For far to long, bike racing has been about winning at all cost. We at Paul’s Peloton believe the is more to making a world class cyclist than just winning at all cost. We believe that it is equally important to give back and to help others less fortunate in the riders respective communities. We also believe that riders should be role models looked up to and respected by everyone in their community and races.
The global Bicycles for Humanity team understood what it meant to give back and with 155,000 bikes and growing, this model is a beacon for all. We have always believed that a bicycle and a smart phone are the game changers and so we started iEmpowerment to provide a way for riders to help everyone with the gift of education healthcare and opportunity. today, like Bicycles for Humanity is is already the largest globally.
As Paul and I moved from founding B4H and iEmpowerment, we knew that the model of empowerment at the grassroots level was important to inspiring volunteers to join us on the journey. David Kinjah and the Safari Simbaz understood instantly the power of our model and how applied to the Simbaz program it would allow every Simbaz team member to be a part of something bigger than themselves and the sport of cycling.
By combining the strong work ethics of the Simbaz and the Paul’s Peloton teams , we hope to take not only cycling higher in Africa, but set the bar for our humanitarian effort , higher than that of winning the Tour de France.
Our Empowerment Model is simple, to bring out the best in every member of our global team of cyclists, volunteers, or sponsors and we will do this by together empowering all to take cycling to a new level in Africa while at the same time taking education, healthcare and opportunity to the same high level.
We might not see an all African team at the tour, but we have already seen a Simba, Chris Froome win the tour. For the thousands who join David, Chris, Paul and I and who share our goal of, Leading Africa Forward Through Cycling and growing the Safari Simbaz model to be the new standard for development teams globally, our effort to make the world a better place while developing a new generation of responsible African cyclists , will have taken us to a place higher than winning the Tour de France.