Beka has built a beautiful Trek Slash mountain bike!  She's an east coaster that loves to ride bike parks. One of her favorite places to ride is Thunder Mountain Bike park in Charlemont, MA, where she shreds every summer and fall! 

Beka says that building this bike has been a labor of love, of which she can confidently say has been 100% worth it. She shares that the greatest accomplishment of this build is knowing that she stocked the bike with some amazing high-end components that keeps her feeling confident and empowered to challenge herself to take on bigger and bolder lines. Beka can truly say that every time she looks at her bike, she feels excited and inspired to ride, which she says "that is the most any of us can ever ask for in a dream bike."

If you have any questions for Beka directly, message her on her Instagram:  @bekalikesbikes

Check out the link below for the Geo and other specs of the bike on Trek's website. 

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A full breakdown of her bike, components, and other goodies can be found on our website: https://womensmtbnetwork.com/trek-slash/

Welcome to our 2nd episode in our coaches series. Today, we’re talking with Jen Kates, who is not only a mountain bike coach with the Vida MTB series out of Colorado but also, Jen is a fitness and health performance coach where she helps folks get stronger more powerful, and more resilient on and off the bike.

Jen offers nutrition and health coaching for people of all levels, both remote or in person personal training. As a mountain biker, she understands not only the various different types of riding within the sport- xc, enduro, dh, etc- but also, the demands of each discipline and how to help each individual depending on the discipline they want to excel in.

Her passion for helping others in contagious and I had such a great time chatting with her about her coaching, how she approaches her client’s needs, breaking bad habits, and her passion for our community.  We also talked a little bit about her time a Roam Fest Fruita!

Jen has a phase of her Shred Strong program starting October 10!

Check out the links below to learn how you can get in touch with Jen, listen to her podcast, and how to sign up for her Shred Strong program.

Sign up for #shredstrong that’s starting October 10th! https://shredstrong.lpages.co/shredstrong/

Podcast Making Shift Happen https://shifthumanperformance.com/making-shift-happen-podcast/

Follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shifthumanperformance/

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Tina is a mountain bike coach and founder of the Colorado women’s group; Girls, Gears and Beers. She has been riding for over 20 years and has a BICP level 2 and a PMBIA level 1 certification.

Tina enjoys teaching and motivating riders to improve their skills and confidence, making riding more enjoyable and safe. As a physical therapist, she is able to use her knowledge in biomechanics and kinesiology to help assess and correct positioning on the bike. She is available by appointment for private lessons, for any skills or areas of mountain biking you may need to improve

She also holds multiple small group clinics throughout the week and weekends. 

Check out the link below for Tina’s coaching info, clinics, and more!

https://www.girlsgearsandbeers.com/coaching-mountain-biking

Her group Girls, Gears & Beers (Based out of Denver) is about creating a fun and friendly atmosphere that allows riders to develop new friendships, support and encourage each other, motivate and inspire to push their limits and gain confidence on and off the bike.

Check out their website: https://www.girlsgearsandbeers.com/

Join their facebook group, they have both free and paid memberships: https://www.facebook.com/groups/746133285510913 

And Instagram: www.instagram.com/girlsgearsandbeers 

In our first series of Podcast/Video Bike check videos, we chat with Sarah who as been building some of the most beautiful bikes around for a long time.  Check out our interview with her where we talk about this new build, why she rides, how the bike climbs, and descends, why she chose her components, and what motivates her to the bike.   

The full breakdown of the bike, is on our website: https://womensmtbnetwork.com/deviate-highlander-150   

If you have any questions for Sarah directly, message her on her Instagram:  swillett_   

We will be doing bike checks every month! Be sure to subscribe for more!  

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