For 2026, New York Cycle Club recognizes fifteen organizations and programs whose work advances the Club’s mission to grow and diversify the cycling community.  These Roll it Forward! awards come with $500+ stipends, funded with proceeds from our Escape New York charity ride.  They are:

Bike Path (a program of Bike New York) is a three-week training program the trains previously justice-involved individuals to become certified bike mechanics for CitiBike’s fleet of 33,000 electric and traditional bicycles.  

Black Girls Do Bike celebrates and encourages cycling for BIPOC women with a full program of rides and events, including support for a kids race and skills clinic as part of the Harlem Skyscraper Classic and the annual Very Pink Breast Cancer Ride.

Central Park Medical Unit has provided free life-saving emergency medical care to cyclists, runners and pedestrians in and around New York's Central Park since 1975. 

Fearless Flyers (a program of OutCycling) was created to expand access to cycling to LGBTQIA+ youth. The program is dedicated to overcoming isolation and fostering inclusivity while promoting physical and mental well-being while creating a safe and welcoming space for participants to thrive.

Get Women Cycling's mission is to elevate and sustain female bicycle ridership by giving workshops on how to ride and maintain a bicycle and to incorporate cycling into their lifestyles.  GWC also provides workshops to motorists and non-motorists on how to safely navigate New York City streets.

I Challenge Myself will support students at the Edward Reynolds Transfer High School (EARTHS) in East Harlem who had previously been unable to get a degree—mostly due to having to start a family or incarceration.  ICM will teach cycling twice per week, with the end-of-year goal of completing rides of 20-50 miles. 

InTandem Cycling provides free year-round tandem cycling programs to people who are blind, have low vision, or cannot ride independently due to other disabilities. Our Youth Initiative will bring together teens with/without vision impairments to focus on inclusion, teamwork, communication and leadership.

Mechanical Gardens is a cycling co-op dedicated to expanding fair access to bikes, bike repairs, tools, and knowledge across the Red Hook community.  

New York Bicycling Coalition is the only statewide organization focused primarily on cycling.  We co-chair the New York State Safe Streets Coalition—150 organizations working together on bike-friendly legislation—including Stop as Yield and Defined Safe Passing.

New York City Mountain Bike Association (NYCMTB) builds and maintains trails in the five boroughs of New York City, advocates locally and regionally for the sport of mountain biking, and fosters a community of mountain bikers in NYC. 

Palisades MTB builds and maintains trails, and advocates for mountain bike access on public and private land in Bergen, Rockland and Orange Counties. We foster a culture of responsible mountain biking through collaboration, community building and zealous land stewardship.  Through partnering with New York State Office of Parks, PMTB's long-term plan is to complete 44 miles of multi-use trails in Sterling Forest State Park, to make it one of the premier US trail destinations.

Ride Up Grades creates diversity in cycling by breaking down the financial barriers to coaching and access to equipment. The RIF! award will be used to support mechanics and coaching staff during their Free 2 Week Bike Camp.

Streetsblog (a division of OpenPlans) is THE information pipeline to cyclists about governmental, political and police activity that affect cyclists. You cannot be an informed—and therefore engaged—New York cyclist without its information.

StreetsPAC, founded by a team of the city’s most committed advocates, backs candidates who support redesigning city streets to prioritize safety, increased and improved transit access for all New Yorkers, parking and toll reform, more thorough crash investigations, and bike-friendly legislation.

WE Bike NYC is open to all women, female-identifying and gender-nonconforming people who enjoy biking (or think they might).  In collaboration with Mujeres en Movimiento we have been offering Spanish-language bike mechanics workshops in Corona Queens.