Marley Blonsky, co-founder of All Bodies on Bikes

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Payson McElveen

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4.8 • 766 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Marley Blonsky is the co-founder of All Bodies on Bikes, an organization that seeks to make the cycling community more size inclusive. In this conversation, Marley talks about the longtime lack of inclusive sizing in cycling, from clothing options to equipment, why she recently decided to leave her job in corporate America to move to focus on growing her role in the cycling community, and why she views the word "fat" as neutral rather than derogatory. She also talks about ignoring criticism i...

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0:00.0	In addition to clothing, sometimes the bikes can be a barrier, especially if you're a larger fat person.
0:06.1	Like, my first road bike had, I don't even know how many spokes, not very many, and I was constantly
0:11.1	breaking them and finally had like a good friend who's a mechanic, be like, yo, you're exceeding the
0:16.1	weight limit. That's all that's happening. You're not riding wrong. Like, let's just get you some
0:19.9	stronger wheels. And that changed everything.
0:22.6	So, like, training bike shops, just to have that honest conversation.
0:26.7	Because when a wheel fails, nobody likes that.
0:30.2	It's bad for the customer.
0:31.2	It's bad for the bike shop.
0:32.0	It's bad for everybody.
0:33.2	It's showtime, everybody.
0:35.5	Showtime.
0:38.0	You've been living in the dream world, Neil.
0:41.7	This is the world as it exists today.
0:46.6	Life moves pretty fast.
0:49.0	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:51.5	You could miss it.
0:57.0	Listen, we're talking about practice. Repeat on the dude's room.
0:59.0	Donnie, you're out of your element.
1:01.0	I see, you think this has nothing to do with you.
1:05.0	Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
1:09.0	This is the Adventure Stash with Payson McElvin.
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