W o m e n ' s C y c l i n g
The WSBA is committed to developing and supporting new bike racers and improving the quality of women's bike racing in the Pacific Northwest. Many activities throughout the year focus on helping women to build their racing skills and find a team for training and racing.
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Intro to Women's Cycling and Racing Teams
In late summer and early fall, a combination of women from many of the local racing teams will host rides similar to the Meet the Teams rides, with the exception that this ride is for women only, and each ride is hosted by women representatives from multiple teams. If you are new to the racing community, looking to strengthen your riding skills, thinking about racing, or looking to speak with other women about local racing teams or riding opportunities, this ride's for you! Please help us out and spread the word to any women you may know who are curious about cycling and/or racing. Dates for 2018: Sundays: September 23 & October 7 Time: 8:45 AM at Leschi Park, 201 Lakeside Ave S, Seattle 98122. Please don't be late! The rides are not weather-dependent--rain or shine, we ride! Route: south end of Lake Washington Skills: pacelines, riding a straight line, and racing tactics/techniques. Depending on turnout, we'll break into groups no greater than 10 to keep it manageable and go over the basics, making sure to keep things fun and not stressful. |
Check out this 2014 post from the Velocity blog for more information on what to expect from the intro rides and Meet the Team rides in the early autumn.
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Developing Skills
CycleU (Seattle) offers classes that teach everything from the basics of bike handling to advanced racing skills and time trialing. The registration fee for WSBA members for the Beginning Racer Program is partly subsidized by the WSBA, and cat 4 and cat 5 clinic participants receive upgrade points for participation (see current USAC rulebook for limitations). Classes are typically in the late winter through the summer months. See the USA Cycling calendar for Washington for links to specific clinic events.
Limit: one subsidy and one set of upgrade points per rider; you may take the clinic as many times as you wish, but the WSBA will not subsidize more than one clinic per rider, and you may not earn more than 3 points for the upgrade to cat 3 no matter how many clinics you take.
Best All-Around Road Riders
The WSBA sponsors Best All-around Road Rider races for the following women's categories:
Women's Category 1-2
Women's Category 3
Women's Category 4
Master Women age 40+ cat 1-3
Master Women age 40+ cat 4
More information about BARR categories and the schedule of BARR events is found on the BARR webpage.
Women's Category 1-2
Women's Category 3
Women's Category 4
Master Women age 40+ cat 1-3
Master Women age 40+ cat 4
More information about BARR categories and the schedule of BARR events is found on the BARR webpage.
Other Women's Racing Opportunities
The Jerry Baker Memorial Velodrome is another great place to develop racing skills. Please see velodrome.org for a list of classes and the calendar of events at the track. Bike rentals are available, but you must take the introductory track class prior to participating in any other sessions on the track. For more news about women's racing at JBMV, join the Women of the Jerry Baker Memorial Velodrome group on Facebook.
Women interested in cyclocross can follow the Facebook page called Washington 'Cross Sisters - get your MUD on (click on the FOLLOW button to have their posts show up in your feed).
There are many resources on women's mountain biking in the Northwest. One with a focus on women's racing is the closed Facebook group called Sturdy Bitch Racing (click the JOIN button to be added to the group).
Women interested in cyclocross can follow the Facebook page called Washington 'Cross Sisters - get your MUD on (click on the FOLLOW button to have their posts show up in your feed).
There are many resources on women's mountain biking in the Northwest. One with a focus on women's racing is the closed Facebook group called Sturdy Bitch Racing (click the JOIN button to be added to the group).
Get the News
Subscribe to the WSBA women's email newsgroup for the latest announcements about women's racing. And be sure to join the main WSBA listserv for all the news about racing and cycling in the region.
