About

Spin Peaks is a cycling team based in New York. Our mission is to expand and diversify the landscape of competitive cycling by promoting emerging marginalized genders, including women, non-binary folks, and trans men. Through sponsorships, team training, and community involvement, we provide racers with the funding, opportunities, and confidence they need to compete and advance.

Spin Peaks was established in 2017 by nine women seeking a cycling community that would be an introduction to the world of track racing. Since launching, we recognize that our mission must include black, brown, and indigenous folks; the LGBTQIA+ community; and disabled folks. This is just the beginning and we are committed to continuing to learn and doing the work. 

Spin Peaks is a USA Cycling-registered division of Club Danger Diamond. 

We have zero-tolerance for racism and systemic oppression, and we ask our sponsored members, partners, and clubs to uphold these values as well.

Achievements

2017
  • Started Spin Peaks
  • Hosted fundraising events
  • Organized a bike build class  for members with sponsor shop
  • Designed identity
  • Outfitted team in skin suits and training kits
  • Members advanced their individual USAC categories
  • Members competed in:
    • Wards Island Crit NY
    • Thursday Night Lights NSC Velodrome, MN
    • Weekly Kissena Velodrome Track events, NY
2018
  • Hosted fundraising events
  • Outfitted team in skin suits and training kits
  • Members advanced their individual USAC categories
  • Members traveled to Cleveland to train with Mandy Marquardt
  • Team was invited to speak about Kissena Velodrome and introduce a film at The Bicycle Film festival.
  • Members competed in:
    • Wards Island Crit NY
    • Thursday Night Lights NSC Velodrome, MN
    • Weekly Kissena Velodrome Track events, NY
2019
  • Outfitted team in skin suits and training kits
  • Members advanced their individual USAC categories
  • Hosted Gold Sprints at 5Boro Bike Tour Expo
  • Hosted a monthly Gold Sprints event with Sponsors
  • Members competed in:
    • Thursday Night Lights NSC Velodrome, MN
    • Rasputitsa Gravel, VT
    • Weekly Kissena Velodrome Track events, NY
2020
  • Members started mountain biking
  • Member worked in bike shops where they were needed
  • Members volunteered by doing deliveries by bicycle for various mutual aid groups
2021
  • Re-start with 2 original members
  • New members brought interest in CX races to the team
  • Members competed in:
    • Mission Crit SF
    • Randalls Island Track Crit, NY
    • Northhampton International CX, MA
    • Charm City CX, MD
    • Rainey Park CX, NY
    • Grit 9-0 Gravel, CO
    • Old Man Winter 100k, CO
    • CX of the North, CO
    • Schoolyard CX, CO
    • Weekly Kissena Velodrome Track events, NY
2022
  • Outfitted team in skin suits and training kits
  • Members advanced their individual USAC categories
  • Team co-hosted Sunday clinics at Kissena Velodrome to further interest in track
  • Hosted a Bike Wash & Gold Sprints Fundraiser 
  • Members competed in:
    • Randalls Island Crit, NY
    • Boulder Roubaix, CO
    • Bill Barr Memorial City Crit, CO
    • Littleton Twilight Crit, CO
    • Stem CiderX, CO
    • FoCo Fondo p/b Fat Tire, CO
    • Harlem Skyscraper, NY
    • Track State Championships, NY
    • Weekly Kissena Velodrome Track events, NY

Community Involvement

Spin Peaks has spent the past four seasons not only working on our personal goals as athletes but also being active in the community in a variety of ways.

Gold Sprints Parties: These are a fun way to get community members together in a social setting. Stationary bike races are purely for the community, fun, and good morale.

Clothing and Gear swaps: Our team wants to lower the barrier to entry to bike racing. Swaps allow people to acquire free equipment and also find homes for things that don’t fit or they don’t use.

Social Rides: Social rides are not only healthy and fun, but they help increase interest in bikes and empower people to ride further and use their bicycles as their vehicle for adventure.

Flat fix and minor maintenance workshops: These are important for empowerment and ownership over a person’s bicycle and the ability to go on longer rides knowing they can take care of a minor problem that may come up with the bike.

Coat and Toy drive: We donated coats and toys to a local family shelter over the winter holiday, bringing care and joy to over 90 families.

Introduction to track clinics: Our highly successful clinics, which we co-ran with other community members, introduced new racers to the track and taught them the skills they need to feel confident showing up to a race.

2022 Season Goals

  • Reach out to uplift more minorities in cycling
  • Continue to compete at Kissena, our home track
  • Regularly send our riders to race at the world-class velodrome in Trexlertown, PA
  • Develop a team-tailored training plan
  • Send at least 3 members to Mission Crit in SF
  • Compete in a variety of disciplines including Gravel, Mountain Biking and Cyclocross
  • Organize regular social community rides and events
  • Host basic maintenance and flat fix classes
  • Continue to offer clinics for beginner track racing.
  • Start a cycling club “Damn Fine Cycling Club” to promote inclusivity in the cycling
    • community while giving people a space that’s safe and encouraging people to race and train with us

Why We Need Support

​​Racing is Expensive! Help us in our mission to make track racing accessible to riders of all backgrounds, including students, artists, and couriers. Here is an example of the base costs for a single person in one season:

USA Cycling Membership: $70
Race fees (approx. $20 per track race, avg 15 races): $300
Transportation to and from races: $100
Track bike $1000
Team skinsuit: $150
Team kit: $100
Bike maintenance (chains, tune-ups, tubes, tires): $200
Gear (helmets, gloves, sunglasses, shoes, cleats, pedals): $320

(athletes participating in other disciplines have even higher fees and expenses)

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