Long distance walker, cyclist @CRCondors, mechanic @BrokenSpokeCoop, SUP @OxfordSUPClub, climate change and local energy policy advisor, she/her, 🏳️🌈
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A full day teaching on Friday - Charlotte and Vicky had gathered NINE women & non-binary mechanics from across the country to teach at the festival. Still have to remind myself that I'm one of them, and it highlighted again how radical the @BrokenSpokeCoop training pathway is.
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Swapped from crew to rider on the weekend and rode my Fargo with @CRCondors pals on dreamy gravel forestry tracks in Grizedale, little Langdale lanes, rocky trails, bonkers bridleways, and swooping singletrack.
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Kat Young retweeted
Five thru-hikers share their life-changing walks...
🇺🇸 Heather 'Anish' Anderson 🥾 PCT
🇳🇿 @KEYoung29 🥾 Te Araroa
🇪🇸 @RichHartfield 🥾 Haute Route Pyrenees
🇸🇪 @mjdwaring 🥾 Grona Bandet
🇫🇷 @townsendoutdoor 🥾 GR5
Get inspired with our new issue.
👉 thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/late… 👈
Very excited to be in the team of EIGHT female mechanics teaching a full day of mechanics classes at the Sister's In the Wild weekend in the Lake District in May. A few tickets remaining!
sistersinthewild.com/all-eve…
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Kat Young retweeted
Remember this thread? Well, I can now let the cat out of the bag. I've been working with Osprey Packs on their Extended Fit packs and it's now live on their site!!
osprey.com/us/en/featured/ex…
#plussize twitter question - when a brand announces that they're making extended sizing, what do you want to see in their messaging?
Mountains & climate change, two of the things I spend most of my time thinking about. Thanks to @davidjlintern for commissioning this piece!
⛰️ The #GR10 spans the length of the #Pyrenees.
🌍 @KEYoung29, an environmental consultant, spent a long summer walking it solo - and getting an insight into our changing planet.
🐎 Read on in the new issue:
thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/late…
Kat Young retweeted
🏴 Our new issue is all about #Scotland – 60% mountains & the right to roam.
5️⃣ epic Scottish weekends
🌊Walk the C2C
⛺️Sarah Jane Douglas' Fisherfield escape
🌳Ben Lerwill wanders the River Wye
🌍 Kat Young solo hikes the GR10
📸@jroddiephoto
Get it now:
thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/late…
Kat Young retweeted
One of the biggest barriers to folk continuing to cycle is not knowing how to fix their bike when something goes wrong; and one of the best ways to keep your bike safe to cycle and running smoothly is regular maintenance. Book onto Bike Mechanics 101: buff.ly/3j3O9Qv
Kat Young retweeted
Take a listen to this amazing BBC Oxford Radio interview with Inês from Broken Spoke about the groundbreaking Women, Trans and Non-binary bike mechanics pathway 🔥🚲 buff.ly/3D18FeK
#women #trans #nonbinary #cycling
#training
#cyclemechanics
#breakingdownbarriers
Sometimes this feels like a bit of a taboo subject, but here's a post about how much it cost me to walk the GR10 this summer.
attitude-over-ability.com/gr…
Cytech Level 2 qualified mechanic 💅 Massive thank you to @BrokenSpokeCoop for their trailblazing funded mechanics pathway. Very excited for the second cohort starting soon!
This was probably the most fun intro to bike mechanics class I've taught, and for such an amazing initiative #blackwomenbike
Black Women Bike! An EVOKE #participatoryresearch initiative designed 2 engage black women community based leaders. This is the first cultural research initiative of its kind in #Oxford. We share our story and shape new narratives of #AfricanDiaspora cultural expression in Oxford
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Do you want to be a cytech qualified bike mechanic?
The bike mechanics industry has a gender diversity problem and we're working hard to address it. Check out the link in our bio for more details and how to apply for our traineeship for women and all trans and non binary folk🤩
Do it! This is such a cool opportunity and it's been great fun being part of the first round (she says, stressing over the imminent cytech exam).
Good things come around more than once, so we're really very excited to tell you that we are now looking for six people to fill our #mechanics #traineeship for #women and all #trans and non-binary folk starting in 2023.
More info and how to apply 👇
mailchi.mp/8b44124b327c/trai…
Gear nerds: blog on my kit for the GR10 walk attitude-over-ability.com/py…
Highlights in a thread for those who prefer pictures to words.
Last but not least: @BlackDiamond trekking poles, still going strong at over 3,000 km walked, putting up with some pretty rough usage. If/when these do break I'll be getting the same pair again.
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