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Did you grow up riding mountain bikes? Chances are you didn’t. But that’s all changing for the current generation of young girls, thanks in large part to Little Bellas. This amazing organization has spent more than a decade running camps and weekly programs to get girls ages 7 to 18 years old out on mountain bikes,
Meet Lindsey Richter, mountain bike skills coach extraordinaire. Lindsey is the founder of Ladies AllRide, a wildly popular series of mountain bike skills camps for women. These camps are recommended time and time again by the women in our community. In this interview, Lindsey and I chat about the big things (like how to overcome
Meet Meg Fisher. Meg is a Paralympic gold, silver, and bronze medalist, ten-time world champion, and a super inspirational woman. She’s overcome adversity to become a professional cyclist, a physical therapist, coach, and motivational speaker. In this interview, which might be my favorite yet, Meg shares her story of hope and resilience. And although her
Have you ever wanted to ride your bike more for transportation? Many of the benefits we get from cycling as a sport–exercise, endorphins, being social, getting outdoors–we can also get from cycling as a means of getting where we need to go. Plus, the added benefit of helping the environment. In this episode, I
You’ve done it. You’ve registered for your first mountain bike race, and now you’re feeling a little bit nervous about what you’ve done. Relax. Yes, toeing the start line of your first race can be a little bit intimidating, but you don’t need to go into it unprepared. Heed these nine tips and your first
Have you ever planned a trip so unconventional and “out there” that your family and friends begged you not to go? That’s what happened to professional mountain biker Eliza Sampey when she planned her bike and packrafting trip to Pakistan, India, and Nepal. Find out why she went anyhow in this inspirational episode of
You’ve been ramping up your miles, training for a big event or logging some epic rides. But now you’re avoiding getting back in the saddle because you’re in pain. It’s not your quads that are screaming, or a dehydration headache, its a painful little sore on your bum. Saddle sores (and other issues “down there”)
In this episode, I interview Georgena Terry, THE first person to market bikes designed for women. She’s the founder of Terry Precision Bicycles and a pioneer in the bike industry. Her most recent venture is Georgena Terry, a hand-built steel bicycle brand. We talk about the origin of Terry, why women’s-specific bicycle design is important,
For the entirety of my adult life, cycling (and mountain biking in particular) has been at the center of my world. Yes, I did all that “grown-up stuff”, but I never let it get in the way of my love for the bike. I had to go to work, but I biked there, and then
For my first ever Femme Cyclist podcast, I sat down with Ash Bocast and Andi Zolton, the founders of Roam Events. Their bike event empire includes Roam Fest, the world’s biggest all-womens mountain bike festival, Roam Retreats, the Rusch Academy, Rebecca’s Private Idaho, and the Sturdy Dirty. Ash is a bike-industry veteran who’s worked
