The YMCA will host free monthly bike repair clinics starting in April. If your bike is making a noise, has a flat tire, or is experiencing a specific issue, bring it to the Repair Clinic. Our volunteer mechanics will when possible, fix your bike. No advance registration is needed.

Please note: The YMCA does not offer full bike tune-ups. For those services, we recommend visiting your local bike shop.

These clinics are free, though donations are appreciated. Be sure to bring your bike!

GOT A BIKE?

Then check out the Lend-A-Wheel Program!                             

The YMCA accepts donated adult bikes and recycles them! If an old bike is cluttering up your garage, the Y could use it.  Your bike will make a difference in the life of an adult in our community! Bikes may also be sold to support the program

OR NEED A BIKE?

Then check out the Lend-A-Wheel Program!                             

If you need a bike to get to work, school, appointments or errands, you can request one.  As bikes get donated and fixed, we will contact you with just the right one!

The YMCA and New Paltz BMX have teamed up to create an 6 week indoor balance bike program designed for youth aged 1-5 years. Program will run:

Session 1: Jan.- Feb. 2027

Session 2: Mar.- Apr. 2027

Registration is $40 for Y members and $50 for nonmembers. In addition to the registration fee, a balance bike membership is required. We ask that you wait for instructions on how to obtain this additional license, and we can help you get set up. The balance bike membership costs $40 and is valid for one full calendar year.

The program will run on Tuesday’s from 4:30-6pm.

Helmets and sneakers are required. Bicycles with pedals/cranks are not allowed.

Midtown Mechanics is a six-week program that gives youth ages 14 to 24 the chance to learn bicycle mechanics and earn a bike of their own. Led by professional bike technicians, each session focuses on a specific component of the bike. By the end of the program, participants will have fully rebuilt a bicycle and prepared it for safe riding.

Our next session will begin in 2027. Additional details will be shared as the date approaches. Registration is $40 and will be available online at https://tinyurl.com/midm2023

The 2027 Tour de Kingston will be back on Saturday, September 2027. With the Forsyth Park Pavilion as our base, we invite you to roll up for one of our six awesome cycling routes:

The Free Family Fun Ride is a flat, five-mile course that starts at 10 a.m. and travels through Uptown and Midtown Kingston. Riders are escorted by volunteer Ride Marshals and the Kingston Police Department. 

The Hurley Rail Trail is the centerpiece of the Road and Trail Rides, which start at 9:30 a.m. and offer beginning and intermediate riders distances of 8 to 16 miles on roads and the flat, paved Hurley trail. 

Smart Cycling Bike Safety Class for Adults

With Kingston’s burgeoning network of bike lanes and rail trails, there have never been more opportunities to ride a bike for fun, health, or to get around town.  Want to know how to navigate safely in traffic?  Or where do those trails lead to? Need advice on the kind of bike that’s right for you? Then sign up for our Smart Cycling class.  It’s been designed for those who have been riding for years as well as those who are just thinking about getting on (or back on) a bike.  Ages 16 and up are invited to join the class.

For kids and adults who never learned to ride a bike, we offer one-on-one private lessons with Bicycle Educator Justin Ledoux!  With our safe, easy, effective method, you’ll learn how to balance, start, stop and steer a bike, as well as adjust a helmet for proper fit.  Cost: $30.00/hour. Location: YMCA. Contact us to schedule your lesson!

The Y Bike Education staff work with schools and summer camps across Ulster County. We have programs for kids in grades K – 8. Contact us for more details, or to start a program at your location.