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danajayp1 BigTimber's article

Jun 7, 2012 at 7:25

Jun 7, 2012

Why No Y?

my husband is a pro, nd he got me into biking. I ride hard with im all the time. I may not be as fast as him, but I have learned a lot, and we love to ride together.

danajayp1 BigTimber's article

Jun 7, 2012 at 7:23

Jun 7, 2012

Why No Y?

check out Emily Batty. She is a great role model. you can look her up on face fook, subscribe to her, or check out her website. My daughter is 7 and wants to be just like her!!! Emily Batty is a pro rider for the US.

danajayp1 BigTimber's article

Jun 7, 2012 at 7:16

Jun 7, 2012

Why No Y?

I went to a XC MTB race last night. It was discouraging for the women. There were about 10 of us. Maybe 30 guys. Not a bad ratio. What was so discouraging is that they had no women's class. The women raced against the men. There was no way us women could beat these sandbaggers racing in the beginners class. Half of tem were pros. This is what discourages women from riding. No women's divisions. Why should we go race our hearts out when there is no chance for us to make the podium? It is only going to make us to tell our female friends not to race, it is not worth it.

danajayp1 BigTimber's article

May 29, 2012 at 13:47

May 29, 2012

Why No Y?

Because they do women in open classes. They don't do the classes like the men. It's not fair for beginner and novice women to be thrown into a class of women who are pros and kick your ass. It makes you feel defeated. It owers your confidence, lie you will never make the podium. Women see that the class for women is open, no age groups, etc... and we get scared and do not enter. There are thousands of women that would race, but will not because we don't have same class groupings as men. And Men have a clydesdale, what about an Athena class for women. over 175 lbs? So many great ideas, and when presented to race promoters, they fall upon deaf ears.

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