Briana talks about the women who inspired her to go on her first bike camping trip and later her first bike tour along the coast of Oregon. She shares details on Adventure Cycling where you can find great info on routes, maps, and bike tourism. 

 You can also learn more about the Greg Siple Award. The applications for this year are now closed, but don't let that discourage you! There is always next year:) and this year you can go on smaller trips to build your confidence and get you prepped! 

Learn more about Fearless Tandem, the project Briana organized with the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Austin.

Pictures of Monster - the plush animal mentioned, can be see on Instagram at @cyclinggals

Thanks for listening! 

Happy New Year Cycling Gals! Here I share my strategy for getting closer to achieving my goals this year and I introduce the next episode where my dear friend Briana talks about the women who inspired her to bike camp and eventually led her to a bike tour on the coast of Oregon! Life is wild y'all. I hope your January is going well and if not, that's okay, we've got several more months to go. 

Kelly tells us what it was like biking in her college town in Tempe, Arizona and now trying to commute to work more often even when daily life nuances try to get in the way. She takes the "hippie highway" to make her way from south Austin to central Austin. We share our bike packing goals, and she tells us about her bike delivery days where she was the only woman among her co workers giving this delivery thing a go and getting ripped!  We also examine the appearance standards women are held to in professional settings and how some offices can be less or more flexible and understanding about this issue. 

Being mindful and taking in your surroundings while biking in nature, possibly making the jump to mountain biking in the future and the benefit of having role models in areas you wish to improve on, be it work or hobbies. 

We get real about depression and getting unstuck when you're in a rut. We also hear about the racing world, elitism and finding acceptance in the cycling community.  See videos from her NM trip on her Youtube page - American Bikepacking.

Sara shares how she first got started as a pedicab driver, what the pedicabbing community has come to mean to her over the years and her 540 mile bike trip to New Mexico from Austin, TX

Jessica shares what it was like living in a new city with her bike being her main method of transportation...the struggles but also the strength that comes from only having yourself to depend on and the confidence that develops from this. She shares her insights on what confidence has come to mean to her and she gives a shout out to her frans at Tsunami Cycles here in Austin, TX ;D

Joining strangers for a group ride around Austin. Taking the leap and getting over "the first" of something..anything. 

Welcome to Cycling Gals- A podcast about every day women sharing their every day stories about life on the reg and what sparked and fueled their interest in cycling