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Our Ride Program takes children on rides throughout the summer on Saturdays and Sundays. Our volunteers lead bike trips for groups of up to a dozen youths drawn from the many community organizations. Rides will take place on off-road trails throughout the Albuquerque area, and are designed as lessons in self-exploration and environmental awareness. Ride participants learn biking skills, safety and trail etiquette. We stress the importance of one's own actions both on and off the trail. These rides can be challenging, and it's not unusual to see kids learning teamwork by helping each other up a steep hill or over rough terrain.

Through these accomplishments they gain greater self-esteem and a larger sense of themselves as members of a community and the environment. In fact, environmental education is one of our central themes. We expose these young people to environmental issues and illustrate that life in non-urban and urban settings is connected. Each lesson they learn on these rides applies to their everyday lives.