Originally Posted by
Eric F
What part of the world are you in? The school provides bikes?
HS MTB teams in my area are extra-curricular (technically "clubs"), meeting after school and weekends. Some of the teams have a couple of loaner bikes (usually old bikes owned by team coaches), but for the most pert, kids provide their own bikes. Some are pretty low-end and/or older. Some are pro-level, race-rockets. Most are somewhere in the middle. This seems to be most influenced most by the parents' involvement. Kids who have parents who ride seriously show up with serious bikes.
I believe federal and state grants provide a good part of the money for the program (including the bikes)
they also do kayaking and hiking etc in the advanced PE class
just early this year they received a small grant to build a mountain bike skills course at one of the middle schools