BIBikedfw
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About Bikedfw
A bike ride can start with learning the basics, finding a route, or simply getting the right lights. Since 2019, Bikedfw has helped people across North Texas ride more safely and confidently through education, community rides, maps, public safety campaigns, and support for safer streets. Your gift supports practical help for riders of all ages, while also backing the connected trails and transportation systems that make biking, walking, and transit more useful across the region.
Bikedfw works at both the rider level and the regional level. It offers one-on-one instruction, skills classes, bike light distribution, and community rides, while also mapping local connections and advocating for safer streets, connected trails, and multimodal transportation across North Texas.
Programs
The concrete work this nonprofit runs. Each program may later become a fundable project.
Youth Bike Rodeos and Traffic Safety Programs
Safety events and traffic education for young riders.
Adult Learn-to-Ride Classes
One-on-one or small-group instruction for teens ages 13 and up and adults who are learning to ride. Limited loaner bikes are available upon request.
Bicycle Skills Classes
Classes for riders who know how to ride and want to improve their skills and confidence.
Urban Cycling Courses
Instruction for riders with moderate to advanced skills.
E-Bike Courses
Education for college-age riders with moderate to advanced skills, offered as needed based on demand.
Community Education
Education focused on cycling confidence, visibility, and safe riding.
Ride Kind Campaign
A public safety and community culture campaign promoting kindness and respect on roads and trails.
Someone You Love Rides a Bike Campaign
A public safety campaign supporting awareness of people who bicycle.
Community Maps Project
A collection of DFW off-street trails, protected paths, and community-recommended on-street connections, with route notes and cue sheets reviewed by volunteers.
Light It Up Program
Bike light distribution that provides bike light sets to community members through local distribution partners.
Community Micro-Grant Program
Grants supporting bike- and mobility-related development by communities and small nonprofits across the region.
Community Rides, Mixers, and Book Clubs
Gatherings that connect riders and communities through rides, conversation, learning, and shared experiences.
Transportation Advocacy
Support for safer streets, connected trails, multimodal transportation, and collaboration on mobility and transit issues across North Texas.
About this work
Mission
To educate, support, and promote the safe use of bicycles as an affordable, viable, and sustainable form of transportation and personal enjoyment across North Texas.
Who they serve
People of all ages and abilities who ride bicycles or want to learn to ride, including teens, adults, college-age riders, women, and people who rely on biking, walking, or transit.
Their impact
- Reached hundreds of people through education and safety programs in 2025.
- Supported dozens of events, rides, and community activations in 2025.
- Built partnerships across the Dallas-Fort Worth region in 2025.
- The 2025 UPSHIFT Awards received more than 85 nominations, 749 individual voters, and 2,947 votes.
How your donation helps
- Increasing accessibility of bicycle education classes
- Purchasing and distributing bike light sets through the Light It Up Program
- Funding community micro-grants for bike- and mobility-related development by communities and small nonprofits
- Supporting education, advocacy, and community programs
Need help?
How someone in need can access Bikedfw’s services.
People can contact BikeDFW at contact@bikedfw.org for general inquiries or education@bikedfw.org for bicycle education information. Education participants can attend one-on-one or small-group courses, and limited loaner bikes are available upon request.
In their words
A Stronger Region Starts With Us.
Together, we’re building a North Texas where bicycling is safer, more visible, and more supported.
Ways to help
Concrete needs and volunteer roles Bikedfw has shared.
Current needs
- Volunteers to assist with bicycle education classes, youth rodeos, rides, mixers, outreach, fundraising, and special events
- Instructors and teaching assistants for Learn-to-Ride and other education classes
- Community partners to support classes, Light It Up bike light distribution, the Ride Kind campaign, and events
- Community-submitted routes for the Community Maps Project
- Donations to increase access to classes, distribute bike lights, and fund community micro-grants
Volunteer opportunities
- Assist with Learn-to-Ride, Novice, Urban Cycling, and E-Bike classes
- Train to become a certified instructor
- Support youth rodeos and traffic gardens
- Help with rides, mixers, market days, tabling, and outreach events
- Assist with fundraising and special events
- Attend public meetings and community conversations
- Support local initiatives and campaigns
- Serve on committees or working groups
- Help with photography, video, writing, storytelling, forms, and data organization
Recognition & press
Press & mentions
Partners & funders
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this nonprofit and how its work happens.
How are BikeDFW bicycle education courses structured?
Local instructors teach teens ages 13 and up and adults one-on-one or in small groups. Students can bring a properly fitting bicycle with hand brakes. Limited loaner bikes are available upon request.
What does the Community Maps Project provide?
The project provides routes using off-street trails, protected paths, and community-recommended on-street connections. Experienced riders create the routes, and volunteers review them, adding notes and cue sheets. RideWithGPS users can pin the routes for offline maps and turn-by-turn navigation.
What is Momentum: Books in Motion?
Momentum: Books in Motion is a facilitated conversation series, not a lecture or class. You do not have to finish the book or attend every session, and an optional 3 to 5 mile social ride follows the discussion.
How can a business or organization partner with BikeDFW?
Community partners can offer discounts to BikeDFW members, donate part of their sales, or share BikeDFW membership information with customers and staff. They can also support classes, Light It Up, Ride Kind, and community events.
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