BRB in January ✌️ We are working on practicing what we teach, so we are taking a social media break for one month to reflect on our programs & structure to make RAR more sustainable for the future. What the crew will be up to during this period: Meet IRL in Los Angeles to work… Continue reading Rest is Radical
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BIPOC Cycling Businesses
Holiday Shopping PSA 📣 📣 📣 📣 During this holiday shopping season support BIPOC-led organizations and businesses in the cycling industry. Here is a non-exhaustive list to start from. Please tag other BIPOC-led brands in the comments so this can be an ever-evolving resource. *BIPOC is shorthand for Black, Indigenous and people of color. APPAREL A… Continue reading BIPOC Cycling Businesses
2021 SJ Brooks Scholarship Recipients
We are thrilled to announce that 20 recipients have been awarded the 2021 SJ Brooks Scholarship! Give a big congrats to all the recipients! 👏 👏 👏 We received 126 applications, and the reality is that there were more qualified applicants than we had scholarships to give. Thank you to all who applied and shared parts… Continue reading 2021 SJ Brooks Scholarship Recipients
“Drink Plenty of Water” Headset Cap
We are stoked to announce our latest collaboration with Corvid Cycles and Dispatch. ⚡️RAR “Drink Plenty of Water” Headset Cap⚡️ Add this to your trusty bike as a healthy reminder that self-care is the first step to shredding the patriarchy and to keep supporting gender inclusivity and racial equity in the cycling and outdoors scene. … Continue reading “Drink Plenty of Water” Headset Cap
Fat Bikers
WRITTEN BY KAILEY KORNHAUSERPHOTOS BY GRITCHELLE FALLESGONFEATURED IN GET RAD BE RADICAL ISSUE 01 At the WTF BX Summit in 2019, I co-facilitated a session called, “Fat Bikers: Creating Space for Body Size Inclusivity in Adventure Cycling.” Forty-five people from across the country participated in a dialogue about bodies and bikes and shared their experiences… Continue reading Fat Bikers
Submit Pitch for Get Rad Be Radical
RAR is seeking content pitches for issue 02 of the Get Rad Be Radical publication! This year’s theme is Making Space & Stepping Back. The issue will highlight BlPOC voices creating space for trans, women, intersex, and gender non-conforming folks in the cycling and outdoors community. We will center topics around community building and organizing,… Continue reading Submit Pitch for Get Rad Be Radical
RAR Gravel Team Camp 2021 Recap
WORDS BY EFFIE BOURGIN ~ PHOTOS BY RAR GRAVEL TEAM On the second weekend of June 2021, sixteen months after our team formed in the Arizona desert, the RAR Gravel Team was finally able to gather in person. Finally, after hundreds of hours of zoom calls, thousands of slack, and text messages, we could bask… Continue reading RAR Gravel Team Camp 2021 Recap
SJ Brooks Scholarship GoFundMe Launches
We’re asking the cycling and outdoors community to help raise $23k to provide up to twenty SJ Brooks Scholarships for 2021! THE WHY Black, Indigenous, people of color, queer, trans, and women riders have a deep connection to the earth. However, due to systemic racism and other injustices, many are not accessing the much-needed medicine… Continue reading SJ Brooks Scholarship GoFundMe Launches
RAR ATL 36 Hours in Kitsbow – Finding Joy in Atlanta, GA
36 Hours in Kitsbow is a unique grassroots short film series highlighting stories of cycling adventure — especially stories that reunite all of us with our community, propel us into the unknown, and begin a journey from our doorstep. Kitsbow’s 2021 premiere film features a reunion of friends from the Radical Adventure Riders, Atlanta Chapter; whose… Continue reading RAR ATL 36 Hours in Kitsbow – Finding Joy in Atlanta, GA
RAR Jobs Board Launches!
The RAR Jobs Board is a job listing to increase hiring for BIPOC and FTWN-B folks in the cycling and outdoors industries. With companies in the cycling and outdoors industries committing to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives like the Cycling Industry Pledge, RAR found that there was still a lack of employee diversity. The RAR… Continue reading RAR Jobs Board Launches!