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A smiling Cycling Without Age passenger enjoying a trishaw ride with volunteer pilots

Cycling Without Age

The right to wind in their hair.

Volunteer-powered trishaw rides bring fresh air, conversation and the joy of cycling to people living in aged care across Canberra.

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Joy has no age limit

Everyone deserves to feel the freedom of a bike ride.

A gentle ride becomes a chance to reconnect with familiar places, share stories and spend meaningful time together.

  • 2016Pedal Power launched Australia's first Cycling Without Age program.
  • 2Canberra aged care communities currently host regular rides.
  • LocalVolunteer pilots are recruited and trained by Pedal Power.
Two older passengers seated in a trishaw beside Lake Burley Griffin with their volunteer pilot

More than a ride

Connection, conversation and time outdoors.

Cycling Without Age began in Denmark in 2012 with a simple idea: offer free trishaw rides to local nursing home residents. That idea grew into a global volunteer movement.

Here in Canberra, every ride creates space for passengers and pilots to notice their surroundings, stop for a conversation and share stories across generations.

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The principles

A movement built around people.

Five simple principles shape each Cycling Without Age ride and the relationships formed along the way.

01

Generosity

Giving time and sharing the simple pleasure of a ride.

02

Slow cycling

Moving slowly enough to notice, connect and enjoy the moment.

03

Storytelling

Listening to the experiences passengers bring to every ride.

04

Relationships

Building trust and connection between people and generations.

05

Without age

Recognising that life remains meaningful, joyful and full of possibility.

Our Canberra chapter

Regular rides, led by local volunteers.

Pedal Power recruits and trains volunteer trishaw pilots, then coordinates rides with residents and staff at participating aged care communities.

  • Kangara Waters, Belconnen
  • Uniting Amala, Gordon

We are also exploring opportunities to expand the program to additional locations.

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Cycling Without Age passengers and volunteer pilots gathered outside an aged care community

Moments from the road

Passengers, pilots and communities sharing Canberra one gentle ride at a time.

Passengers smiling during a trishaw ride on a Canberra path
A line of Cycling Without Age trishaws carrying passengers along a leafy path
Several trishaws crossing a bridge with passengers and volunteer pilots
Two passengers sitting in a Rotary-supported trishaw with their volunteer pilot
Volunteer pilots guiding two trishaws around a gentle bend
Two older passengers smiling from a trishaw in a garden with their pilot

Volunteer with us

Help keep the wheels turning.

Volunteer pilots make these rides possible. Pedal Power recruits and trains people from across the Canberra community to pilot the trishaws and spend time with passengers.

You can also contact us if your aged care community would like to learn more about participating.

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Two passengers seated in a trishaw with two volunteer pilots ready for a ride
A Rotary-supported Cycling Without Age trishaw parked and ready for passengers

Thank you to our supporters

Rotary Club of Murrumbidgee Canberra

We are grateful for Rotary's generous support of the Cycling Without Age program. Its contribution to the trishaw fleet helps create moments of connection, conversation and delight for passengers and volunteer pilots.

Pedal Power launched the Canberra program with support from the IRT Foundation, the ACT Government, the Danish Embassy in Australia and Rotary.

Be part of the next ride

Connection starts with a conversation.

Talk to Pedal Power about volunteering, aged care participation or supporting the program.

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