Articles by womensmtbnetwork

Bike Check with Beka

Trek Slash Custom Build Beka has built a beautiful Trek Slash mountain bike! She’s an east coaster that loves to ride bike parks. One of her favorite places to ride is Thunder Mountain Bike park in Charlemont, MA, where she shreds every summer and fall! Beka says that building this […]

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Bike Check with Sarah

In our first series of Podcast/Video Bike check videos, we chat with Sarah who as been building some of the most beautiful bikes around for a long time.
Check out our interview with her where we talk about this new build, why she rides, how the bike climbs, and descends, why she chose her components, and what motivates her to the bike.

The full breakdown of the bike, is on our website: https://womensmtbnetwork.com/deviate-…

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Coach Jen Kates

Shift Human Performance Welcome to our 2nd episode in our coaches series. Today, we’re talking with Jen Kates, who is not only a mountain bike coach with the Vida MTB series out of Colorado but also, Jen is a fitness and health performance coach where she helps folks get stronger […]

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Ladies All Ride Founder, Lindsey Richter

On this podcast we have none other than the founder and leader of Ladies All Ride, Lindsey Richter. Lindsey’s been on a mission to “change women’s lives with two wheels and some dirt” for the last 12 years. She’s an industry veteran, having traveled the world and riding bikes for the last 20 years, she’s seen it all. From skorts (yeah you heard that right) to women joining her camps in the last year, just to learn how to whip a bike like the ladies in Redbull formation!

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Coach Tina Meinhardt

Girls, Gears, & Beers Tina is a mountain bike coach and founder of the Colorado women’s group; Girls, Gears and Beers. She has been riding for over 20 years and has a BICP level 2 and a PMBIA level 1 certification. Tina enjoys teaching and motivating riders to improve their […]

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Women of OZ Sunset Summit

One of the best Women’s MTB events around Words by Mia The Women of Oz Sunset Summit is a 3 day MTB weekend full of coaching, parties, and empowerment. The Summit begins on a Friday afternoon with a welcome reception and a shopping Expo filled with gear, clothing, and swag. On Saturday […]

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Wild Rye Women’s Freyah Pants Review

Wild Rye Freyah Pants Review The Women’s Wild Rye Freyah pants review is the feature of August’s in-depth mtb gear and clothing discussion. Wild Rye designs are stylish and functional MTB pants for women of all sizes. Three of us at Women’s MTB Network have worn and ridden in the […]

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Forestal Siryon-eMTB

Bike Review- 2022 Forestal Siryon e-MTB Words by Mia:They say e-bikes are heavy… that’s one of the main reason I hear why women don’t want to get an e-bike… I’ve also heard the old “e-bikes are for lazy people”… I very much disagree. At one point, I was the type […]

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Ibis Ripley AF- Custom Build

Bike Check- Miriam’s custom build Frame: Ripley AF, Small  Rear Shock: Fox Float DPS, 120mm travel  Fork: Fox 36, 140mm, Grip 2 Handlebar: Deity Skywire 35 Carbon Stem: i9 A35 Brakes: Magura MT 5 HC Rear Derailleur: SRAM XO1 Cranks: Sram GX Chainring: Sram Dropper Lever: PNW Loam Dropper Post: PNW Loam Chain: SRAM XO1 Cassette: SRAM […]

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