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RAR Northeast Autumn Retreat

Date July 17, 2024
Have you heard? RAR Northeast Chapters are collaborating to create an autumn retreat in Topsham, VT, from Sept 13 to 16, 2024! LEARN MORE DONATE HERE WHAT IS RAR NAR? The first-ever Radical Adventure Riders Northeast Autumn Retreat is a long weekend full of workshops, group rides, shared meals, bonfire stories, community building, bike skills, and joy!  The theme for the inaugural retreat is Bike Liberation. This means our event will have an emphasis on social justice and creating gender and…

New RAR Chapters!

Date June 20, 2023
Give a warm welcome to the eleven new RAR Chapters! We had over twenty applications from BIPOC and FTWN-B organizers nationwide and beyond. We mainly sought groups in different regions who had a solid core group to build out their community efforts. THANK YOU to everyone who took the time to apply.   Twenty-one RAR Chapters will advocate, support, and uplift BIPOC and FTWN-B cyclists in their local communities! All new and existing Chapters will benefit from monetary support, orientation, toolkit, branding, sponsorship connections, and knowledge sharing…

RAR Raffle for Chapters Fundraiser

Date May 1, 2023
Donate to win prizes and help us raise $40k to grow RAR Chapters to 20 locations!  ENTER THE RAFFLE Donate to the RAR Chapters Fundraiser to win sweet prizes from Salsa, Revelate Designs, Velocity Wheels, Teravail, Bags x Bird, and Simworks. A total of five prizes will be given away: Prize 01: Salsa Journeyer Apex bike Prize 02: Revelate Designs Mag-Tank, Sweetroll + Feedbags Prize 03: Velocity Wheels custom wheelset + Teravail tires  Prize 04:…

RAR Chapters Applications are now open!

Date April 1, 2023
Want to start a Radical Adventure Riders Chapter in your area? RAR is expanding the Chapter Program for up to 20 chapters with funding, training, and support to carry out RAR’s mission! Radical Adventure Riders launched the Chapter program in 2021, to support and build a more inclusive cycling and outdoor community for femme, trans women, and non-binary folks (FTWN-B). Apply to become a RAR Chapter by Monday, May 1st! How to apply to be…

RAR Chapters Fundraiser

Date February 13, 2023
Help RAR Chapters grow to 20 locations! DONATE HERE When we launched the RAR Chapter program in 2021, we couldn’t have dreamed how successful and joyful this program would be. We’ve supported 11 Chapters in creating community, skill-sharing, and getting more BIPOC and FTWN-B folks on bikes across the country.  Over the last year, our Chapters have launched community gear libraries, hosted gravel camps, and created inclusive communities. After taking the last year to strengthen…

RAR New Haven Gravel Camp

Date June 14, 2022
RAR New Haven is so excited to announce their first-ever annual Gravel Camp on August 5th-7th! 🌈 🏕️ 🌈 🏕️ DONATE HERE REGISTER TO JOIN Gravel Camp is a summer camp-style weekend full of riding, outdoors, and friendship for non-binary, trans, and women riders. RAR New Haven will help bikers improve their confidence on the trail and build a community for femme, trans, women, and non-binary folks centered on adventuring on our bikes! This has…

RAR ATL 36 Hours in Kitsbow – Finding Joy in Atlanta, GA

Date June 22, 2021
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 regular outings were halted abruptly during 2020. Now a year later, the friends roll from their city to reconnect for…

RAR Chapter Selections

Date June 10, 2021
Get stoked! Eleven RAR Chapters will advocate, support, and uplift BIPOC and FTWN-B cyclists in their local communities! The RAR Chapters program received over twenty applications from BIPOC and FTWN-B organizers from across the country. We sought to select groups in different regions and had a solid core group to build out their community efforts.  RAR is supporting six funded Chapters and five non-funded Chapters. Funded Chapters receive stipends and gear support. In addition, all…

RAR Chapters Launches

Date April 26, 2021
We are excited to expand our programming and support RAR Chapters throughout the U.S.! Six Chapters will receive funding, training, and support to carry out RAR’s mission. Apply by May 10th! LEARN MORE & APPLY TO RAR CHAPTERS RAR seeks to expand and sustain its programming by enhancing, building, and supporting Chapters that will locally carry out its mission. RAR will work with its local Chapters to create hyper-local networks and programs to support femmes,…