Dirty Freehub routes don’t take care of themselves—and that’s where you come in.

Join us for a one-hour webinar introducing the Dirty Freehub Route Stewardship Program, a new, community-powered initiative designed to keep our routes accurate, safe, and up to date. This session is for riders who love these routes and want to play an active role in caring for them. Note:This is not about route work parties with the Dirty Roads Crew; this is about how we identify and report problems with existing routes—and how we ride and vet new route ideas submitted by the community.

Why Route Stewardship Matters

As a nonprofit, Dirty Freehub is continually asked to do more with limited resources. Maintaining high-quality route information takes time, local knowledge, and many eyes on the ground. It also takes a process for thoughtfully evaluating new route ideas shared by riders like you. The Route Stewardship Program is our way of meeting that challenge—by building a volunteer network of cyclists who help respond to rider-reported issues on current routes, and also ride and vet community-submitted route ideas before they ever become part of the Dirty Freehub library.

What You’ll Learn in the Webinar

• What the Route Stewardship Program is and why it matters
• What it means to be a Route Steward (and what it doesn’t)
• How Route Stewards help in two key ways: checking conditions on existing routes and vetting community-submitted route ideas
• How your local knowledge can help the entire riding community
• How to get involved and make an impact, at a level that works for you

What Route Stewards Do

Stewards can focus on route checks, route vetting, or both. Route checks aren’t about routinely monitoring a route—they’re about stepping in when a rider reports a change or problem, like a new gate, a washout, an overgrown section, or updated signage. And route vetting is about riding community-submitted ideas to see if they’re a good fit. Either way, you’ll help keep Dirty Freehub routes reliable, accurate, and rideable.

Where We Need Route Stewards Most

• Oregon
• Washington
• California (Northern Tier)
• California (Death Valley area)
• Arizona (Phoenix area)
• Arizona (Southern – Tucson, Ajo, Arivaca, Portal)

A Community-Powered Program

This is a community-based, all-volunteer program rooted in a simple idea: We should help take care of the routes we ride—and help evaluate great new route ideas so they can become trusted resources for others. Come learn how we can pick up the slack together and ensure Dirty Freehub routes remain a trusted resource for riders everywhere.

Kevin English will lead this event.

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When:
Tuesday, February 24th, 7:00 PM (Pacific Standard Time)

Registration:
Please register to attend. Registration is required so we can email you any last-minute notices or instructions.

How to Join:
The webinar will be held on Google Meet. A Google Meet link will be sent to you about 24 hours before the webinar. There is no software to download; Google Meet runs within a browser.