Jibe's Earn-a-Bike program seeks to increase bicycle ridership, reduce car trips, and help people replace vehicle trips with bicycle trips. This program is for cyclists 18 and over who live or work in North Natomas and want to use a bicycle to get to work, take their kids to school, visit friends, run errands...you name it.

This free 14-hour course covers topics in three main areas: bike maintenance, bike handling, and traffic skills. It includes classroom lessons and riding on city streets. Participants strategize with classmates to design a personalized plan to make bikes an easy, fun, and energizing part of life! You can bring your own bike or a range of bikes are made available for use by participants during the course.

This class is intended for people who will be able to replace car trips with bike trips for commuting, shopping, and social activities.

Class participants will do group bike rides of 5-10 miles, riding uninterrupted for 60 minutes at a moderate pace together. Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate riders who cannot meet that requirement. (If you need to learn or boost your riding skills before taking this class, please see our Adult Learn to Ride class and consider applying to Earn-a-Bike next time.)

Program Guidelines:
1.    To be eligible, participants must:

        ✅Pledge to replace car trips with bicycle trips
        ✅Live or work in North Natomas
        ✅Be at least 18 years old
        ✅Be able to ride a bike for 1.5 hours
        ✅Complete two follow-up surveys (at 6 and 12 months after completion)
        ✅Complete ALL hours of ALL 4 sessions of the 14-hour course (you cannot earn a voucher if you miss parts of the class)
        ✅Certify that the applicant/participant will be the primary user of the bike/gear purchased with the voucher/reimbursement provided by Jibe.

2.    Upon completion of all four sessions, participants will receive either a voucher or reimbursement for a bicycle or bicycle accessories at a local bike shop, for up to $450.

Our Fall class is closed. Watch our newsletter for the timing of our Spring session!

For questions, please contact Anya McCann at (916) 419-9955, or anya@jibe.org.