How much should I contribute:
Below are questions that will help you make that decision, but even small amounts are hugely important to us. Why? This helps our cause when we apply for grants and other monies because we can count you as part of the gravel community that we serve.
How much time did we save you by providing a curated Ride Guide?
You weren’t linking together heat maps, you didn’t have to worry about if you were running across private lands or if the roads even existed. We’ve done the hard work of vetting the route and providing you with detailed information. Maybe you did a new version of a ride in your area or maybe you booked a whole vacation around using our routes.
If I am just using the same routes multiple times so should I still pay?
It kind of depends. Are you still looking at the Ride Guides to get the latest riding conditions? Are you checking the Ride Guide to see that you have the latest version of the route? Do you like it that we work with the Forest Service to clear routes of brush and tree fall? If so, you may want to take this into consideration.
I didn’t do a Dirty Freehub ride, but I looked at the site for ideas. Should I contribute?
Make your best decision. We think that we provide great information that is worth something.
Is it important that to you that we continue to produce new Ride Guides, maintain existing routes, and continue to update the Ride Guides?
It costs ~ $5,000 to develop and produce a Ride Guide. It takes a half time employee to maintain our existing database of ride information, about 10,000 miles.
Did you attend a Dirty Freehub webinar, group ride, or other event that takes time, planning and resources? Did you listen to podcasts.
All these things take time and money to produce.
Can you contribute more than your share to make up for those that are not as well off economically?
We want to keep Dirty Freehub open and accessible to all. To families. To those without great economic means. To all.
Isn’t Dirty Freehub just routes? Something I can find on Strava, Ride with GPS, or Trail Forks?
We think not! We are so, so different than any of those platforms. For starters, we are a non-profit driven by six social missions of good. All the others above are for money, profit driven entities. (Not a bad thing, but super different than us!) To learn more about what we all do, check out our 2023 Impact Report.
