lej
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Canberra , Australia - 6 Followers
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lej sarahmoore's article
Apr 26, 2022 at 16:04
Apr 26, 2022
Video: Caroline Buchanan on Reinventing Herself
What's with the down votes? It's true, many people I know have thought this!
lej danielsapp's article
Dec 1, 2020 at 14:10
Dec 1, 2020
Ask Pinkbike: Tips for Beginners, Brakes Issues, Drilling Carbon, & Shock Tunes
@onyxss: That's precisely why this is my #1 tip. And most of them don't stick around either. Those who do, will develop the patience very quickly. Take it from someone who remembers being there not too long ago and someone who frequently holds beginners rides.
lej danielsapp's article
Nov 30, 2020 at 21:01
Nov 30, 2020
Ask Pinkbike: Tips for Beginners, Brakes Issues, Drilling Carbon, & Shock Tunes
I think the number one tip for beginners is get the best bike you can afford. If you can't, go to your LBS and rent one for a day. Rent another one another day. Ask people, read, use google, and only buy a bike from bike shops or a bike that was once in bike shops (i.e. no Wal Marts!). Then, when you are sure you want to do this riding thing, there won't be such as thing as 'I can't afford a decent bike so I'm getting a Wal Mart bike' - because you'll make it work. With some research and attention, a second hand decent bike is better than a new one for the same price.
Because there's nothing worse for a beginner than a bike that is uncomfortable and unsafe. That's the quickest way to turn people off permanently.
lej jamessmurthwaite's article
Feb 20, 2020 at 14:48
Feb 20, 2020
Interview: Nina Hoffmann on Sticking to Her Guns and Not Taking a Team Offer for 2020
@iamamodel: intrinsic motivation. The most genuine and long-term.
lej jamessmurthwaite's article
Feb 20, 2020 at 13:42
Feb 20, 2020
Interview: Nina Hoffmann on Sticking to Her Guns and Not Taking a Team Offer for 2020
@pressurecooker: " I dont rely on it, but it has been proven that people need to see people like them doing extraordinary things to help them envision the extraordinary things they could do themselves."
- perhaps. I get that that would be the case if women see other women as "like them". I don't tend to classify myself as a "female rider". I classify myself based on level of experience, or "rider with long limbs" or "rider with contact lenses" or "rider with no previous experience in sports". And I understand not all women think this way and a large percentage of them really are attracted to seeing other female riders. But that's such an arbitrary category, and not really useful because you're suddenly placing external influences on your likelihood to get into sport.
lej jamessmurthwaite's article
Feb 18, 2020 at 21:03
Feb 18, 2020
Interview: Nina Hoffmann on Sticking to Her Guns and Not Taking a Team Offer for 2020
@pressurecooker: … don't rely on your heroes to be women. I see myself in all sorts of people, men and women, and many of my heroes are men. It'll surprise you how much mental aspects are common to both sexes and how much the same struggles are experienced.
lej jamessmurthwaite's article
Feb 18, 2020 at 21:00
Feb 18, 2020
Interview: Nina Hoffmann on Sticking to Her Guns and Not Taking a Team Offer for 2020
@iamamodel: "and wonder how an event with 2000 m of vert over 50 km has 72% women. That is a tough event and women love it and they sell out at $200 a race." - because it isn't as risky or dangerous as DH/MTB. It's not about tough it is for many women, but how risky and reliant on technical aspects it is in order to minimise risk.
lej VIDAMTBSERIES's article
Dec 19, 2019 at 18:00
Dec 19, 2019
VIDA MTB Series Announces 2020 Schedule & Registration for Women's Skills Clinics
Well, she *is* at a skills clinic...
lej sevenup's article
Dec 10, 2019 at 18:39
Dec 10, 2019
Video: A Fan-Made Tribute to Sam Hill
eh? You know he's not dead right?
