Cycling News
2025 Community Grant Cycle is closed
The 2025 Community Grant program is closed to applications for the current funding cycle. The Jeff Roth Cycling Foundation thanks all who submitted grants by the March 25 deadline and anticipates announcing the recipients of the 2025 Community Challenge Grant Awards soon.
Middle TN Veloteers Promote STR License Plate
Our friend Bill Anderson and the Middle TN Veloteers promoted the STR license plate recently in the Bike Ride across Wilson County @ the TN State Fair and The Elk River Valley 100 during the Labor Day Weekend. Thanks for your Efforts. Ride Fast, Live Slow and always keep the rubber side down.
2025 League Cycling Instructor Seminar
Save the Date: The JRCF 2025 League Cycling Instructor Seminar at Henry Horton State Park has been scheduled for September 26-28, 2025
Chapel Hill TN 2025 LCI Seminar
Smart Cycling Traffic Skills Courses (2025)
The Jeff Roth Cycling Foundation is offering Smart Cycling instruction at the Blount County Library on these dates in 2025.
May 31, 2025
Register now for the May 2025 course
Sept 27, 2025
Register now for the September 2025 course
2025 Community Grant Cycle is closed
The Jeff Roth Cycling Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the Community Challenge Grant Awards for the 2024 funding cycle. Each year proposals are solicited state-wide from local bicycle clubs and community bicycle programs to fund projects that promote bicycling as a safe and health form of recreation and transportation. This year Grant Awards totaling $6, 700 were awarded to the following organizations:
1. Bike Walk Cleveland TN, “to support a Bike Maintenance Camp and safety classes for youth and adult riders”.
2. Bike Walk Knoxville TN, "to support bicycle education programming"
3. East Tennessee Epilepsy Foundation "to support purchase and distribution of youth bicycle helmets"
4. Two Bikes (Knoxville TN), "to support community-wide bike rodeos for promotion of safe cycling for youth".
5. Bike Walk Franklin, TN, "to support community-wide bike rodeos for promotion of safe cycling for youth".
The Jeff Roth Cycling Foundation’s Community Challenge Grant Program is funded by proceeds from the Tennessee Share the Road license plate and supports the Foundation’s mission to promote bicycling as a safe and healthy form of recreation and transportation.
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