If you’re reading this magazine, you probably think mountain biking is fantastic. Perhaps you’ve encouraged friends and family to give riding a go, and some of them have probably stuck at it. There’s no doubt mountain biking is absolutely booming right now with plenty of new faces from all backgrounds on the trails, which is great to see.
One user group that’s growing rapidly are adaptive mountain bikers. If you don’t know what adaptive mountain biking is, it allows people who aren’t able to ride a regular bike for a range of reasons to enjoy the thrill of mountain biking. There’s a range of adaptive bikes that suit people with differing levels of need. In this article I talked with three organisations who’re working hard to increase participation in adaptive mountain biking.
Break the Boundary
Break the Boundary (BTB) are a not-for-profit organisation founded in 2012 that advocate for the inclusion of people with physical and neurological disabilities in mountain biking. They’re the leaders in Australia’s adaptive space with their physical hub at Kalamunda in Perth, and a small but committed group of volunteers who’re working hard to run clinics, programmes, one on one sessions, and apply for government grants.
