ROOTED SPORTS / ACTIVITY
ROOTED PROGRAM • PRACTICAL ACCESS / REAL SKILLS / PATHWAYS
Riding skills, trail judgment, stewardship and bike mechanics connected to schools, clubs, trails and technical careers.
SPORT • ACCESS • SAFETY • EQUIPMENT • PATHWAYS • PARTNERS
One activity. One clear system. The right gear, instruction, access and contributors around it.
Each ROOTED sport page is built around access, safety, shared equipment, practical skill and a pathway forward—not just participation.
ROOTED Mountain Biking combines actual riding progression with the systems that keep a trail community healthy: etiquette, stewardship, maintenance and bike care.
Shared fleets let schools deliver repeat access without expecting every household to buy a capable mountain bike and full protective kit.
Durable mountain-bike fleets, helmets, gloves, eye protection, pumps, tubes, tires, chains, brake/drivetrain consumables, work stands, torque tools, suspension support, secure storage and transport.
Riding, coaching, trail stewardship, trail building, guiding, bike mechanics, suspension service, event operations and tourism.
OUTREACH + ACTIVE CONTRIBUTORS
Names shown here may include organizations in outreach, active discussion, technical contribution or confirmed participation. ROOTED will only describe a company as a sponsor once support is actually committed.
Outreach = contacted or targeted. Contributor = providing useful input or access. Sponsor = committed support.
Current network for this activity:
Evidence-backed relationship state: Cycling Canada, Cycling British Columbia, Mountain Biking BC, UROC, velofix, AIMPB, Cowichan Cycles, Schwalbe and RideWrap have human or warm relationship evidence at different stages; UROC review remains pending and the RideWrap handoff remains in progress. FOX Canada has been contacted without a human reply evidenced. Race Face has launch outreach with a failed route and no human reply; Mips returned only an automated acknowledgement. Norco, Rocky Mountain, Trek, Specialized and Maxxis remain research/reference routes. No partnership, sponsorship or delivery commitment is implied.
Equipment brands, operators, associations, coaches, technicians and local experts can all contribute to an activity page.
Sponsor status will be updated as commitments are confirmed.
Individual sport pages are being expanded from the ROOTED Snow, Water, Bike and Field systems.
Want to bring this activity into a school or district? See the ROOTED Schools model and B.C. district directory.
ROOTED is still being developed with educators, qualified instructors, operators, safety professionals and community partners. If you know this work, bring the useful stuff.
TALK TO ROOTEDSCHOOLS + DISTRICTSDistricts and schools: rootedcanada.org/schools
FIND A SCHOOL DISTRICTrootedcanada.org/programs