What's the Big Idea?

Mission Cycling is a neighborhood-based cycling club that aims to bring people together through the shared experience of cycling. That sounds so official, doesn't it? Anyway... We're just trying to build a sense of community among our riders and sponsors. I mean, we're already riding our bikes and frequenting these businesses, so why not bring the two groups together? Kinda like when Cindy Mancini made Ronald Miller popular in Can't Buy Me Love.

Beyond that, Mission Cycling is about providing a fun and supportive group to get us all out of bed, dressed in matching spandex, on our bikes and into the amazing cycling countryside of the Bay Area. Our riders keep the focus of our rides on the simple enjoyment of riding with friends. And while the pace may get a bit quick sometimes, nobody really cares how fast you are. Save that talk for when you call your mom after the ride. I'm sure she'll listen or at least pretend to. We're less about competition and more about ensuring that every day spent on the bike is a good one. While that includes some serious bike riding, it also includes a lot of coffee, pizza and wine.

The Short History

Mission Cycling was conceived by Dylan DiBona and Kevin LaKritz during a Christmas Day bike ride to Stinson Beach in 2007. Dylan and Kevin met while riding and realized they only lived a block apart (adorable). Basically neighbors - but if it hadn't been for the riding they might have never met. Their guess was that there were probably lots of other interesting people in the hood that just needed to be brought together through a shared interest (it's cycling if you're just skimming this paragraph). To test the theory, they decided to see if the neighborhood businesses would be interested in supporting a local cycling club focused on bringing neighbors together. When the businesses overwhelmingly said yes, Mission Cycling was born. Neighbors began riding together and started becoming friends. People actually began recognizing each other on the street and saying hi. It was magic.

For our members, it's not just pedaling from point to point. It's about the experiences that happen along the way. And, somehow, pedaling out of your comfort zone with fellow members has a way a turning complete strangers into great friends. We're all very busy in our daily lives (I've got A LOT going on right now. Not sure about you.) but on a good ride our individual life stresses seem to dissolve and by the end of a challenging ride we're left with camaraderie of our fellow cyclists.

Who's Behind This?

Contact Details

Send gifts and brand new wheelsets and/or frames to us at:

Are you racing? Are you're looking for our USA Cycling club number? here it is: 12474

Email us at:
info@missioncycling.org

or, stop by Mission Cycling Headquarters which is located here: