General Info
MTB Chicks is an informal mountain biking group for female riders meeting up around once a month for an off-road ride in the Greater Wellington area over Spring-Summer. Rides are basically about exploring the landscape and enjoying some routes you might not choose to ride by yourself.
Weekend Rides
Rides are typically for around 2-3 hours. Routes are aimed at early intermediate riders+ with a focus on endurance rather than technical riding. In practice this means you have some mountain biking experience, are happy enough on a long climb and are generally comfortable with grade 3 level tracks - but not too proud to get off and walk the occasional tricky spot.
For further details on trail grading refer to trail grading info.
Pace is social, distance is moderate - i.e. averaging around 10km/hour, depending on terrain, for around 20-25 km. We have a leader and assign a back marker to keep the group together
Ride details are published on the website around two weeks beforehand and emailed out during the week before to a mailing list. Future ride dates are also posted on the website along with location details as they are confirmed.
To join the next ride mailing list or for further info, contact the webchick
For details of up and coming rides....see next ride and future rides
Fit with Revolve
Cycling
If you’re wondering how MTB Chicks
fits/sits alongside Revolve in the Wellington's Women’s MTB scene, it’s
basically complementary…. the history is I formed MTB Chicks in May 2009 after
moving to WGN from the UK. The simple aim was meeting some new riding
buddies of a similar level and enjoying some interesting routes. It’s
pretty much a straight copy of a popular group I used to run in South
Oxfordshire but with different routes! Revolve evolved a couple of months
later, initially as a company which has recently turned into charitable trust,
and has much a wider focus/resource base around encouraging women’s riding
both on and off road, with a corresponding wide range of activities. Hence
it being much bigger and more widely known.
Going forward
I’m basically a runner who enjoys
mountain biking for fun/adventure with a passion for exploring the landscape,
figuring out routes and sharing them with some like-minded people who hopefully
enjoy them too. Over the last couple of years I’ve met some fantastic
people through this group and we’ve shared some great rides/adventures.
So the plan is to continue plus welcome any new people who are into the same
kind of thing too. That’s basically it!