We're cyclists, just like you. We love turning the pedals, riding with our friends and seeing the world form atop a saddle. But we also feel the need to do good in this world; to give back to those of us who are less fortunate.
Rather than wearing the jersey of a bike shop or nutrition brand offering a 15% discount, we've flipped the script. We're taking action and by purchasing this awesome cycling kit, not only will you have become a member of an inclusive cycling club, but part of your purchase goes directly to some of the most effective, evidence-based organizations on the planet!
Additionally, with your fancy new kit, you'll be helping spread the word and promoting the Effective Altruism movement.
Why give through us? Here at the HIA Cycling Club, we've leveraged Effective Altruism to make our contributions go farther than anyone else's and we have the evidence.
Effective altruism is a philosophy and community focused on maximizing the good you can do through your career, projects, and donations.
Effective altruism is a project that aims to find the best ways to help others, and put them into practice. It’s both a research field, which aims to identify the world’s most pressing problems and the best solutions to them, and a practical community that aims to use those findings to do good.
This project matters because, while many attempts to do good fail, some are enormously effective. For instance, some charities help 100 or even 1,000 times as many people as others, when given the same amount of resources.
This means that by thinking carefully about the best ways to help, we can do far more to tackle the world’s biggest problems.
By purchasing one of our custom made HIA Cycling Club cycling kits (jersey, bibs, or just one or the other) we donate a portion of that purchase through High Impact Athletes to the most effective, evidence-based charities in existence. Long story short, by purchasing a kit, you will actually measurably save tens of lives! Yes, you read that right!
If you've got enough cycling kits in your closet, no problem. You can donate using the "Donate" buttons on this page. A one time donation is amazing, and will go such a long way, however our aim is to lay the foundation for each of our club members to become an ambassador of Effective Altruism via monthly donorship, no matter how large or small; you can automate your altruism. If you really want to maximize the amount of good you can do in the world, you can also take the "Giving What We Can Pledge."