountain biking accessible, affordable, and inclusive, especially for young women of color.
Our Inclusion Statement & Who We Serve
The Cycle Effect works to provide young women equal opportunity and access to the sport of mountain biking. We aim to serve 70% of participants who identify as Latinx and/or Black, Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) and work to remove financial barriers while supporting social-emotional well-being for our participants. By centering our values of equity, compassion, belonging, thriving, courage and fun, we are committed to creating an organization that allows female-identifying and non-binary participants the opportunity to create brighter futures and build stronger communities.
Testimonials
"The Cycle Effect means the world to me. It makes me feel better about myself both physically and mentally. I find solace and peace in riding, and I know that if I have a problem I can lower my stress and up my happiness by riding, but I can also look to the older girls and coaches for advice."
- Cycle Effect Athlete
"It means believing in yourself even if it’s hard. It means that no matter where you are from or how you live, you are welcome and all the people in The Cycle Effect welcome you. It means so much to me, it’s more than a team, it's a family. It’s somewhere I can go and know I am going to be supported and it’s a place of love and kindness."
- Cycle Effect Athlete
"We knew that TCE had impacted [Vanessa's] life in so many ways but when my husband and I read [a writing piece she did for language arts], we were speechless. Thank you so much for all the work you all do to empower Latinas."
- Parent of Cycle Effect Athlete
"When I was going through a lot of bullying in middle school, I went to one of my coaches and she helped me to realize that life is the same as riding a bike. You’re going to fall down but you’ve got a team to help you get back up and guide you through the hard trails. If it weren’t for this program, girls like me wouldn’t be able to experience the outdoors in this way and be a part of this family."
- Cycle Effect Athlete