The Truckee Meadows Bicycle Alliance (TMBA) is a collaboration between local governments, non-profits, businesses, and individuals. We promote bicycling as an alternative form of transportation that plays a key role in reducing air pollution, reducing traffic congestion, and promoting healthy, active lifestyles. From 2005 until 2018, TMBA organized Bike Week in Washoe County. Bike Week became so successful in the Truckee Meadows that in 2019, we expanded our activities to encourage members of our community to ride instead of drive during the entire month of May.
What’s in a name?
You may notice that we sort of have two names, Truckee Meadows Bicycle Alliance and Bike Washoe. TMBA better represents one of our core values (building an alliance of local individuals and organizations to support cycling) and acknowledges that most of our efforts are concentrated in the Reno-Sparks area. Bike Washoe is simpler to remember, easier to type, and acknowledges that we try to serve the interests of cyclists throughout all of Washoe County. We admit that using both names may be a bit confusing, but we’re going to stick with it until we can have someone with a professional eye for brand management coach us through any changes.
We meet every month on the first Tuesday at 6 pm at CRAFT Beer and Wine in Midtown. Occasionally, meetings are moved to avoid conflicts with holidays.
Feel free to come by, say hi, and talk bikes!
Tom enjoys all kinds of biking, including mountain, road, commuting, and picnic outings with his family. He’s fired up about sharing the love of bikes with others, improving our bike network, and e-bikes to open up biking to more people than ever before. Tom is a geography professor working in ecology, climate, and sustainability.
Ky is a commuter cyclist who has used his bike as a work vehicle since 1998. Mountain biking, running, swimming and playing with his daughters are his priorities. His day job is coordinating media as a State of Nevada Public Information Officer.
Sue-Ting loves to ride road bikes/mountain bikes/e-bikes with and without her kids. She teaches high school math and works to lower barriers of entry to help families and bodies ride outside!
You may know Jaime as Pineapple; she answers to both. Mom to two fur babies, a girl named Bill and Peggy the Pug. Jaime lives, works, and plays on bikes and trikes. She has been passionate about cycling and the outdoors for as long as she can remember, and considers it her first taste of freedom. Jaime has been instrumental to MidTown Reno through her work as Executive Director.
Kate loves the freedom and fun that biking provides, be it on a ride across town or across the country. She is passionate about clean air and safe and affordable transport and is excited to work towards expanding biking options throughout the Reno/Sparks area. She works in environmental restoration and enjoys the challenge of field work in the Sierra Nevada.
Cayman believes the ever increasing cost and near-requirement to own and maintain a private vehicle to get around has become a major strain on working class individuals, and that the humble bicycle is the solution. He loves to commute to work by bike and believes more people would do so if safe and consistent infrastructure were available. He also enjoys mountain biking and bikepacking.
Vanesa commutes by bike to work and wherever else she can! Her passion for bikes continues to grow as she learns more about bikes and the importance of good infrastructure, and she is glad to support TMBA’s great efforts through her communications and journalism experience.
Chris commutes by bike to work and loves getting out on his mountain bike whenever possible. In addition to cycling, Chris enjoys hiking, climbing, running, and skiing. He works as a Budget Analyst at the University of Nevada, Reno and is excited to employ his skills towards a better community.
Leo Horishny has been bike commuting to work for 15 years. Leo's experience of bike commuting in the Truckee Meadows has propelled him to be active in RTC’s Bicycle/Pedestrian Committee, State of Nevada’s Bicycle Board, and any public comment option for road projects that include bicycle features or impacts. His goal is to help TMBA increase public visibility and activity to help more people become engaged to promote and improve cycling around the entire Truckee Meadows.
Kelsey enjoys e-biking around town with her kids, and bike commuting whenever life allows. She is enthusiastic about improving Reno's bike infrastructure as part of a sustainable future for our community and is happy to support TMBA's efforts through graphic design and more.
Kyle Isacksen is an avid cyclist and bicycle and mass transit proponent who lived for almost a decade without a car, started the bike-based food waste and composting business Down to Earth Compost, and runs the nonprofit Be the Change Project. He's a passionate advocate for people-centered built environments that promote connection to place and foster a more just and beautiful world.
If you would like to get involved, are looking for information about cycling in the Truckee Meadows, or have suggestions about what we can do to help make Washoe County a safer and more inclusive cycling community, use the form below and let us know!