Professional mountain bike coach Lindsey Richter is best known as the enthusiastic and inspiring front woman for Ladies AllRide, a company known for empowering thousands of women across the country through the simple act of biking. We originally asked Lindsey to be part of the Roam Rydes Podcast to talk about her career as a successful internationa…

Roam Rydes Podcast | Episodes RSS On a morning back in February, Emily Haggans' neighbor pulled her out of a trance. She was standing in a parking lot, unaware of how long she had been there. This was the beginning of Emily's new normal. On our episode Rehab.Recover.Repeat. we get to know one of the most inspiring fighters i've ever come across. Em…

Roam Rydes Podcast | Episodes RSS Punneh Abdolhosseini didn't grow up in the wilderness, but that didn't stop her from finding her calling amongst the great outdoors. As a daughter to Irani and Samoan immigrants who met and fell in love as college students, Punneh grew up integrating into multiple cultures while forging her own path in the Pacific …

Roam Rydes Podcast | Episodes RSS View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize In the second installment of our Minority Report series we meet boisterous and badass mom and Outdoor Enthusiast Olga Lucia Herrera. Olga Lucia hails from Colombia and currently resides and shreds in Spokane Washington with her husb…

"Hey, my hoo hoo hurts...what should I do about that?" Here at Cycology we are totally winning with more fun ways to get your lady bits happy while riding a bike. On this episode we learn valuable lessons about chamois creams from Petal Power* founder Jill Hamilton. Jill is one badass rider who took saddle discomfort into her own hands and created …

Roam Rydes Podcast | Episodes RSS Brooklyn Bell shreds. Tacky Pacific Northwest dirt, fresh floaty powder, and I'm sure she'd rip on a surfboard too if the ocean in Washington wasn't so dang cold. Brooklyn is the kind of young woman I would want my little girls to grow up to be like (if I had any). She's got grit and determination , an insatiable d…

"I love to ride my bike, but my hoo ha hurts so damn much when I do." Yeah ladies, we've been there! Luckily we got let in on a little secret avid cyclists have known for ages; a properly fitted saddle can make or break your riding experience. Cycology featured guest Leah Benson. Photo courtesy of Ashley Anderson Photography. On this episode of Cyc…

Getting paid to travel and ride bikes seems like some sort of aspirational dream job for a select crew of outrageously adventurous and ridiculously athletic folks that would be featured in Outside Magazine... but, there is a little known secret amongst the people who actually do get paid to travel and ride bikes - that there is no secret formula to…

We make sure our clothes fit, our shoes fit, and our gear fits...so where is the love for bike fit? There are so many misconceptions and old-school (aka out of date) theories about bike fit that many of us forgo the process altogether and, sometimes unknowingly, make biking a lot less fun than it could be. On this episode we talk to bike shop manag…

Roam Rydes Podcast | Episodes RSS Andrew & Kate Gates Cricket Butler Check out our new series Summer vacation planning is in full swing and the Roam Rydes crew wants to help you make the most of it. If you were to run an internet search on the words "bike retreat", two places might show up over and over again in the search results... Mulberry Gap M…

Buying a bike can be intimidating, confusing, and downright frustrating whether looking for a first bike or upgrading to a shiny new steed. It can also be exciting, educational, and fun. Judy Tuttle-Wurth, owner of the Urban Bicycle Gallery in Houston TX is here to talk buying a bike. Her years in the trade of selling bikes offers insight on how be…

Welcome to Cycology! On the show we talk bike 101 with female experts in the bike industry whose sole purpose on the show is to teach our listeners more about their bikes. Upcoming episodes include topics like: Buying a Bike Bike Fit Finding the Right Saddle HooHa Cream (Use It!)由Roam Rydes Podcast

For once I am almost at a loss for words (possibly due to excitement) to describe our guest and her story. Leigh Donovan is a cycling legend and her journey is the stuff made of legends. Rough childhood? Check. Family problems? Check. Failure? Check. Overcoming it all, finding joy, and kicking some major ass? Check, check, check. Like Homer and his…

Roam Rydes Podcast | Episodes RSS I first met Meg Valliant almost exactly a year ago. I had several short interactions with her over the course of a three day biking camp in the Arizona desert . . . she was mountain biking, I was road cycling. . . we shared loud evenings of bliss with 35 other women under the night sky next to a camp fire over a fe…

Roam Rydes Podcast | Episodes RSS Some people dream of epic travels around the world with exciting and harrowing adventures along the way. Some people do it. Our guest Meagan Butler is one of those doer types. Meagan called in from Australia to share with us her story of ambition, resilience, and human connection as well as the lessons she has lear…

We've reached kidical mass. There has been a shift in the way we raise our kids here in AMERICA. Kids should be loved and adored. They should play with their parent’s iPhones from infancy lest they get behind the ever-changing technology. Preschool isn’t for four-year-olds anymore… a child should be potty-trained as quickly as possible so they can …

Roam Rydes Podcast | Episodes RSS Sometimes things go terribly wrong. For Carrie Welch, one unexpected outcome changed her life forever. But not in any way you might think. Imagine yourself as a young 20-something-year old athlete, winter days and summer nights filled with fun, friends, and perhaps some well executed risk-taking. Then an opportunit…

Roam Rydes Podcast | Episodes RSS Gianna and Steph...the ultimate thrivers. There are people out there who have overcome incredible life setbacks... and then there are people like Stephanie Hathaway who don't just overcome adversity, they conquer it. A week ago my life was different. I shall now refer to this time period (lasting from birth through…

Roam Rydes Podcast | Episodes RSS Finding a good friend can sometimes feel like winning the lottery. Or at least that's what it felt like for me when I met Kelly. Not only does she wrench on bikes as a mechanic...she loves to mountain bike...and she is all-around an incredibly fun, funny, and friggin' smart woman. The kind of person I like to be ar…

Roam Rydes Podcast | Episodes RSS Van life is so sweet. For weeks I have been following whatever whim happens to strike me, zigzagging up and down the coast of California in the pursuit of adventure, new friends, and quality time with the folks I hold near and dear to my heart. I’ve had the unique advantage of time – total unadulterated, unobligate…