✨Announcing our RAR NAR 2025 Keynote Speaker: Jay-Marie Hill ✨

Jay-Marie Hill (they/all) is a poet, doula, organizer, aunt, child of cyclists, educators and the offspring of a cross-country motorcycling grandmother. As a St. Louis-based, Black Gender Expansive artist shaped by California's 10,000 miles of bike paths, they sport twenty years of commuter bicycling, ten years of bicycle touring/bikepacking, and are known for expanding cycling-healthy community wherever they roll. Propelled by a lifelong commitment to Mobility and Disability Justice, and National Policy and Advocacy work, their resume spans forming a St. Louis’ queer, trans & sex worker statewide organizing coalition, to teaching and coaching youth organizers and performing artists from St. Louis to San Francisco.

Self-taught Bassist and Saxophonist since their youth, they write, perform, and release music available on Bandcamp and all streaming purchases as Jay-Marie is Holy, including their latest single, Ride For It (Know U), that combines their love of biking, with a badass bass line and longing lyrics towards more rounds. They have co-founded multiple organizations that help our world transcend the traditional, includin 2019’s Black Trans Bike Experience, which launched as a 160-mile bikepacking trip from historic Black & Trans cities Philadelphia, Baltimore, and ended at the first ever Trans March on Washington, D.C. 

From Foco Fondo, to Red Bike & Green ATL in ‘22, and as a member of the 2024 class completing the historic 260-mile 1928 Legacy Tour (offered by Major Knox Adventures), Jay-Marie is an avid cyclist eager to bring more people into this welcoming and lifelong world. Gemini Sun, Virgo moon, & Scorpio rising, they show no signs of stopping in their work to equip their audiences to dream bigger, question better, and love harder.

For more info, check out Jay-Marie on socials! @black.transcendence and @blacktransbiketour

Jay-Marie's Keynote, "Transcendence in the Bar and the Grove: On Rhythm, Ritual & Lineage", will be on Saturday evening. 

Group rides at RAR NAR

Each day, we have 1 group ride planned, complete with ride leaders, a beautiful route, and stops for snack breaks. This will be a great way to be able to experience Vermont scenery without having to do any of the planning yourself!

Check out our Ride with GPS collection to see all the routes, labeled for which day they are behind held on. If you need it, here’s a  RWGPS Help Guide.

The ride collection also includes routes from our various parking spots to Camp DREAM if you are riding in!