Our History

How It All Started

Introducing Clipped In for Life

Our journey began as a home operation, putting on races with a 2002 Ford Explorer and a 4×6 cargo trailer. Three years later, the Clipped In Races brand evolved with a simple purpose: We’re passionate about putting on high quality events that bring the community together. As we’ve added more to our plate with 40+ events in a year, a warehouse/office space, small paid staff team, and an incredibly dedicated volunteer crew, that purpose has grown.

We try and approach what we do with an attitude of service, with our main goal being to create a place for people to challenge themselves through competition and connect with others through shared experience. We bring this same attitude to our partnerships with other organizations to help make their events better for the community by offering registration, timing and equipment rental services. We put a focus on providing unique and fun opportunities for junior racers that not only give them a place to achieve but find social connection around bikes that can offer a lifelong outlet.

Our role in the community extends beyond races with projects such as the creation of the El Dorado Hills Bike Park, establishment of an El Dorado County Trails organization (the Mother Lode Trail Stewardship), hours of trail building with other stewardship groups, and even down to the level of repainting strider bikes for a local pre-school.

With all this in our pocket – and the desire to do even more – we’ve reached the conclusion that it makes sense for Clipped In Races to become a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Clipped In for Life, to truly make what we do bigger than ourselves and lay the groundwork to perpetually provide community benefit through events.

Clipped In for Life’s mission is to create opportunities for people of all ages and abilities to find achievement, adventure, and connection through cycling and other athletic activities – thus, helping improve lives and bring communities together.

From our perspective, cycling is a lifestyle. Its impact reaches beyond the race course and into every day life with physical and mental health benefits, quality time with loved ones, transportation, and more. So our purpose at Clipped In for Life is simple: to spread the bike love to anyone and everyone with hopes of improving lives.

Races are our primary channel for connecting people, but we’re here to help you find community off the race course too. To help you get plugged in, we’ve mapped out the Lifecycle of a Cyclist – whether you’re just getting rolling, ready to let ‘er rip, looking for a release that’s cheaper than therapy, or in your groove and ready to give back – there’s a place here for you.