Burning Question: How Do We Get More Women To Work in the Bike Industry?

When I tell people that I work for Pinkbike, I often get raised eyebrows. The mountain bike industry has a long history of being an old boys’ club and the media side is no exception. Some people I assume I work in a frat house. I don’t.

While we have a long ways to go as an industry and as a company, I honestly feel we’re on the right path. We recently hired Christina Chappetta as our first full-time presenter, who joins me and a bunch of other super badass women here, like Sarah Lukas, Kate Gayton, Paula Moran, Janelle Lucas, Kelly Wiltshire, Melanie Jansen, Brie Forster, Georgia Yardley, Christie Gibbs, and Claire Ryan. More importantly, our opinions are respected and our feedback is valued.

Last year, I asked what we can do to get more women into cycling and James Smurthwaite asked why there aren’t more World Cup Downhill teams that sponsor women and we got tons of interesting feedback.

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