“Black folks on bikes is a freedom thing.”
Embodied Power awaits. Join us on zoom, at the dinner table, on the road or the trail…
RSVP today for three Q1 chances for 2024 visioning!
BTBE Founder Jay-Marie Hill
Grown from a seed in 2019, the Black Trans Bike Experience began as a 160-mile Adventure Bike Ride from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. for the first ever National Trans March.
What has since emerged is a Black, Trans, Womanist and emergent community offering that primarily seeks to:
strengthen connections between Black & trans people as individuals, neighbors in hoods and their broader communities,
celebrate developing Black youth, believe Black women and support Black Trans bodies,
demystify and increase access to the multi-faceted activity/sport of biking and the cycling industry, and
to increase a lifelong sense of belonging in Bike-healthy communities and the cycling industry, at-large.
Celebrating 5 Years of Gathering Community:
2019 - 160mile Ride & Black Trans D.C. Celebration
2020 - BTBE x Freedom Arts Black Youth Cycling Workshops
2022 - DIY Bicycle Workshops; Monthly Group Rides & a trip to Atlanta for the 10th Annual Bikerversary
2023 - Group [Training] Rides, Community Dinners, Ferguson 70mile Overnight, GRIT Fest
2024 - Group Rides, Touring & more…
Join Us!
In doing the above, our community offerings
1) transcend scarcity models of Black // Trans Death (C), focusing communities toward an embodied sense of strength and freedom.
2) build tighter bonds amongst Black // Trans, and other often geographically disconnected communities.
3) increase an embodied sense of affirming, intentionally-built community among Black // Trans people around the US and internationally.
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![We're gathering one last time before the season starts. We hope to see you there. Join us in person at Barr Library [1701 S. Jefferson, STL] or online [you know where to find the link].
Come co-create the Experience of the BTBE Spring 2024 season.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e661191e356f46cdd2c344/1710729027251-LZA0O5RNFHC4GAE49S7C/image-asset.jpeg)
RSVP below to join any of our upcoming
2023 events, dinners & overnight trips
Saturday Aug 12
Community Dinner &
Rider Send Off
Doors 4p
Dinner 4:30p
Fri Sept 29 - Sunday Oct. 1
MTB GRIT Fest
Weekend Trip
BTBE is supporting a contingent of 5-7 folks to this annual event by All Bikes Welcome in Fayetteville, AR. Grit Fest is a 3-day grassroots festival bringing FTWN-B together around the sport of mountain biking, regardless of skill.
Sunday Aug 13
45mi Black August &
Black STL History Ride
Thursday Sept. 14
BT Community Meal (open to all, not just riders!)
Doors 6p
Dinner 6:30p
Saturday Aug 26
BTBE @ the Moonlight Ramble - Rescheduled by Trailnet
9p Meet up at Handlebar
10p Ride (8mi or 16mi)
Season Debrief &
Community Dinner
Sun, Oct. 15
6:30a Hopewell Center
909 N 14th St
St. Louis, MO 63106
End at Loretta Hall Park
For the Culture STL, 12-6pm
4p 5mi Ride (45min) - Love Bank Park
For the ride ~ just show up!
5p Dinner - HeyDays HQ
Fri Sept 15 - Sat Sept 16
Bike-Camping
Overnight Trip
BTBE is supporting a contingent of 5-7 riders to bike and camp. Leaving from Kinloch (St. Louis’ first incorporated African American Municipality) to Defiance, MO. All welcome, regardless of skill.
RSVP for 2022 Biketivity
5/21 9a - 1p
Maintenance Pop Up Shop + Shifting Workshop at 11am
5/28 9am Meetup, 9:30a Roll-out
Group Ride: Gardens, Co-Ops & Artists, Oh My!
Route details published 5/20. See our Ride FAQ!