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TriathlonMel
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Posted: Thu Nov 15th, 2007 04:41 am |
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Hi Girls! My name's Melissa and I started the Girls Grind in October 2006 with a mate of mine who was fed up with me whinging that there wasn't a girls cycling group on the Sunshine Coast (Queensland). It started off as a once-a-month ride for girls but now is a weekly ride for guys and girls. It is now advertised by two major local clubs
http://groups.msn.com/SunshineCoastTriathlon/trainingrides.msnw
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http://www.sunshinecoastcycling.com.au/info/training
I am the sole leader of this group and I need the support of others passionate about women in cycling/triathlon for this idea to go forward. I get about 15 to 20 riders each Saturday and it's fast becoming a very popular ride. What do I do next?
Women's cycling in Australia (particularly on the Sunshine Coast) is not as advanced as cycling in the US. Need some guidance from other ride leaders.
Mel
email me on melgaudart@hotmail.com
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velobella
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Posted: Fri Nov 16th, 2007 05:30 pm |
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Congrats on getting a regular ride together!
I would build on that momentum by making an email group list. You can use one of the many free group list companies (I don't know whats popular in Austrailia but googlegroups and yahoogroups are popular here). Get the email addresses of the folks who currently do the ride and form an internet community around that. Once you get that line of communication open, you will find it easier to get others things done, and maybe more help doing it.
You'll also need to figure out a name and identity of the group. What do you want to accomplish and how?
Most bike clothing manufacturers have a minimum order of 25. So once you have a name and identity and at least 12 women interested, you could probably do a team clothing order.
I would say start with the email list and put energy and momentum into it and you'll be suprised at what happens when women find each other!
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yentna
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Posted: Mon Nov 19th, 2007 07:32 pm |
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Way to go! I've heard about the amazing riding down there, good resource. (maybe I can visit someday to experience it myself, wink wink hint hint)
I don't have much helpful to add, just to keep at it - I love to see women getting women involved more. 
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Posted: Mon Nov 26th, 2007 05:33 pm |
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That's awesome !!! For our tri club's women ride series, I encountered a similar problem. Lot's of women would come out to ride, but no one else was comfortable stepping up to lead the ride or lead a ride on a second night of the week. After talking to the other riders, it turned out that people WERE willing to help out, but hadn't offered before because they didn't think they were fast/experienced enough, or didn't know the routes very well. Once we explained that you could "lead" a no drop ride from the front or back or middle of the pack, and had a detailed map in hand, there were plenty of ride leaders to go around. Now, everyone knows the ropes and it's a leaderless ride.
Happy riding !
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