The Podcast where
All Bodies Are Good Bodies,
All Bikes are Good Bikes,
And All Rides are Celebrated.
Ellen Noble is a retired professional cyclist living in Western Massachusetts with her boyfriend, Adin, and our dog, Winnie. Since her retirement, she has filled her life with many odd jobs — the best of them being bike race announcing and commentating. Ellen recently launched a podcast called This One’s For You, to share inspirational and encouraging stories about triumph and resilience. We’d love it if you gave it a listen!
Ellen's Instagram: @ellenlikesbikes
Ellen Noble Website https://www.ellennoble.com/
Jam Fund Grand-Fundo: http://www.jamcycling.org/jam-grand-fundo
Ellen’s Podcast - This One’s For You
Get to know our co-host Maggie Lowe!
Maggie is a North Carolina kid who is as happy cycling down a gravel road as she is hanging a hammock in the mountains or kayaking on the lake. She started cycling in 2019 to raise money, miles, and awareness for pediatric cancer and it has been a mostly happy blur ever since. She is so excited to make the cycling world more inclusive as part of the All Bodies on Bikes family through co-hosting the podcast and leading a local All Bodies chapter. She currently lives in the greater Charlotte area with her guitar, Mykah and their two bikes, Gigi and Kai.
Maggie's Instagram: @maggany
The Great Cycle Challenge -https://greatcyclechallenge.com/Riders/MaggieLowe1
Gravelmaps.com
Tunes for Terrible Times - link to spotify
Tuckfest - https://tuckfest.whitewater.org/
Tom Foley joined MWABA in 2021 after moving to the district. A long time blind stoker from Northern California, Tom rode with Team Alameda in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has completed multiple centuries and particularly abhors steep inclines and strong headwinds! Since joining MWABA, he has ridden in the 50 States Ride and the Great Pumpkin Ride. He regularly participates in the Bethesda evening ride and has enjoyed learning about all the great cycling trails and opportunities throughout the DMV.
Shira Gordon became a tandem captain with the Metro Washington Association of Blind Athletes (MWABA) in 2017 and became a board member in 2020. She has ridden with over twenty blind stokers and has trained new captains and stokers. Shira has ridden on all 50 state streets of D.C., done many rides on bike trails in the area, completed three centuries, and biked from Montreal to Quebec City--all with MWABA stokers.
MWABA- https://gomwaba.org/
League of American Bicyclists: https://bikeleague.org/
Oliviah (she/her) is a biracial chicana who is passionate about social justice, advocacy for inclusion in cycling, plants, and her two cats. She was born in Portland Oregon, but proud to call Dena'ina lands in Anchorage Alaska, home now. She works in Community Education at a non profit called Native Movement and also spends time working in community with other cyclists to organize and facilitate BIPOC affinity rides in Anchorage!
She considers herself to still be a novice cyclist; having just gotten into bikepacking, winter rides on frozen bodies of water, and cycling with groups. She was a 2022 Ride for Racial Justice team athlete at Steamboat Gravel. The bike is a vehicle for liberation; her identities as queer, larger bodied, BIPOC, adopted, femme.... they are all made free and celebrated when she is having fun and pushing herself on a bike."
Meg Fisher is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, 2x Paralympian and 11x World Champion Cyclist. She earned her doctorate at the University of Washington in 2014. Meg continues to race bikes professionally, predominantly endurance gravel and mountain bike events. She also runs her own physical therapy clinic in Missoula, Montana. She loves to play outside on the trails with her dog Pax. Currently Meg is focused on education and advocacy for the inclusion of para-cycling categories in off-road events.
Meg’s Website: www.gomegfisher.com
Meg’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megfisher/
This week Marley recaps her experience at Mid South Gravel! Join us for on-the-ground conversations showcasing how joyful, fun, and inclusive the event was. She also got a chance to sit down with Bobby Wintle and share more about the event from his perspective.
Bobby Wintle is the co-owner of District Bicycles and The Mid South both located in Stillwater, OK. For the last 11 years he has been building real community through the shop and The Mid South has now grown into one of the top 5 biggest gravel/dirt road events in the world. Bobby loves cooking Brussel sprouts on Cast Iron and could stare at a sunset and cry for hours. He’s into both long, grueling hike-a-bikes up mountains and sweet, beautiful long walks on the beach. Word on the street is that he’s a pretty good hugger. Bobby believes in humans and that they are capable of much more than they ever thought possible. He invites everyone to come to the Weekend Endurance Festival that is The Mid South next March 14-17.
Cameron Sanders is a man of many hats. He’s worn a spelunking helmet, a bicycle helmet, a race directors cap, a stetson as a Park Ranger for 13 years, and - most recently - a work hat as the Vice President of Product Development and Marketing for Wren Sports.
In this episode he tells us about how he got into cycling in Alaska, his filmmaking endeavors from the saddle, and gets into his thoughts and suggestions on suspension setups for larger riders. Finally, he tells us about his film, Chingona, where he shows Olivia Franke's journey to SBT gravel.
