From Wendy Engelberg of Girlz Gone Riding
With the help of Matt Lay at Pasadena Cyclery and the enthusiasm of the fabulous Jenny Johnson and Sue Lafferty, we are going to start a new series of events: Wenches with Wrenches!
Our 1st event will be at Pasadena Cyclery April 7th, Sunday from 10am-3pm with a break for lunch. This is a FREE maintenance clinic! But not just ANY maintenance clinic, this is geared 100% to the GGR group and the women attending.
The main focus will be on repairing mechanicals that happen on the trail. Not just changing flats, but repairing derailleurs, chains, putting your brake pads back in, etc. We will duplicate situations on the trails and fix them so we can ride our bikes out, and not have to walk them out. We will limit the group to about 15 so the mechanics can keep a close eye on each girl and give more personalized direction. We will also include suspension set up which we have found out many, many girlz don’t know how to do themselves, basic maintenance that is simple to do every month, how to maintain tubeless tires and O so much more!
The more we educate our women, the better consumers they will become, and that forces our bike shops to treat women customers the same as everyone else, if not better.
I will be asking the girlz that sign up specifically what they want to learn to repair, and we will try to accommodate everyone’s request. I will post an announcement on the GGR blog site as well as put up an event page because sign up will be required and limited to 15-20 girlz.
I hope you all can attend, this is a great opportunity in so many ways and the beginning of something even bigger. We already have a second workshop set up for July 28 at Newbury Park Bicycle Shop.
