Introducing my (now) wife to mountainbiking a bit over 20 years ago was a total failure. She hurt herself a few times and hated every minute of riding on "easy" double-track trails full of baby head rocks. Eventually, she litterally threw her bike (2001 RM Spice) on the side of the trail screaming "FUCK THAT SHIT!!!" (Good times... ;) )
That was the Golden Age of mountain biking being an extremely difficult sport, riding on difficult trails on crappy bikes with horrible geometry.
I managed to convince my wife to give mountain biking another go in the past few years. She now loves it. The easy flow trails that can now be found in most trail centers essentially removed the obligatory couple of seasons of hurt and suffering that were unavoidable when you wanted to get into the sport 20 years ago.
These days, I swear it seems there are more ladies than dudes shredding at the trail center. (It's probably not the case, but it certainly looks like it). That's just awesome.
March 22, 2024, 7:06 a.m. - FlipSide
Introducing my (now) wife to mountainbiking a bit over 20 years ago was a total failure. She hurt herself a few times and hated every minute of riding on "easy" double-track trails full of baby head rocks. Eventually, she litterally threw her bike (2001 RM Spice) on the side of the trail screaming "FUCK THAT SHIT!!!" (Good times... ;) ) That was the Golden Age of mountain biking being an extremely difficult sport, riding on difficult trails on crappy bikes with horrible geometry. I managed to convince my wife to give mountain biking another go in the past few years. She now loves it. The easy flow trails that can now be found in most trail centers essentially removed the obligatory couple of seasons of hurt and suffering that were unavoidable when you wanted to get into the sport 20 years ago. These days, I swear it seems there are more ladies than dudes shredding at the trail center. (It's probably not the case, but it certainly looks like it). That's just awesome.