RIDELAB Women's Mountain Bike Festival In Squamish

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After a successful event last year, it was a no brainer that it needed to come back. RIDELAB will take place on the land of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw May 13-17th in Squamish, British Columbia. In addition to 3 great riding days, good vibes, the event will also offer bike demos, tech talks, panel discussions, live music and a camping retreat. It’s a great opportunity to connect with like-minded women with a shared passion for mountain biking in a safe and inclusive setting. BC is one of the most amazing places in the world to ride mountain bikes, join the party and find yourself in a welcoming, inclusive, supportive environment that is guaranteed to be a lot of fun.

Bailey Goldstone Showing Us How It's Done

Bike Demo's Set Up All Week.

RIDELAB is honoured to have partnered with Bowhead Corporation and lead by Adaptive Rider Sierra Roth to help more 3 wheel riders participate in the event. Our Adaptive Rider participation has doubled at RIDELAB for 2024... Now that's big growth! RIDELAB is a Mountain Bike Festival For Women, non binary, queer and folk who love bikes, beverages, food, camping, music and good times. In 2023 there was 150 riders, 15 groups on pedal bikes, 2 ebike groups and 1 adaptive group.

Adaptive Rider Group

Dialed-In Cycling, a local guiding operation, will handle all the guiding for the event. While the event focus is guided rides and getting the most riding time on this great network of trails, there will be opportunity for sessioning features and receiving skills tips from your PMBIA* certified guides. RIDELAB is also partnering with the Indigenous Women of the Outdoors (IWO) to support its community members in gaining greater visibility in the mountain biking industry. IWO is a non-profit organization that strives to support, encourage, and provide Indigenous women and non-binary folx living on the territories of the sḵwx̱ú7mesh, líl̓wat, səlil̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm nations with low barrier access to outdoor recreation.

Ride Leaders, Sandy & Chelsie

RIDELAB has been created to showcase the enjoyment of mountain biking and the women who ride. The event will bring more women into mountain biking and foster development of riding at every level. In addition, they aim to empower women riders with not only trail knowledge, but technical knowledge as well. The workshops are designed to equip women with the information and understanding they need to confidently make choices about bike maintenance, safety and new purchases of bikes, gear & more.

STILL SPOTS AVAILABLE

May 13-17th, 2024

People were on fire, tackling features they would never have imagined themselves doing, Riding slabs for the first time and hitting jumps with Hannah Bergemann, who joined us for all 3 days. We had 2 groups of women who considered themselves solid beginners when they arrived and left feeling like intermediate riders with so much confidence and pride from their progress.

Mixed in with the learning, RIDELAB’s goal is to foster connection among women riders while exploring this mecca of trails.

Athlete guest riders in 2023 included Hannah Bergemann, ALN, Flo Espineira, Jade Blouin-Comeau, Lucy Van Eesteren, Bailey Goldstone, Katarina Nash to list a few, and we hope to have the majority of them back again.