Adam and Christy Coppola are taking a year off to cycle across the US – covering all 50 States.  Check out their latest progress HERE

Without our dedicated partners, WeCycleUSA couldn’t be what it is today.  Lets take a moment to thank the following organizations for their selfless service to others!

Bike Tempe   |  St Vincent De Paul   |  Paragon Cycling  |  Mikes Bike Chalet  |  Slippery Pig Bikes  |  Neighborhood Ministries  |  Bike Saviors  |  Rusty Spoke  |  Lodestar Daily Resource Center  | Arizona Organizing Project  |  Copper Square Adventures  |  Tempe Bicycle  |  The Bicycle Cellar  | Global Bike Shop  |  Give a Bike  | World Bicycle Relief  |  Achilies International  |  1000 Bikes  |  Tulsa Hub  |  B.I.C.A.S.  |  Safe Route Partnership  |  Greater AZ Bicycling Association  |  The Urban Commuter  |  Community Cycles

Chances are many of us have owned or currently own several bikes. But do you remember your first bicycle? The first time you rode it around the block? The freedom you felt?  The fun you had riding with your friends?

Unfortunately for many children in our community, the thought of owning a bike or even riding one is just a dream. That is why WE-CYCLE-USA is working to make their dreams come true.

Kids-Ride-Free is a program that provides bicycles and tricycles to kids in need throughout The Valley. With the assistance and support of local businesses and organizations like the Child Crisis Center in Mesa, our goal is to create positive and lasting memories that will last a lifetime. We believe that riding bikes helps make kids happy and healthy. By teaching kids how to ride, giving them bikes and encouraging them to make cycling a part of their lives, we hope children become bicycle riders for life.

About The Child Crisis Center.

The Child Crisis Center is committed to preventing and treating child abuse and neglect. We accomplish this by supporting and strengthening families through education and intervention, providing a safe environment for children to heal and grow, raising community awareness, recruiting, training and supporting foster and adoptive families, and taking the lead and setting the standard for others to follow. For more information, visit http://www.childcrisis.org.

From the folks at treehugger.com: “The delightful image above was design by C.I.C.L.E. (Cyclists Inciting Change thru Live Exchange) and can be found gracing their organic cotton T-shirts. C.I.C.L.E. is a a project of Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (SEE). Based in Los Angeles they promote the bicycle as a viable, healthy, and sustainable transportation choice. Which is kinda like saying the sun rises in the east, but a message worth reinforcing at every opportunity. Which for just $15 USD this comely attire adorning your torso will do. ::C.I.C.L.E., via Take The Tooker.”

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1. Minneapolis
2. Portland, OR
3. Boulder, CO
4. Seattle
5. Eugene, OR
6. San Francisco
7. Madison, WI
8. New York City
9. Tucson, AZ
10. Chicago
11. Austin, TX
12. Denver, CO
13. Washington, DC
14. Ann Arbor, MI
15. Phoenix/Tempe, AZ
16. Gainesville, FL
17. Albuquerque, NM
18. Colorado Springs, CO
19. Salem, OR
20. Scottsdale, AZ

Many data categories including civic bike culture, the amount of bike paths, available bicycle racks and support of local bike shops were considered to create the list. To view the whole list, as well as an interactive map follow this link. This is just another motivation to get your bike tuned up and running. Hit the streets or the trails and be an active participant at moving your city up the list.

Content and imagery are courtesy of Bicycling.com.