Program areas at Cascade Bicycle Club
Public Events - Cascade strives to create exceptional and fun riding events for people of all ages and abilities. From short,urban rides to multi-day tours, Cascade offers world class riding events, training programs, and hundreds of social group rides every year. Cascade's flagship event is the Seattle to Portland ride, in which thousands of riders from across the country gather to make the 200 mile journey Seattle to Portland. The STP helps support a variety of community programs designed to help get more people on bikes.
Policy - Ensuring there are safe places to bike is key to growing bicycling. Cascade's policy team creates visionary campaigns, such as Seattle's basic bike network, to unify experts, advocates and champion around shared goals of connectivity, mobility and safety. By working with other safe streets groups, and organizing neighbors and local advocates, Cascade works to make sure that new bike lanes and trails are suitable for riders of any age or skill level.
Education - Cascade offers school and community-based programming to encourage and educate students, adults, children, and families about riding safety. Highlights include "let's go", our in-school program serving students in 3rd through 5th grades across four school districts, and "The Major Taylor project", an afterschool youth development program designed for middle and high school students who learn about establishing healthy habits, building relationships and inspiring positive social change. Cascade also offers a variety of riding and maintenance classes for people across many interests.