The mission of  Type1Rider is to promote diabetes awareness and education, and provide support and encouragement for all diabetic athletes.   With the help of a small group of instrumental members, the organization further accomplishes this by competing and participating in cycling events, while identifying themselves as being diabetic.

Winning is not paramount, although these riders are very competitive in the races that they attend. Going out and competing successfully as participants who have diabetes and setting a positive example for other diabetics is the principal objective. We also use our race and training experiences to give other diabetics useful data and information about blood glucose control while cycling.