Leigh Donovan Announces Womens Specific Skills Clinic Business

Feb 26, 2014
by Leigh Donovan  
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Today World Mountain Bike Champion, 9x U.S. National Champion, and BMX Hall of Famer Leigh Donovan announces her ichoosebikes.com skills clinic business and partnerships with Liv/giant, SRAM, Rock Shox, Troy Lee Designs, Camelbak, and KINDbar. With the support of these companies, Donovan will help educate women cyclists, work with race promoters and offer free fundamental bike clinics across the U.S. and abroad. After taking 10 years away from the bike industry and race world, Donovan returned to the industry working for Interbike from February of 2012-July 2013. After leaving Interbike, Donovan wanted to get back to the basics and get more women riding bikes.

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It s all about starting off on the right foot. Some of the women are new to mountain biking while others want to build on what they have. Women s Weekend is an excellent opportunity to get it all sorted with solid instruction from either group sessions or private sessions that are held throughout the weekend.

While Leigh has been doing a yearly women’s event at both the Ray's MTB bike parks in the Midwest the past 5 years, she wanted to bring that type of event out West. Leigh reached out to some friends at Mammoth Mountain to host a women’s 3-day event and they loved the idea. So this summer, Donovan and Mammoth will host their first ever “women’s only” event July 23-26, 2014. “I have known Leigh Donovan for over 20 years, beginning in the early days of her MTB career, with downhill and dual slalom (an event I created here in Mammoth in 86’). To have Leigh come back to Mammoth and partner with us for mountain bike camps is such an honor, and we are excited for her to be part of the Mammoth Team. I am looking forward to this year’s camp and the many to follow in the future." – Bill Cockroft, Mountain Bike Hall of Fame.

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With Mammoth and many other events on Leigh’s calendar for 2014, be sure to check out her website www.ichoosebikes.com and join her contact list so you can stay up to date with new events! As Leigh says often, “it’s always more fun to share the ride, happy trails!”


For more about the business visit: www.ichoosebikes.com


For those of you in need of a Leigh Donovan race career refresher, check out this video she made with some 90's race highlights:



www.livgiant.com; www.sram.com; www.troyleedesigns.com; www.camelbak.com; www.kindsnacks.com

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25 Comments
  • 24 1
 Since 1994 when Troy painted Leigh's first helmet, we are so proud to have you working with us all these years.
  • 2 0
 Leigh Donovan incredible mountain bike rider__________O^O__________
  • 2 0
 Such a rad chic! great energy and a positive attitude. awesome to see her sharing her skills. great to see ex pros like Leigh, E.C, Cully & co still rip'n & rep'n TLD!
  • 6 0
 Awesome news Leigh! Glad to have you as a teammate and happy to see you getting people excited about bikes!
  • 2 0
 So awesome having Leigh represent Liv/giant! Leigh adds so much depth and experience as an ambassador for the worlds largest women's specific brand. I hope she comes up to the PNW to run some clinics up here too!
  • 3 0
 Maybe it's just the light in that top shot but her bike looks Piiiiimp!!!! I dig those braided pigtails too!
  • 3 0
 Giant Intrigue, except instead of the white Fox forks she has black RS on it. Leigh's looks much better than the OEM version:

www.giant-bicycles.com/en-us/bikes/model/intrigue.1/14863/66210

The women's colour schemes are great this year, check this one out:

www.giant-bicycles.com/en-us/bikes/model/lust.2/14862/66216
  • 3 0
 Congrats Leigh… This is the perfect gig for you... Riding bikes, getting others involved and having fun.
  • 3 0
 Awesome, Leigh! Congrats and good luck!
  • 1 0
 Been waiting for you to make the announcement, so happy for you Leigh. So many women will get the chance to enjoy your passion for cycling. You're the best!!!
  • 2 0
 she's a legend!! Her and Lopes were unstoppable back in the day!
  • 3 0
 Anne-Caroline and Leigh used to battle it out every year for top spot. they are dope riders.
  • 1 0
 Excellent work. I know from my female riding buddies that many of them much prefer a female instructor.
  • 3 1
 Its ladies night its time to learn how to ride lets get it right.
  • 2 1
 Hansen, Tangerine, TLD, Interbike, ichoosebikes,,,the girl has ants in her pants, must be what makes her so fast
  • 3 0
 This is Awesome
  • 2 0
 weird seeing her not riding an Intense
  • 2 0
 Great rider. Hope it works out for her.
  • 1 0
 Are there any details on the camp as yet? This sounds like something I'd like to go to.
  • 1 0
 ... never mind, found the link, website's not up yet ...
  • 1 0
 Talked with her at Rays a few years ago, Super cool lady, Great attitude.
  • 1 0
 Same here, had many great chats with her waiting on deck. Super nice chill lady...
  • 1 0
 I make the same "don't want to fog up my goggles face"
  • 1 0
 This is rad.







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