Girlz Gone Riding: Group Gets More Women Mountain Biking Together
Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast
Singletracks.com
4.7 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2019
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Wendy Engelberg is the founder of Girlz Gone Riding, a mountain bike group working to get more women riding and enjoying the experience. Club rides routinely see up to 100 mountain bikers, and the group counts thousands of members spread across California and Arizona.
We talk with Wendy about the challenges women face when it comes to getting started in mountain biking and finding others to ride with. Based on years of experience, Wendy shares her tips for leading a successful and accessible group ride for mountain bikers of all abilities. Later, we discuss the brands and women in the mountain bike industry that are setting an example when it comes to diversifying participation.
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| 0:47.4 | Hey everybody, welcome to the single tracks podcast. |
| 0:50.2 | My name is Jeff and today my guest is Wendy Engelberg. |
| 0:54.5 | Wendy is the founder of Girls Gone Riding, a mountain bike group working to get more women riding and enjoying their experience on the trails. |
| 1:02.8 | Thanks for joining us, Wendy. |
| 1:04.2 | Good morning, Jeff. |
| 1:05.1 | Thank you for having me. |
| 1:06.4 | So who first introduced you to mountain biking? |
| 1:09.4 | Well, that was pretty much me. |
| 1:11.3 | It was something I always wanted to do. |
| 1:15.1 | At the time, I was actually going through a very long, ugly divorce. |
| 1:20.3 | And so I thought it was a really great time to get all my anger out on the rock. |
| 1:27.1 | So I went out to Wheelworld in Woodland Hills |
| 1:30.9 | and purchased a rock hopper hardtail with the old 26-inch wheels and V-breaks and for $450. |
| 1:40.5 | And I thought that was a crazy amount of money at the time. |
| 1:44.0 | Little did I know. Right. Well, I of money at the time. Yeah. Little did I know. |
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