About Us

Finding Inspiration in Every Turn

The SLO Riders Club is an interscholastic mountain bike for the youth of San Luis Obispo and the surrounding areas. We are resuming our Weekly Ride Program in the Fall, featuring two weekly sessions, Tiny Sprockets (Ages 4-6) and Little Sprockets (Ages 7-8) on Tuesdays and Youth (Ages 9-11) and Juniors (Ages 12+) on Thursdays. The Weekly Ride program provides riders a safe and fun environment for them to develop skills, resiliency, courage, and a sense of community.

Whether your child wants to take their bike skills to the next level, or just wants to get out and ride more with a community, there's no better opportunity than the SLO Riders Club. All skill levels are welcome!

Meet The Team

Dylan Davis

Co-director and coach

Dylan is a fourth year Honors Business student at Cal Poly, SLO, originally from Ojai, CA.

Ever since he was three years old, he has had a love for riding bikes. Besides giving him the opportunity to race and be competitive in the sport, mountain biking has been a way for him to unite with the community and share his passion with others. From fixing others’ bikes to volunteering his time working to maintain the local trails, Dylan has strived to help his hometown with the growing sport.

Over the past four years, he has helped coach the Ojai Riders Club in his hometown valley, sharing his enthusiasm and knowledge with riders ranging from five to sixteen years old.

Since moving to SLO, Dylan wished to continue his coaching pursuits, giving birth to the SLO Riders Club.

Alex Musco

Co-director and coach

Alex is a fourth year Business student at Cal Poly SLO, originally from Missoula, Montana.

Alex grew up mountain biking in an inclusive environment surrounded by people who loved the sport even more than he did. His passion for mountain biking began when his parents enrolled him in a local Missoula youth cycling club, Zootown Derailleurs. After Alex grew too old for the program, he wanted to stay involved by coaching. Throughout his 4 years of high school, whether he was running next to 3 year-olds on Strider bikes, or struggling to keep up with the 14 year-olds who were faster than him, Alex loved spreading the joy of mountain biking.

When he came to SLO for the first time last year, he realized that a youth cycling program like Zootown Derailleurs didn’t exist here.

With SLO Riders Club, Dylan and Alex have decided to change that. We are so excited to create an inclusive youth cycling community here in SLO that encourages all kids to get out and ride!

Everest Mueller

Program coordinator

Dr. Everest Mueller grew up in Big Bear Lake as a serious ice and roller hockey player and has coached various sports for more than 20 years. He completed a Ph.D. in Education at UCLA in 2019, while teaching and working as an SEL counselor at Lighthouse Learning School in Ojai. Mueller’s specialty is educational neuroscience.

In 2020, Everest founded the Ojai Riders Club, a nonprofit organization geared toward teaching all levels of mountain biking to youth ages four to sixteen.

Today, the Ojai Riders Club has expanded tremendously, featuring sessions Monday through Friday with over 125 youth participants.

Additionally, Everest has created the Ojai Valley Composite Race Team, a small group of competitive middle school and high schoolers involved in cross country and enduro racing.

The Ojai Riders Club and SLO Riders Club are both under Everest's newly established Central Youth Cycling Association.

SLO Riders in the News!

Mustang News wrote a great article about our club and what we’re all about.

Click here to read it!