Everyone Rides Grade 4-5

Elevation Outdoors has paired with HUB Cycling to provide the Everyone Rides Grade 4-5 program to schools in the Okanagan, with a focus on SD 23! Our goal is to help provide British Columbia elementary students with skills, confidence and the opportunity to learn to ride their bikes to and from school. Cycling education for elementary students helps:

  • Climate action, active transportation, and healthy communities
  • Provide a safer way for students to get daily physical exercise and move within their community during the COVID-19 pandemic
  • To raise a generation of sustainable transportation users and safe road users

More about Everyone Rides Grade 4 – 5

Universal cycling education in schools is an effective way to raise a generation of sustainable transportation users and safe road users. Elevation Outdoors is proud to be a part of supporting every child in receiving cycling education before finishing elementary school.  This creates a systemic culture of cycling that permeates student, parent and teacher lifestyles and transportation choices.  HUB Cycling is excited to work with the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure to make universal cycling education a reality for British Columbia youth.

The Everyone Rides Grade 4-5 program is heading into its 3rd year with the goal of reaching 60 public schools and over 6,000 grade 4 and 5 students in Metro Vancouver, the Capital Regional District, Kelowna, Rossland and surrounding areas in spring 2022.

Program Overview

Who: Grade 4-5 students in British Columbia

Where: Elevation Outdoors will be delivering the program to elementary schools in Kelowna and surrounding areas. HUB Cycling also provides the program to children in Metro Vancouver, the Capital Regional District, Rossland and surrounding areas.

What: Two cycling education sessions in schools with provided bicycles (including adaptive bikes for kids with mobility challenges) and helmets:

  • Day 1: In-Class or Online Introduction to Cycling and Helmet Safety – 45-60 minutes
  • Day 2: Learn2Ride* School ground Cycling Skills Training – 70-90 minutes

 * For detailed information on the Learn2Ride course, see HUB’s Learn2Ride webpage.

When: Spring and Fall each school year.

How: Partnering with HUB Cycling and funded by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, as part of CleanBC’s Move. Commute. Connect. strategy for cleaner, more active transportation.

Interested in the Everyone Rides Grade 4-5 program?

If you are interested in bringing Everyone Rides Grade 4 – 5 to your school, contact us at [email protected].

If your organization is interested in getting involved in the Everyone Rides Grade 4-5 program elsewhere in British Columbia, we encourage you to contact HUB Cycling at [email protected].

This Program is proudly supported by:

Big Steel Box is a proud supporter of the Everyone Rides Program. To help make the program accessible they donate storage space to ensure our fleet of bikes are secure when not in use on the program and in the community.

British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure