Ride To Unite

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Ride To Unite A Partnership of organizations and individuals committed to creating cycling opportunities for people with disabilities.

What We Do:
-Provide training on how to ride a bike
-Provide access to a variety of cycles in the community
-Facilitate opportunities to participate in organized rides
-Promote public awareness of the importance of cycling for all individuals
-Participate in broad community cycling initiatives

Mike Weiss is a true champion of cycling without limits. Ride to Unite thanks Mike and everyone at Big Shark for being s...
09/18/2026

Mike Weiss is a true champion of cycling without limits. Ride to Unite thanks Mike and everyone at Big Shark for being such strong partners in our work to make cycling available to everyone!
Big Shark Bicycle Company

VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT: CLAIRE & HER DAD 🚲🧡For Claire and her dad, cycling is about so much more than the miles—it’s about ...
09/18/2026

VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT: CLAIRE & HER DAD 🚲🧡

For Claire and her dad, cycling is about so much more than the miles—it’s about staying active, finding community, and having opportunities to keep doing something they love together.
Claire says riding makes her feel happy, keeps her active, and gives her the chance to reconnect with people she hasn’t seen in a while. One of her favorite Ride to Unite experiences has even been trying out a recumbent tandem bike with her dad.
Her dad has seen firsthand just how important programs like Ride to Unite can be. As Claire grew older and some of the programs available to her as a child came to an end, organizations like Ride to Unite, Achilles, and Lighthouse for the Blind helped provide something incredibly important: a community where she could stay connected and continue being active.

We’re incredibly grateful to the community partners who help make Ride to Unite possible:
Achilles St. Louis, Big Shark Bicycle Company, BWorks, St. Louis Children’s Hospital Cerebral Palsy Sports & Rehabilitation Center, Delta Gamma Center, Gateway Tykes on Trykes, KEEN St. Louis, MO-FEAT, Paraquad, St. Louis Arc, St. Louis County Parks, Ranken Jordan Pediatric Hospital, Recreation Council of Greater St. Louis, Special Olympics Missouri, TASK, Trailnet, and Variety St. Louis.

The Gateway Cup is almost here!!! 🚲🧡💙Don’t forget to sign up and join Ride to Unite for an unforgettable weekend of incl...
09/18/2026

The Gateway Cup is almost here!!! 🚲🧡💙

Don’t forget to sign up and join Ride to Unite for an unforgettable weekend of inclusive cycling:

📍 September 5 — Francis Park
Kids Races at 4:00 PM
Women’s Pro Race at 4:30 PM
Men’s Pro Race at 5:40 PM

📍 September 6 — On The Hill
Trailnet Giro della Lou Ride
Adaptive cyclists can receive a FREE ride code!

Register today and come race, ride, and celebrate with us. We can’t wait to see you there!

We all ride the same road. 🚲

🚨🚨🚨GATEWAY CUP UPDATES + RIDE TO UNITE ANNOUNCEMENT🚨🚨🚨
09/18/2026

🚨🚨🚨GATEWAY CUP UPDATES + RIDE TO UNITE ANNOUNCEMENT🚨🚨🚨

ATHLETE + VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT: LIAM & GUY 🚲💙Sometimes the most meaningful part of a ride isn’t where you go—it’s who you...
09/18/2026

ATHLETE + VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT: LIAM & GUY 🚲💙

Sometimes the most meaningful part of a ride isn’t where you go—it’s who you meet along the way.

Guy became involved in the Achilles partnership/program for adaptive cycling after Hugh recruited him through DGC Kids, where Guy had already been volunteering. As opportunities for inclusive cycling continued to grow, Guy became a tandem captain and eventually met Liam through an Achilles ride.
That first ride became the beginning of much more than a cycling partnership. Through practices, community rides, and miles spent together on a tandem, Liam and Guy developed a genuine friendship.

For Liam, adaptive cycling has created opportunities to stay active, participate in longer community rides—including 24-mile Trailnet routes—and continue challenging himself alongside other cyclists. For Guy, volunteering has meant helping make those experiences possible while building relationships he may never have formed otherwise.

💬 “But without this program—the Achilles program—I would have never met Liam.” — Guy

Their story is a reminder that accessible cycling isn’t only about providing the right bike. It’s about access, trust, friendship, volunteers, and creating opportunities for people to experience the joy and freedom of riding together.

Different abilities. One team. The same road. 🚲

Ride to Unite is headed to the Gateway Cup 2026! 🚲🧡💙We’re excited to be part of another incredible weekend of cycling an...
09/18/2026

Ride to Unite is headed to the Gateway Cup 2026! 🚲🧡💙

We’re excited to be part of another incredible weekend of cycling and to create opportunities for riders with disabilities to participate, connect, and experience the joy of riding.

Throughout the weekend, Ride to Unite cyclists will have opportunities to race, ride, and celebrate alongside the greater cycling community—showing what’s possible when cycling is made accessible to people of all ages and abilities.

Check out the flyer for event details, registration, and RSVP information, and come Ride to Unite with us!

We all ride the same road. 🚲

At Ride to Unite, we believe we all ride the same road.Ride to Unite is a St. Louis-area program of the Recreation Counc...
09/18/2026

At Ride to Unite, we believe we all ride the same road.
Ride to Unite is a St. Louis-area program of the Recreation Council of Greater St. Louis dedicated to making cycling accessible to people of all ages and abilities. Powered entirely by volunteers and supported through donations and sponsorships, we help individuals access adaptive and traditional bikes, learn to ride, and find opportunities to experience everything cycling has to offer.

Our roots in inclusive cycling go back more than 25 years, beginning with a tandem cycling program for youth who were blind or visually impaired. Today, Ride to Unite continues that work by connecting riders with adaptive cycles, tandems, hand cycles, wheelchair trikes, weekly rides, inclusive community events, and resources for bike fitting, maintenance, and funding.
But Ride to Unite is about much more than the bike. đź’™

Through a growing coalition of community organizations, volunteers, riders, families, and cycling partners, we’re helping create a community where more people can experience the freedom, independence, health benefits, friendships, and joy that come from riding.

Whether someone is discovering cycling for the first time, riding tandem with a volunteer captain, participating in a community ride, or simply finding a group of people to ride alongside, our goal is to help create opportunities that meet riders where they are.

Different bikes. Different abilities. Different experiences.
The same road.

We’re incredibly grateful to the community partners who help make Ride to Unite possible:

Achilles St. Louis, Big Shark Bicycle Company, BWorks, St. Louis Children’s Hospital Cerebral Palsy Sports & Rehabilitation Center, DGCKids, Gateway Tykes on Trykes, KEEN St. Louis, MO-FEAT, Paraquad, St. Louis Arc, St. Louis County Parks, Ranken Jordan Pediatric Hospital, Recreation Council of Greater St. Louis, Special Olympics Missouri, TASK, Trailnet, and Variety St. Louis.

This is Ride to Unite — cycling without limits. 🚲

OUR STORY 🚲✨What started more than 25 years ago as a tandem cycling program for youth who were blind or visually impaire...
09/18/2026

OUR STORY 🚲✨

What started more than 25 years ago as a tandem cycling program for youth who were blind or visually impaired has grown into something much bigger.

Ride to Unite began with the Delta Gamma Center for Children with Visual Impairments (DGCkids), creating opportunities for young riders to experience recreation, independence, confidence, and the simple joy of being on a bike. That early program showed just how powerful accessible cycling could be—and inspired a vision for reaching even more people.

In 2021, Ride to Unite officially moved under the umbrella of the Recreation Council of Greater St. Louis, giving the program room to grow while remaining independently funded and powered entirely by volunteers.

Today, Ride to Unite works to connect individuals of all ages and abilities with adaptive equipment, training, inclusive group rides, and opportunities to participate in the greater St. Louis cycling community. Through collaboration with a growing coalition of community organizations, riders, families, and volunteers, we’re working to make cycling more accessible throughout our region.
And while our program has grown, the idea behind it remains simple:

We all ride the same road. đź’™

Because cycling can be so much more than a ride. It can mean freedom. Independence. Confidence. Friendship. Community. And everyone deserves the opportunity to experience it.

We’re incredibly grateful to the community partners who help make Ride to Unite possible:
Achilles St. Louis, Big Shark Bicycle Company, BWorks, St. Louis Children’s Hospital Cerebral Palsy Sports & Rehabilitation Center, Delta Gamma Center, Gateway Tykes on Trykes, KEEN St. Louis, MO-FEAT, Paraquad, St. Louis Arc, St. Louis County Parks, Ranken Jordan Pediatric Hospital, Recreation Council of Greater St. Louis, Special Olympics Missouri, TASK, Trailnet, and Variety St. Louis.

Our story began with a tandem bike—but we’re still building where the road goes next. 🚲

Ride to Unite congratulates Trailnet on a great 2026 Ice Cream Ride!Events like this bring the cycling community togethe...
09/18/2026

Ride to Unite congratulates Trailnet on a great 2026 Ice Cream Ride!

Events like this bring the cycling community together and help create more opportunities for riders of all abilities to get out, connect, and enjoy the ride. We are grateful to be part of a community that continues to support inclusive cycling and stronger connections across St. Louis and beyond.

Thank you to Trailnet, the volunteers, riders, and supporters who helped make this event possible.

Stronger together. Better together.

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St. Louis, MO
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