GGR is strong as ever and is gearing up for many upcoming events!
This last month, GGR held it’s quarterly ride at Sycamore Canyon in Newbury park with over 30 female riders attending. We had 3 levels of rides, Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced with the beginner group being the largest as always lead by GGR girl Michelle Friend who does an outstanding job with our beginners!
Before the girls headed out for their group rides….many of my friends and locals in our cycling community presented my Epic 29r back to me. Too make a very long story short, I lent out my bike to my good friend Jessie while I was recovering from surgery. He decided to surprise me and really bling it up the GGR club color purple. He got another 42 of my friends and community members to help. It was dubbed: Project Engelbling. The entire story will be written and posted soon. It is a heart warming, great story about what a community did to welcome me back to cycling after a horrible accident and not riding for almost 8 months.
GGR has picked up some new club sponsors that we are really excited about! These shops support women’s cycling..please support them too!
- Michael’s Bicycles Newbury Park
- Kramp Krushers
- Loaded Precision Components
- Hero Kit
- JRA Bikes & Brew
- Bike Warrior
GGR has some exciting events coming up too! New rides posted all the time, please check the FB events page! April 26th is the R50 charity ride to support Rwanda causes! GGR will be having a booth and sharing it with our sister club/Race Team So Cal Endurance Ladies! This is an awesome, fun charity event to participate in! http://50mr.com
May 31st: A very special day…Danusia Taber’s 1st annual Memorial ride and fund raiser. All donations made to the Sarcoma Alliance. Donate anytime in Danusia’s name: http://sarcomaalliance.org/donate/
June 8th: Wenches with Wrenches Workshop at JRA Bikes & Brew!
August 9th & 10th: A Celebration of Women on the Mountain..BIG BEAR STYLE! This is a road trip to Big Bear combining both GGR & The Trail Angels for the weekend! Ladies only taking over the mountain! Guided rides, group dinner, a big contest and speed meet and greet. This event is closed, it is FULL!
October 19th MCSP: GGR presents our annual Rocktober event! This is a fund raiser and CORBA membership drive! Our goal this year is to get 200 women at the event! We have some amazing sponsors already set up! Booths with female specific clothes this year too! Take a peak at a just a few of our female clothing specific sponsors so far!
- Shebeest
- Zoic
- Shredly
Until next time….please keep your eyes out for the full story on Project Engelbling!
Submitted by Wendy Engelberg, http://www.girlzgoneriding.com/
