World Bike Forum

The World Bike Forum (WBF), (FMB), is a yearly cycling activism event in which the topics of bicycle urban mobility and the planning of cities made by and for the people are discussed.

The 2019 edition was held in Quito, Ecuador April 25 to 28, with the theme 'MINGA' (a word from the Quechua people meaning “collective work”).

In this edition the WBF had a strong growth, [11] with the attendance of international guests such as San Francisco's Critical Mass co-founder Chris Carlsson,[12] San Francisco based Swiss artist Mona Caron,[13] independent publisher focusing "on feminist nonfiction about bicycling"[14] Elly Blue, and Danish architect and urban planner Lars Gemzøe.

[15][16] Crowdfunding[17] was used for the first time and a registration form, both online and live, was introduced in order to estimate the number of assistants and create communication channels among them.

In this edition, crowdfunding was introduced through the Catarse website to fund the arrival of international guests: Caroline Samponaro, Mona Caron and Amarilis Horta Tricallotis.

The success of the first event motivated the realization of its second edition, improving the debate about the need for cities for people and the role that the bicycle and other sustainable modes have as drivers of urban and social transformations.