Cameron's Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/renaissance.cyclist/
Cameron’s Bike: https://bikepacking.com/news/readers-rig-camerons-mahall-bikeworks/
Nicky Bates lives in Detroit, MI, and is a cyclist in her spare time and an advocate for bicyclists by day at her job with the League of Michigan Bicyclists. Her favorite post-ride (or anytime) food is nachos and is moving to Marquette, MI in 2 months to be closer to her favorite activities: backpacking, gravel/single-track riding, and swimming in a Great Lake.
Groups Mentioned: Grown Men on Bikes (@grownmenonbikes) and Grown Women on Bikes
All Bodies on Bikes Marquette - @allbodiesonbikes_marquette
Super rad inclusive bike shop: Metropolis Cycles
https://metropoliscycles.bike/
Barry Roubaix
Nicky’s social media handle - @ bickynates
Happy Black History Month! This week on the show we welcome Yasmin Boakye for a super fun conversation. Yasmin is a Ghanaian-American cyclist, triathlete, and all-around badass from the Maryland suburbs of DC. We learn how Yasmin fell in love with gravel cycling through the All Bodies on Bikes SBT Gravel team, about her experience with the 1928 Legacy Tour, and learn about all the amazing work being done to welcome more Women of Color into endurance sports.
1928 Legacy Tour -https://majorknoxadventures.com/1928lt
Team Go Big - https://www.gobig.life/team-gobig
Melanin Base Miles - https://linktr.ee/melaninbasemiles & https://www.instagram.com/melaninbasemiles/
Sika Henry - https://www.sikahenry.com
Yasmin’s social media: @yasmin.thee.amazing and @thecurvyafro.vegan
This week we welcome Abi Robins onto the podcast! Abi is an author, teacher, and coach who found their career in helping people change their lives. Abi loves riding gravel and plans to leverage their skillset to positively impact the cycling industry. Abi’s work is supported by Giant Bicyles, GU Energy Labs, Chamois Butt’r and more.
Abi shares how they got into the cycling space, and how their career in cycling took off in 2019. As the only person registered in the non-binary category of Unbound, Abi made it their mission to get more queer, trans, and nonbinary athletes into the sport.
Grounded Nebraska:
https://www.bikereg.com/grounded-nebraska-gravel-festival
The A to Z of Gender and Sexuality -
https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-a-z-of-gender-and-
sexuality-from-ace-to-ze-morgan-lev-edward-holleb/9970849?ean=9781785923425
RIDE Advocacy Group -
Abi’s Instagram Post on How to Be an Ally to Queer & Trans Folks:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CljXE8TubYK/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
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Jenna Bikes is a delightful, car-free cyclist living in Portland, Oregon, spreading the joy of everyday cycling on her TikTok. Join us this week for a delightfully down-to-earth conversation where Jenna offers practical tips for everyday cyclists - from plus size clothing to commuting, to what saved her marriage (hint…it was an ebike!) and more!
Links
Follow Jenna on Tiktok: @jennabikes
Follow Jenna on Instagram @realjennarose
ARQ Underwear -https://shoparq.com/
Cleverhood Rain Capes -https://cleverhood.com/
Shift 2 Bikes - Bike Calendar in Portland -https://www.shift2bikes.org/
Seattle to Portland Bike Ride -https://cascade.org/rides-and-events-major-rides/kaiser-permanente-seattle-portland-presented-alaska-airlines
Adventure Cycling -https://www.adventurecycling.org/
Gravel cycling specifically, has been known recently for its efforts to be more inclusive. But inclusivity doesn't just happen, it takes people behind the scenes working tirelessly in advocacy work, and community building. This week, we welcome Greer Van Dyck to discuss her journey to her current role - community relations director of SBT Gravel.
Greer shares why she loves her job, the challenges she faces in this role, and what it takes to build an inclusive community. Delving deep into asking the right questions, and opening conversations, the trio works to understand the various boundaries different people may face in the cycling space.
For those who do not fit into traditional sizes, it can be extremely challenging to find sports-specific activewear that actually fits. And by actually fits, we mean - not just extremely stretchy traditional sizes. This week, Marley and Maggie unpack what it means to them, as women living in larger bodies, to have cycling clothes that feel good.
The duo discusses the limitations of the cycling industry, their personal journey to finding a small few companies they actually like, and what it felt like the first time they tried on a bike kit. Finally, they share what they each like to wear on rides, and which kits they would recommend.
Top Kits of 2021 article mentioned https://www.bicycling.com/bikes-gear/g36533924/awesome-cycling-kits-for-men-and-women/
Opening music credit: https://pixabay.com/music/upbeat-good-vibe-7669/
Welcome to our live podcast launch, and episode one of All Bodies on Bikes. This week we introduce our show with the one and only, Kailey Kornhauser, P.h.D - co-founder of All Bodies on Bikes and overall advocate for body size inclusion.
For our first episode, the trio discusses how this platform will be used, and the variety of topics and themes we will focus on as we move forward. Touching on bike weight limits, finding a comfortable saddle, and Marley's distaste for "party pace" - the group highlights the importance of size inclusion in the bike community and beyond.
Follow Kailey on Instagram @kornhausersauce