Impact & Values
Over the past 20 years, Cycling BC’s grassroots cycling programs have used various innovative designs to get people on bikes, from pop-in visits to school assemblies and free community rides.
In 2013, we formalized our program design and offered biking in elementary school gym classes to help make cycling as accessible as possible. Initially designed as a basic skills curriculum, our program quickly grew into an opportunity to role-model how we can all be better cyclists. From 2013 to 2021, our iRide program visited over 65,000 young British Columbians.
In 2021, we shared our instructor training and physical literacy curriculum with all Canadians under Cycling Canada’s HopOn brand. In 2022, we adopted the national brand, renaming our program from iRide to HopOn. As of December 1, 2023, our program has visited 75,000 British Columbians.
Our transition to nationwide programming marks the culmination of a project that involves over 400 school champions, 100 instructors, and a small handful of dedicated investors, donors, and sponsors who believed in the power of cycling from day one. We wish to showcase their story here in honour of those who made it all possible.
Thank you for believing in us and the power of cycling!
Core Values
In alignment with Cycling BC’s core values, HopOn instructors support healthy child development and the growth of the whole athlete.
Each HopOn instructor uses these six core values to guide and facilitate their session and role-model excellent coaching.
Safety is facilitated and role-modeled by the following actions:
- Safety Checks (Bike, Helmet, Provisions)
- Emergency Planning & First Aid
- Concussion awareness & protocols
- Commit To Kids awareness & protocols
Fun is facilitated and role-modeled by the following actions:
- Game-based learning!
- Energetic instructors
- Daily challenges
- New locations
Respect is facilitated and role-modeled by the following actions:
- Coach the person, not the athlete
- Abide by the rules of the sport
- Be true to your word
- Look out for one another
Community is facilitated and role-modeled by the following actions:
- In cycling, there is no bench
- At practice, everyone contributes
- Recognize achievement through share circles
- Build friendships on and off the bike
Excellence is facilitated and role-modeled by the following actions:
- Choosing a daily goal
- Focus one’s effort
- Be adaptable
- Be resilient
Mastery is facilitated and role-modeled by the following actions:
- Awareness Of Learning Process
- Growth Mindset
- Refine Basic Cycling Skills
- Achieve Physical Literacy
Program Builders
Cycling BC would like to acknowledge the following program builders, managers, coordinator, instructors and donors.
Cycling BC would also like to acknowledge all of our donors who wish to remain anonymous – all of whom have made generous contributions and made our youth programs possible.
Richard Wooles
Builder (2008-2018)
iRide was first created by Richard Wooles, who served as Cycling BC's provincial head coach (2008-2012), executive director (2013-2015) and sport liaison (2016-2018) and whom without, this program would never have been possible......
Sean O’Mahony
Builder (2012-2013)
Stephen Berg
iRide Coordinator (2014)
Lauren Lan
Head Coach & Coordinator: Comox Valley (2014-2020)
Scott Laliberte
Head Coach: Vancouver (2014)
Wes Ochitwa
Head Coach: Vancouver (2015-2016)
Julian Base
Head Coach: Vancouver (2015)
Adam Walker
Head Coach & Coordinator: Victoria (2015-2019)
Jim Richards
Builder (2016)
Erin Waugh
Builder (2016-
Doug Detwiller
Builder (2017-2019)
Brandon Archer
Head Coach & Coordinator: Kelowna (2017-2019)
Andrei Oprea
Head Coach: Vancouver (2018)
Jim Hodgins
Head Coach: Fraser Valley (2019)
Meet Richard Wooles
iRide was first created by Richard Wooles, who served as Cycling BC's provincial head coach (2008-2012), executive director (2013-2015) and sport liaison (2016-2018) and whom without, this program would never have been possible......